Quotes About Respect

The secret of education lies in respecting the pupil.

Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.

Shall I tell you the secret of the true scholar? It is this: every man I meet is my master in some point, and in that I learn of him.

Let us be poised, and wise, and our own, today. Let us treat men and women well; treat them as if they were real; perhaps they are.

Practice radical humility. He (or she)who masters the art of humility cannot be humiliated...

Men are respectable only as they respect.

Sincerity is the highest complement you can pay

Manners require time, and nothing is more vulgar than haste.

I will receive from them not what they have but what they are.

Every[one] I meet is in some way my superior.

We must be as courteous to a man as we are to a picture, which we are willing to give the advantage of a good light.

Honor is venerable to us because it is no ephemeris. It is always ancient virtue. We worship it today because it is not of today.

They measure their esteem of each other by what each has, and not by what each is. But a cultivated man becomes ashamed of his property, out of new respect for his nature.

We do not believe our own thought; we must serve somebody; we must quote somebody; we dote on the old and the distant; we are tickled by great names; we import the religion of other nations; we quote their opinions; we cite their laws.

There is a difference between truly listening and waiting for your turn to talk.

Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices.

Why all this deference to Alfred, and Scanderbeg, and Gustavus? Suppose they were virtuous; did they wear out virtue?

What attracts my attention shall have it, as I will go to the man who knocks at my door, whilst a thousand persons as worthy go by it, to whom I give no regard.

Treat men as pawns and ninepins and you shall suffer as well as they. If you leave out their heart, you shall lose your own.

Treat all people as if they are real, because who knows, perhaps they are.

the only sin that we never forgive in each other is a difference in opinion

wish to love Jesus as a glorified friend, in the free spirit of friendship—not pay him a stiff sign of respect, as people do before someone they fear. How do I think we should commemorate Jesus' life? By reading his words, imitating his kindness and generosity, and doing anything that awakens our minds and opens our hearts to virtue and love.

In India when we meet and part we often say, "Namasté," which means: I honor the place in you where the entire universe resides; I honor the place in you of love, of light, of truth, of peace. I honor the place within you where, if you are in that place in you, and I am in that place in me, there is only one of us. Namasté

Maharajji invited a famous pundit to come to Kainchi and recite the Shrimad Bhagavatam. This man was used to reciting before large and very receptive crowds, and he complained to Maharajji that on this occasion he had to recite to only a few illiterate villagers. Maharajji gently rebuked him and said, "Don't worry. Hanumanji is listening.