Respect Quotes: Embracing Dignity and Honor
The Essence of Respect
Respect is a fundamental value that lies at the heart of harmonious relationships, empathy, and understanding. It is the recognition of the inherent worth and dignity of every individual, regardless of differences in opinions, beliefs, or backgrounds. In this article, we explore the essence of respect and present a collection of insightful quotes that inspire us to cultivate respect, foster empathy, and honor the humanity in others.
Respect goes beyond mere tolerance; it is an active choice to treat others with dignity, kindness, and fairness. It is the foundation for creating a compassionate and inclusive society where diversity is celebrated and where everyone’s voice is heard and valued. Respect is a powerful force that builds bridges, fosters cooperation, and cultivates a sense of belonging and mutual understanding.
Words of Honor: Quotes that Inspire Respect
Throughout history, leaders, philosophers, and individuals who have championed respect and equality have shared their wisdom and reflections. Their words remind us of the profound impact that respect can have on our relationships, communities, and the world at large. Below, we present a collection of respect quotes that invite self-reflection, nurture empathy, and inspire us to embrace a culture of respect and dignity.
I love Messi with the ball at his feet: he scores goals and does all the rest, too. But Cristiano’s numbers can’t be ignored. It’s a cruel comparison. Both of them deserve respect.
The people of Orissa had unmatched love and respect for Bijubabu. There is no way that you can wish away his legacy.
Birtherism is a fringe issue that’s way out of the mainstream, and it’s disturbing when you see people you… have some level of respect for, whether it’s members of Congress or even Donald Trump, falling into that category.
I’ve never really felt like a veteran. I’ve never felt like the guy who’s like, ‘OK, everyone needs to look up to me and respect me.’ I’ve always just been one of the guys that people are excited to get in the ring with. That’s all I want.
We can win respect in the world only if we are strong internally and can banish poverty and unemployment from our country.
I respect all religions, but I’m not a deeply religious person. But I try and live life in the right way, respecting other people. I wasn’t brought up in a religious way, but I believe there’s something out there that looks after you.
I always have tried to treat people with respect, the way I want to be treated.
There are good men out there. There are guys who have their priorities straight, who take care of their kids, who respect their mothers.
Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced.
Obviously I do have political views – I’m a believer in the free-market economy; I also believe that without competition and respect for human rights there will be no progress because nobody will feel safe and free.
I was a music fan first way before I started creating it, so I still get giddy when I get to be around people that I respect so much.
I really respect the work and speeches of Tony Benn. He was a powerful speaker with a huge heart.
In writing, I apply my feminine side and respect the mystery involved in creation.
Americans have been conditioned to respect newness, whatever it costs them.
Respect the language in which you write. Be kind, develop good vocabulary, and be creative in writing beautiful sentences. Your prose should be your poetry when you write.
Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something.
If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.
I have a whole, whole lot of respect for the men and women that serve our country.
Those people behind the mosque have to respect, have to appreciate and have to defer to the people of New York. The wound is still there. Just because the wound is healing you can’t say, ‘Let’s just go back to where we were pre-9/11.
Like many people in Britain, I have an affectionate respect for the Queen, and am surprised that I should be having such republican thoughts.
Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.
I respect all religions, but I’m not a deeply religious person. But I try and live life in the right way, respecting other people. I wasn’t brought up in a religious way, but I believe there’s something out there that looks after you.
I utterly respect that there are lots of people who do service jobs and deserve our respect, because they make our world function.
A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone.
Often people display a curious respect for a man drunk, rather like the respect of simple races for the insane… There is something awe-inspiring in one who has lost all inhibitions.
Tackle the difficult things first in the morning; make changes in the way you network. Treat everyone with respect and dignity. This stops you from cynicism and negativity. End your day with that same attitude you started. Renew your contract with a day well completed.
Hardly can it be judged whether it be better for mankind to believe that the gods have regard of us, or that they have none, considering that some men have no respect and reverence for the gods, and others so much that their superstition is a shame to them.
Most of those coming from the mainland are very destitute, almost naked. I am trying to find places for those able to work, and provide for them as best I can, so as to lighten the burden on the Government as much as possible, while at the same time they learn to respect themselves by earning their own living.
Dad needs to show an incredible amount of respect and humor and friendship toward his mate so the kids understand their parents are sexy, they’re fun, they do things together, they’re best friends. Kids learn by example. If I respect Mom, they’re going to respect Mom.
