Quotes About Respect

While home is the place where you can relax and be yourself, this doesn't mean that you can take advantage of the love and affection other members of your family have for you.

No one likes being talked to about their face.

Leave it alone Schuyler. For your sake and mine.

I shall love you and give myself up for you, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up- then Alex looked into Eliza's shining eyes and added a twist of his own-and I shall serve you with tenderness and respect, and encourage you to develop the gifts that God has given you.

Humans were not to be toyed with, they were to be respected.

Be careful what you say," Gladys says, tapping the counter with a pen. "When you're older, you'll want your man to dress better. Some can get pretty lazy. After enough years together, you could find yourself begging him not to wear sweatpants to the Christmas party. Like I know I'll have to do with Bob again this year.

Oh, thank you, young man!" one of the women said. Her glasses made her eyes look gigantic. "Chivalry still exists in this day and age. See, Flo? What a gentleman.

I hope he's not just dating you so you can be his maid," he says.

But she would not think better of him just because he possessed the decency not to blackmail her. Refusing to take advantage of a woman should be a basic part of any man's character, and lauding him for it would be like commending someone for having lungs to breathe with.

Do we really have the right to take care of ourselves? Do we really have the right to set boundaries? Do we really have the right to be direct and say what we need to say? You bet we do.

We can say what we need to say. We can gently, but assertively, speak our mind. We do not need to be judgmental, tactless, blaming or cruel when we speak our truths

People may get angry at us for setting boundaries; they can't use us anymore. They may try to help us feel guilty so we will remove our boundary and return to the old system of letting them use or abuse us. Don't feel guilty and don't back down.

We can confuse love with dependency, manipulation, and neediness. None of those are love. Love is when we want other people to be who they are.

We don't have to be controlled by what other people say; we don't have to try to control them with our words and special effects. We don't have to be manipulated, guilted, coerced, or forced into anything. We can open our mouths and take care of ourselves! Learn to say: "I love you, but I love me, too. This is what I need to do to take care of me." We

I feel more passionately about the importance of healing from our abuse issues. I feel more passionately. I've become more spontaneous, embraced my femininity, and learned new lessons along the way—about boundaries, flexibility, and owning my power. And about love. I'm learning to respect men. My relationships have deepened. Some have changed.

We can ask for information and use words to forge a closer connection, but we don't have to take people around the block with our conversations. We don't have to listen to, or participate in, nonsense. We can say what we want and stop when we're done.

To believe in people, to believe in each person's inherent ability to think, feel, solve problems, and take care of themselves is a great gift we can give and receive from others.

Start by knowing that who we are is okay. Our feelings and thoughts are okay. Our opinions count. It's okay to talk about our problems. And it's okay to say no.

Free others to be who they are. In so doing, you will set yourself free.

When you're doing what's right for you, it's okay to say it once, simply, and then refuse to discuss anything further.

Anger, rage, complaining, and whining are clues to boundaries we need to set.

Boundaries are to take care of ourselves, not to control others. If we set a boundary not to be around practicing alcoholics, it isn't to force Harvey to stop drinking. Harvey can choose to drink or not drink. Our boundary gives us a guideline to make our choice—whether we want to be around Harvey.

I do not deserve and will not tolerate abuse or constant mistreatment.

Honoring the Self, an excellent book on self-esteem written by Nathaniel Branden.