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Quotes About Respect

It must be added that the men who most respect embryonic life are the same ones who do not hesitate to send adults to death in war.
~ Simone de Beauvoir
We have seen that it is possible to escape the temptations of sadism and masochism when both partners recognize each other as equals; as soon as there is a little modesty and some generosity between men and women, ideas of victory and defeat are abolished: the act of love becomes a free exchange.
~ Simone de Beauvoir
There were no scruples, no feelings of respect or loyal affection that would stop us from making up our minds by the pure light of reason - and of our own desires.
~ Simone de Beauvoir
No veía ninguna razón para reconocerle a mi compañero derechos que él no me concedía.
~ Simone de Beauvoir
As épocas que mais amaram as mulheres (...) foram as épocas em que (...) os homens encararam as mulheres como semelhantes.
~ Simone de Beauvoir
Hay que añadir que los hombres más respetuosos con al vida embrionaria son también lo que más prontos se muestran cuando se trata de condenar adultos a una muerte militar.
~ Simone de Beauvoir
This is what democratic societies understand; they strive to confirm citizens in the feeling of their individual value; the whole ceremonious apparatus of baptism, marriage, and burial is the collectivity's homage to the individual; and the rites of justice seek to manifest society's respect for each of its members considered in his particularity.
~ Simone de Beauvoir
I have never caused anyone to weep. I have never spoken with a haughty voice. I have never made anyone afraid. I have never been deaf to words of justice and truth.
~ Simone Weil
Only he who has measured the dominion of force, and knows how not to respect it, is capable of love and justice.
~ Simone Weil
An American thinks of a good cook as a low person; a European respects him as an artist.
~ Sinclair Lewis
His knowledge of books, however superficial, was sufficient to impress upon their ignorance respect for his supposed learning;
~ Sir Walter Scott
I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.
~ sir winston churchill
Ha-Ha. Son, they're children, not pets. We're not here to train them. Kids come into this world filled with their own ideas and ways to view the world. It's our job to help them realize those ideas even if they're different than our own. We need to try to see the world through their eyes, not force them to see it through ours.
~ Skottie Young
ANTIGONE È più lungo il tempo che occorre piacere ai morti piuttosto che ai vivi. È là infatti che giacerò per sempre.»
~ Sofocle
The best way to maintain an extraordinary life is to make every thought and word you use or listen to as loving and nurturing as possible. Make it a personal value to speak truthfully, using the best words, speaking honestly from the heart and with respect for yourself and others.
~ Sonia Choquette
Because I know what it feels like to be used, valued only for what you can do... not who you are, not who you want to be.
~ Sophie Jordan
If it's in the bin, it's public property.
~ Sophie Kinsella
We don't have to reveal everything to each other. It's OK to be private. It's OK to say no. It's OK to say, 'I'm not going to share that.
~ Sophie Kinsella
Rule of life. If you bother to ask someone's advice, then bother to listen to it.
~ Sophie Kinsella
Life takes us on different paths... It's not up to us to evaluate or judge them, merely respect and embrace them. (Lara Lington - to Sadie Lancaster)
~ Sophie Kinsella
And maybe now you'll start treating everybody with respect. Not just the people you think are important.
~ Sophie Kinsella
You shouldn't go into a marriage feeling inferior in any way.
~ Sophie Kinsella
You're working for me cut out the attitude.
~ Sophie Kinsella
Although, as Leonardo da Vinci said: "Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge
~ Sophie Kinsella