Like him or not, you really should respect the fact that Justin Amash makes his political decisions based only on his principles – which is truly refreshing in our hyper-partisan era.
I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect.
One of the most important things in the digital world is being able to story-tell and help people envision the art of the possible with respect to different technologies.
When I was 15, and I just stepped on the A-team, I believed in myself, but I wasn’t cocky in any way. I just wanted something so badly that I could tell people around me that were ten years older that they had to play and perform. I would still say that I had respect.
Mothers, stay close to your daughters. Earn and deserve their love and respect. Be united with their father in the rearing of your children. Do nothing in your life to cause your daughters to stumble because of your example.
In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.
Respect for the fragility and importance of an individual life is still the mark of an educated man.
Gymnastics taught me everything – life lessons, responsibility and discipline and respect.
Assuredly, Loving Souls, you should go to God with all humility and respect, humbling yourselves in His presence, especially when you remember your past ingratitude and sins.
If you respect a language and culture, it shows in your work.
True humility is intelligent self respect which keeps us from thinking too highly or too meanly of ourselves. It makes us modest by reminding us how far we have come short of what we can be.
I do not live for people, for what they think, for them to say that I’m nice, good, the best, perfect. Everyone has their opinion. And I respect that.
There are so many great actors, but I really have a lot of respect for Johnny Depp. I’ve seen a lot of movies with him in it and, even if it’s a film that wasn’t as successful as you thought it would be, I’ve never seen him put in a bad performance. My favorite actors from history have to be Steve McQueen and James Dean.
We Americans are a primitive people… Americans seem to have little respect for the law or the rights of others.
There are some people whose opinion I value and respect and it would be very bothersome if I forfeited their respect. But the general public? I’m not preoccupied with the opinions of others.
If parliament and government work together in their respective constitutional roles, and respect due processes, we will maximise our chances of making the right decisions as we encounter the many challenges, risks and opportunities Brexit poses for our country.
The director respects what they’ve hired you for and chosen you for: to do the part and respect what you’re doing.
Generally, I respect critics; they have their job to do.
I think I’m a natural-born leader. I know how to bow down to authority if it’s authority that I respect.
The younger generation gives me more respect than I could ever hope for.
Every animal has his or her story, his or her thoughts, daydreams, and interests. All feel joy and love, pain and fear, as we now know beyond any shadow of a doubt. All deserve that the human animal afford them the respect of being cared for with great consideration for those interests or left in peace.
I understand the fans, I respect them. I’ll accept the whistling and booing. It’s up to me to transform that all into applause.
My respect for animators and animation directors has gone way, way up and it is just not something you can phone in.
I have such respect for ‘Democracy Now!’
I’m a very consistent leader, and people won’t find me different day to day. You won’t have to have the sort of conversation that says, ‘How is she today? Is this a good day to have this conversation?’ You won’t find that situation with me. I treat people with respect.
It has been wisely observed by the greatest of modern thinkers that mankind has progressed more rapidly in every other respect than in morality.
The sanctity of our battlefields, monuments, and veterans institutions is of utmost importance to preserve military history and pay respect to those who fought.
I do respect people’s faith, but I don’t respect their manipulation of that faith in order to create fear and control.
I truly respect the people who are working. If they want an autograph from Patti LaBelle, they are going to get it. I have never separated myself from them. I never think you are better than the next one.
There is a certain belief that so long as something is published in cyberspace there is no need to respect the laws of contempt or libel. This is mistaken.
The actors I respect are the real character actors, who are the real chameleon actors that completely change from role to role. I love Peter Sellers, Alec Guinness and Gary Oldman. They tend to be British, I guess. People who really disappear and transform, I really like that.
No other people have a government more worthy of their respect and love or a land so magnificent in extent, so pleasant to look upon, and so full of generous suggestion to enterprise and labor.
There is a secret pride in every human heart that revolts at tyranny. You may order and drive an individual, but you cannot make him respect you.
Putin responds to threats, to illegal sanctions, and to incessant propaganda with statements that governments need to respect each other’s national interests and to work together for common benefit. No politician in the West speaks in this way.
The Trail of Tears should teach all of us the importance of respect for others who are different from ourselves and compassion for those who have difficulties.
Software eventually and necessarily gained the same respect as any other discipline.
I have such a profound respect for what they do day in and day out. This USO tour is especially meaningful because of the friends I have met and I am honored to be apart of it.
