Quotes About Respect

Love does not dominate, it cultivates. And that is more.

I know very well that we are not and cannot be all equal; but in my opinion he who avoids the common people in order to command their respect, is as culpable as a coward who hides himself from his enemy because he fears defeat.

Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.

Amy and Warren: "You aren't going to be fighting with Uncle James anymore, are you?" "Wouldn't think of it. Now that he's going to be my uncle, too, I've decided to show him nothing but respect" "Good God. He'll murder you

Lady, no man in his right mind would want to kill you. There's many things I could think of that a man would want to do to you, but killing isn't one of them.

And I keep telling Stefan I'm not stupid

If you think I'm going to tell my wife she came in second place, you're out of your gourd. I'll convey the apology and not another bloody word.

Patriotism can flourish only where racism and nationalism are given no quarter. We should never mistake patriotism for nationalism. A patriot is one who loves his homeland. A nationalist is one who scorns the homelands of others.

A patriot is one who loves his homeland. A nationalist is one who scorns the homelands of others.

The words human and humane both come from the same Latin root, humus, the earth that bears us, to which we all return and on which we are asked to walk together in humility during the time that is ours.

Some parents do not want to impose religious training upon their children, preferring instead to let them make up their own minds when they come of age. This stance is only superficially "liberal," for it deprives the children of any criteria for judging. The distinctive feature of Unitarian Universalist education is that young people are introduced to many religious traditions, challenged to formulate their own beliefs, and encouraged to respect the beliefs of others.

I have always endeavored to listen to chat each and every person in a discussion had to say before venturing my own opinion. Oftentimes my own opinion will simply represent a consensus of what I heard in the discussion" (Mandela - p 31)

I must not write a word to you about politics, because you are a woman.

I almost shudder at the thought of alluding to the most fatal example of the abuses of grief which the history of mankind has preserved - the Cross. Consider what calamities that engine of grief has produced! With the rational respect that is due to it, knavish priests have added prostitutions of it, that fill or might fill the blackest and bloodiest pages of human history. { Letter to Thomas Jefferson , September 3, 1816 ]

Go! And remember! Zebra is fine creature to admire, but you do not have to ride it.

Don't complain, criticize and condemn people. Let your friends feel loved in your presence.

Be friends. Care. Love. Respect. And understand. Relationships blossom when we become friends.

My poetry is often criticized for a failure to communicate, but I take issue with this; my intention is to communicate and my feeling is that a poem that communicates something that's already known by the reader is not really communicating anything to him and in fact shows a lack of respect for him.

The liberties and freedoms which we hold dear and we recognize and cherish and respect guide the way we gather information in the United States.

It comes down to the way you treat people. When you treat people with dignity and respect all the time, you can work through anything.

When it comes to dealing with change and crisis, grace becomes evident in how we treat one another.

A vulnerable leader facilitates the bonds of trust by making herself approachable, likeable, and respectable.

Keeping the notion of dignity front and center creates a workplace where people want to be.

Writing can sometimes be exploitative. I like to take a few steps of remove in order to respect the privacy of the subject. If readers make the link, they have engaged with the poem.