You will not tell me that you accept me. You will not tell me that you tolerate me. That is not your power. I take that from you. You will respect me for who I am.
For me, awards are a token of respect that people are giving me. So no matter how many awards I am receiving, I always feel emotional.
The worst evil of disregard for some law is that it destroys respect for all law.
I went to a foreign land, New York City in 1982 and had no money, no respect in the gym. Everyone thinks you’re full of it. The remit in those days was break his heart, get him out of the gym.
Every once in a while, you live long enough to get the respect that people didn’t want to give while you were trying to become a senior citizen.
If the individual is to be happy in the contemporary order, he must be open-minded with respect to new values and new arrangements.
I deeply respect literature and expect to gain insight from a book and to identify emotionally with its characters. I therefore avoid reading suspense novels or science fiction.
To be sensual, I think, is to respect and rejoice in the force of life, of life itself, and to be present in all that one does, from the effort of loving to the making of bread.
Our moral, religious, and political traditions are united in their respect for the dignity of human life.
My parents loved each other. I was raised in a house of total love and respect. My dad worked very hard and my mother was incredibly devoted to him. I can unequivocally, without any peradventure of doubt, tell you that I was raised with the kind of love that we only dream of.
Steve Irwin did wonderful conservation work but I was uncomfortable about some of his stunts. Even if animals aren’t aware that you are not treating them with respect, the viewers are.
And Barack and I were raised with so many of the same values, like you work hard for what you want in life. That your word is your bond; that you do what you say you’re going to do. That you treat people with dignity and respect, even if you don’t know them and even if you don’t agree with them.
It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right.
We never respect those who amuse us, however we may smile at their comic powers.
A good society is characterised not just by liberty but by mutual respect and responsibility. When this breaks down it takes a lot more than police officers to put things right.
As to happiness in this life it is hardly compatible with that diminished respect which ever attends the relinquishing of labour.
I have seen many storms in my life. Most storms have caught me by surprise, so I had to learn very quickly to look further and understand that I am not capable of controlling the weather, to exercise the art of patience and to respect the fury of nature.
The thing which grieves and oppresses my heart with respect to poor Scotland, is the hardness of heart manifest in the levity and cruelty with which they speak of others.
Golf is game of respect and sportsmanship; we have to respect its traditions and its rules.
If you don’t value and respect yourself, nobody else will.
You have to discipline your children, or they won’t respect you, law enforcement or God or anyone else.
With honesty of purpose, balance, a respect for tradition, courage, and, above all, a philosophy of life, any young person who embraces the historical profession will find it rich in rewards and durable in satisfaction.
I have always had a great deal of respect and admiration for Eleanor Roosevelt. She was a true humanitarian and champion of Women’s Rights and Civil Rights.
I have always fought for respect, I have always fought for survival, so fighting is nothing new to me.
Australia – not western in geography, of course, but in every other respect for sure (it certainly doesn’t want to be regarded as Asian, God forbid) – loves nothing more than to throw its weight around in South-East Asia by playing peacekeeper, carrying out its role as the United States’ regional policeman.
There’s no doubt in my mind or anyone else’s mind that people like Ed Sheeran, Ellie Goulding, and Sam Smith are where they are because they’re supremely talented people, and I have a lot of respect for them.
We live in a diverse society – in fact, a diverse world – and we must learn to live in peace and with respect for each other.
You get respect when you give respect. That’s how you get respect.
My only rule: I never photographed the face of the dead, ever, out of respect for the families.
I’m kind of a good girl – and I’m not. I’m a good girl because I really believe in love, integrity, and respect. I’m a bad girl because I like to tease. I know that I have sex appeal in my deck of cards. But I like to get people thinking. That’s what the stories in my music do.
Not just Christians and Jews, but also Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus and the followers of many other religions believe in values like peace, respect, tolerance and dignity. These are values that bring people together and enable us to build responsible and solid communities.
I definitely enjoy working with people who can do their thing but also allow me to do my thing, you know? Who respect the process.
The test of our social commitment and humanity is how we treat the most powerless of our fellow citizens, the respect we accord to our fellow human beings. That is what reveals our true culture.
Openness, respect, integrity – these are principles that need to underpin pretty much every other decision that you make.
Our deep respect for the land and its harvest is the legacy of generations of farmers who put food on our tables, preserved our landscape, and inspired us with a powerful work ethic.
I believe mutual respect for one another and cooperation should be the basis for relationships with foreign nations.
At sea a fellow comes out. Salt water is like wine, in that respect.
When men and women are able to respect and accept their differences then love has a chance to blossom.
People say, ‘Respect your elders,’ but I always go, ‘Respect your young people because they are our future.’
Cooperation and respect for each other will advance the cause of human rights worldwide. Confrontation, vilification, and double standards will not.
Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become.
Yes I have made a lot of money and I have a lot of respect, my films have done well, and I know there are loads of loads of people who look up to me and really love me. I really just thought this is like a strange dream. I have never thought this is a success – I don’t have a standard.
I respect anyone who has to fight and howl for his decency.
I’m not a Packers fan. I just like football. I do respect those guys. You respect great football. I’m a Cowboys fan, or I was a Cowboys fan. You just respect great football.
It’s a total big difference between a person that got lyrics and a person that can make hit singles. I’m a person that can make some hit singles. I’m not in no booth trying to be a lyrical genius. I’m preparing to make me some singles, and as I develop as a man, then they’ll respect my emcee skills.
I look for these qualities and characteristics in people. Honesty is number one, respect, and absolutely the third would have to be loyalty.
Real talent is mixing realism with bluff. Every great artist I really respect has a certain amount of bluff; sooner or later you have to be a conjurer, and conjure images.
We have no problems with Jews and highly respect Judaism as a holy religion.
All you have to do is respect me. Use the right words. If you don’t consider me a woman, then use trans woman. Whatever works for you. But don’t try to use something that’s a slur or something that’s meant to degrade who we are.
There was a side of me that knew I was gonna change the game, but I didn’t know how many people would respect it.
Nonetheless, do I have respect for people who believe in the hereafter? Of course I do. I might add, perhaps even a touch of envy too, because of the solace.
I feel respect is in your hands as an actor when portraying a character, particularly when it’s from the Indian subcontinent. I do make a conscious effort to do so and often talk to the directors especially about the heavy accent when it’s not needed.
I don’t think about, ‘Oh, I’m finally getting my respect,’ because I don’t care about this.
By respect for life we become religious in a way that is elementary, profound and alive.
One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.
I think Madonna has a great deal of intelligence and capability. I have a lot of respect for her. She’s taken her career and maximized it with intelligence and creativity.
A lot of the time, the way it’s portrayed is that I only see women in a sexual way. But I grew up with just my mum and sister, so I respect women a lot.
I do think that, at one time, being an actress was the equivalent almost of being a prostitute. It garnered roughly the same respect. That’s changed a lot, thank goodness.
Whatever happens to bitcoin, other cryptocurrencies are gaining ground and more respect. Ethereum, for instance, has far more transparency.
I will take every match seriously and respect every opponent.
Whatever happens to bitcoin, other cryptocurrencies are gaining ground and more respect. Ethereum, for instance, has far more transparency.
Simple ingredients, treated with respect… put them together and you will always have a great dish.
Don’t ever know who you may meet, or just because a person may not be dressed up all fancy, don’t mean they’re not an important person. You just don’t ever know who you’re gonna meet in life. So that’s why I look at everybody as equal. Can’t just judge. I treat everybody with respect. Every man.
I enjoy looking at other people’s products and learning from them. We take all of our competitors very seriously, as you know. You have to respect Intel. But we have our own tricks up our sleeves.
I’ve never made an All-Star Game, but I’ve always had my peers’ and coaches’ respect around the league.
Mohammed Ali. He’s much more than a boxer. He’s also a passionate idealist who fought for his people. I respect him – and, of course, he was very handsome in his younger days.
Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.
No one is going to stick their head out of the trenches for someone they don’t respect or trust. You can get shot doing that.
Respect for the rule of law is not optional; it’s fundamental.
I have always had great respect for former president Mandela. The personal sacrifices he made in order to achieve what was right for the people of South Africa is something I carry with me every day.
Perhaps I seek certain utopian things, space for human honour and respect, landscapes not yet offended, planets that do not exist yet, dreamed landscapes.
I think success is a relative term. If you’re a caveman, success is capturing an elephant. Success is achieving better than the norm. Success is being exceptional. It’s exceptional reputation, exceptional income, and exceptional respect.
Someday I want to be rich. Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That’s how rich I want to be.
I don’t need to go onto Facebook and pretend to have friends I’ve never even met. To my mind, that kind of destroys the meaning of the word ‘friend.’ I take exception to that. Because I value and respect friendship.
Political parties depend for existence and success, not so much on the holding of identical views, as on a shared philosophy and ties of loyalty and respect between members. So there are good reasons to try to find compromises when differences emerge on a specific matter.
My mother early on taught us to respect all animals, and I mean all animals – not just cats and dogs but rats and snakes and spiders and fish and wildlife, so I really grew up believing they are just like us and just as deserving of consideration.
I have great respect for the men and women that have fought for this country. I have family, I have friends that have gone and fought for this country. And they fight for freedom, they fight for the people, they fight for liberty and justice, for everyone.
I don’t do celebrity endorsements. My work with Conservation International is a good use of whatever celebrity I might have to draw attention to important problems. I have the same responsibility as everyone to reduce consumption and to teach children to respect the environment.
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.
Globalisation has obliterated distance, not just physically but also, most dangerously, mentally. It creates the illusion of intimacy when, in fact, the mental distances have changed little. It has concertinaed the world without engendering the necessary respect, recognition and tolerance that must accompany it.
I like children; I like ’em, and I respect ’em. Pretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by them.
We will be safer from terrorist attack only when we have earned the respect of all other nations instead of their fear, respect for our values and not merely our weapons.
That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong.
The more you stay with and/or complain about a toxic person, the more you’re merely delaying doing the important inner work you need to do – to heal your wounds, expand your limiting beliefs, and show yourself far more love and respect.
The people who harvest America’s food must be treated with respect and earn a living wage.
If you want to be a great leader, remember to treat all people with respect at all times. For one, because you never know when you’ll need their help. And two, because it’s a sign you respect people, which all great leaders do.
I’ve been lucky to find people who want to work with me, whom I respect and like, but the truth is there aren’t that many good projects out there. And we make way, way too many movies. So it’s not always going to happen with every project. But I try and wait it out.
The only thing I want is the respect of the fans of Liverpool and the fans of the national team of Uruguay.
The principal factors which influenced my life are 1) nonviolent tactics; 2) constitutional means; 3) democratic procedures; 4) respect for human personality; 5) a belief that all people are one.
I am sure that, on the one hand, the Rothschilds appreciate the merits of Marx, and that on the other hand, Marx feels an instinctive inclination and a great respect for the Rothschilds.
I met Jesse Owens once. He was a remarkable individual, and I have tremendous respect for what he did in the Olympics under the circumstances.
If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or music, then in that respect you can call me that… I believe in what I do, and I’ll say it.
Well you know, I have the utmost respect for people like Angelina Jolie and Zoe Saldana in ‘Colombiana. ‘
I guess at the end of the day, all women like to be appreciated and treated with respect and kindness.
Go up close to your friend, but do not go over to him! We should also respect the enemy in our friend.
Where ever the spirit of Christ is known, there is much of good will, of mutual respect, of love and appreciation and kindness.
Having a Christian worldview shapes my decision-making with respect to all aspects of my life. I always respect people in public life who are principled, and those principles have to be connected to something. And my faith is what serves as the anchor and directs my actions.
If political leaders want respect, they will begin by enforcing the global rule of law.
If we have no respect for our viewers, then how can we have any respect for ourselves and what we do?
Every individual has a place to fill in the world and is important in some respect whether he chooses to be so or not.
It’s important for me to treat a girlfriend with respect. My mum would be horrified if I behaved any differently – and I have sisters, and would hate for them to be treated badly by guys.
Some of us don’t respect water. We waste it and pour it out. But a lot of disastrous stuff involves water. Tsunamis. Hurricanes.
I have a stronger personality than Shah Rukh. He is an entity on his own, and I don’t consider him a superstar when I’m with him in the house. He’s just my husband, and I respect him as that.
There are no team orders within Red Bull Racing, other than that the drivers should race each other with respect.
Development of outlook naturally begins with a respect for God… Reverence to God and reverence for one’s neighbor and reverence for oneself as a servant of God.
Don’t tell me what I need. Start looking at the people in front of you, appreciate the diversity in the community, respect it. Don’t debate it.
The basic Buddhist stand on the question of equality between the genders is age-old. At the highest tantric levels, at the highest esoteric level, you must respect women: every woman.
Unless India stands up to the world, no one will respect us. In this world, fear has no place. Only strength respects strength.
What I respect about my dad is he comes forth, and he tells the truth, and he’s a very honorable person. I respect him a lot. He, I know deep down, has a good heart.
Discretion is nothing other than the sense of justice with respect to the sphere of the intimate contents of life.
China, with her five thousand years of history, her vast territory and her enormous population stands like a mountain peak among the nations of the world. Her contribution to the civilization of mankind is imperishable. She has been a keen lover of peace; she has had a deep respect for international justice.
Baseball is about talent, hard work, and strategy. But at the deepest level, it’s about love, integrity, and respect.
A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would make a dupe of himself too, if he could.
It’s all about togetherness and to pay the other the necessary respect. If you do that, then we all would feel better. It is not always a taking but also a giving in both directions.
We are more thoroughly an enlightened people, with respect to our political interests, than perhaps any other under heaven. Every man among us reads, and is so easy in his circumstances as to have leisure for conversations of improvement and for acquiring information.
The people I respect most behave as if they were immortal and as if society was eternal.
I don’t think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little or make a poem which children will speak for you when you’re dead.
The respect for human rights is nowadays not so much a matter of having international standards, but rather questions of compliance with those standards.
I have always striven to raise the voice of hope for a world where hate gives way to respect and oppression to liberation.
I respect the fact that many denominations have different points of view with respect to gay marriage and they can hold that in the sanctity in the place of their religion and not bless them or solemnize them.
When about to commit a base deed, respect thyself, though there is no witness.
People want to hear what I have to say and respect what I say.
I have a lot of respect for people who are great at ad-libbing and for writers and directors who are able to create a scene in which that works. Judd Apatow is fantastic at it. But as an audience member, I like the sound of something that’s been written – I like it to sound written.
The big pay-off was to work as an artist and gain some shred of respect from your friends, who were also artists. But there was never any notion that you could make a living out of art. On the rare occasions you had a gallery show, and sold a little work, well, that was just gravy.
I just want people to respect what I do.
Respect for right conduct is felt by every body.
Most good relationships are built on mutual trust and respect.
We learned about gratitude and humility – that so many people had a hand in our success, from the teachers who inspired us to the janitors who kept our school clean… and we were taught to value everyone’s contribution and treat everyone with respect.
Everyone in society should be a role model, not only for their own self-respect, but for respect from others.
Respect is important, and if you don’t have it you won’t be on the professional level very long.
I respect faith, but doubt is what gives you an education.
Mankind’s true moral test, its fundamental test (which lies deeply buried from view), consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals. And in this respect mankind has suffered a fundamental debacle, a debacle so fundamental that all others stem from it.
I respect the office of the presidency, but I never worship at the shrines of our public servants… The Washington press corps has the privilege of asking the president of the United States what he is doing and why.
If you spend time with people, you understand where they’re coming from and you respect them more than if you’re judging from a distance.
Women are tenacious, and all of them should be tenacious of respect; without esteem they cannot exist; esteem is the first demand that they make of love.
Respect your kids. They are their own people. I think sometimes we expect kids to be perfect when we’re not perfect.
My wife and I have a schizophrenic son. We didn’t want to accept this for 30 years, so we put him under great pressure when we shouldn’t have. He just wanted to be looked after, and we didn’t respect that. We tried to make him independent.
What helped me was I had people around me to remind me to help my country even when it did me wrong, have respect for my people, my family, my nation and mankind.
Be loyal to those who are loyal to you. And respect everyone, even your enemies and competition.
More than anything, you have to respect the game and do things the right way.
For a batsman, the bat is your main weapon and you need to respect it. The more you respect it, the better it helps with your cricket.
I absolutely respect and I believe I serve music.
Few things detract more from your credibility and the respect of your colleagues and peers than being called on the carpet to deflect accusations and defend an untruth.
Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that’s real power.
Whenever I go out, so many people who respect me ask me what to do in a certain situation. A lot of times, I didn’t know the answers because sometimes I was going through the same sort of thing. But then later on, I would think of things that people told me.
The young people I know judge leaders by their deeds and abhor hypocrisy. Inconsistency and point-scoring do not win respect. It’s not easy to be engaged in political debate when it is reduced to performers trying to outdo each other. Actions from leaders must mirror the values they claim to espouse.
I do not need anybody telling me how to do my thing. I do not care how great they are, if it is somebody I respect, I will listen.
If you’re talking to a man who wouldn’t fight with you under any circumstances whatsoever, then you’re talking to someone for whom you have absolutely no respect.
I wanted to represent minorities in the respect of people who had been bullied in school or people who were gay or lesbian or trans or people who aren’t blonde haired and blue-eyed. I have short hair, and I am covered in tattoos. I like showing people that it’s within their rights to be different.
I like working with south Indian directors because they are very disciplined. They visualize their entire story and screenplay in their heads even before they start shooting, which I respect. They finish their work on time. Being a disciplinarian myself, this suits my style.
I was deployed in Afghanistan and Iraq with British Special Forces Units. I have great respect for the British military and the country as a whole, so I don’t have anything negative to say about that.
Dance is a universal language, and whether you know how to dance or grew up training in dance, you have a respect for people who love to dance, and it’s also visually very entertaining to watch a great dancer.
Respect the burden.
We need to respect the fact that cows are herbivores, and that does not mean feeding them corn and chicken manure.
We were told by President Obama that in respect of international trade, we would have to get to the back of the queue – not a position that America normally requires the United Kingdom to be in when it comes to other matters, such as the Iraq War.
A great chef is an artist that I truly respect.
We all know how to focus on trauma. This is the struggle. We have the opportunity to respect our journey and focus on joy.
The younger generation is essentially idealistic. This applies to the Iranian youth as well. In addition, the youth in Iran face certain difficulties… the Iranian youth need more freedom. They are struggling for more freedom and democracy. This commands great respect.
Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved. It’s being able to take it as well as dish it out. That’s the only way you’re going to get respect from the players.
What I respect as far as in myself and in others is the spirit of just doing it. For better or worse, it may work and it may not, but I’m going to go for it. Ultimately I probably prefer to be respected for that than whether it works out or not, either winning or losing.
Respect the masterpiece. It is true reverence to man. There is no quality so great, none so much needed now.
I have a huge amount of respect for all Japanese designers because I think there is consistency and respect to craft.
If you live what you believe, you will always have the respect of others.
We respect our elders. There is wisdom that comes from experience, and I am not going to stop learning from wise counsel.
If I respect myself and believe in what I’m doing, no one can touch me.
If you want to be a screenwriter, take an acting class to get a sense of what you’re asking actors to do. Learning other skills will help you communicate with people and respect what they do.
I believe that working with good people matters because then the work environment is good. If there is a sense of respect and belief among the people you work with, that is when good work is done.
I’ll fight you, and I’ll have respect at the end. If you win, I have respect; if I win, I expect respect, Ray Mercer, man, I don’t want to mention this guy’s name anymore. He gets no respect from me. He was not professional, and he showed poor sportsmanship.
For some ungodly reason, I end up being naked in a lot of stuff. But there is a certain grace and kudos that come with taking your clothes off on the first day, a respect that is given by the rest of the cast.
You cannot live to please everyone else. You have to edify, educate and fulfill your own dreams and destiny, and hope that whatever your art is that you’re putting out there, if it’s received, great, I respect you for receiving it. If it’s not received, great, I respect you for not.
Our will makes constantly a sort of agreement with the world, whereby, if the world will continually show some respect to the will, the will shall consent to be strenuous in its industry.
Internationalism is a community theory of society which is founded on economic, spiritual, and biological facts. It maintains that respect for a healthy development of human society and of world civilization requires that mankind be organized internationally.
I think the most important thing in life is self-love, because if you don’t have self-love, and respect for everything about your own body, your own soul, your own capsule, then how can you have an authentic relationship with anyone else?
Nobody could like Donald Trump, surely, except his mother. No one really likes The Donald. But how can you not have respect for a guy who’s been down on the floor and just keeps coming back? Nothing will keep Donald Trump down until they drive a wooden stake in his heart and a silver bullet in his brain.
I deserve respect for the things I did not do.
I’ve always had the utmost respect and awe of what the lens can do and what a director can do with just a camera move.
I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for law.
You can’t allow tradition to get in the way of innovation. There’s a need to respect the past, but it’s a mistake to revere your past.
I got taught respect because if not, somebody’s gonna make you respect them.
Looking up and out, how can we not respect this ever-vigilant cognizance that distinguishes us: the capability to envision, to dream, and to invent? the ability to ponder ourselves? and be aware of our existence on the outer arm of a spiral galaxy in an immeasurable ocean of stars? Cognizance is our crest.
Thanks to ‘Eega,’ people respect me as actor. That abundance of respect is what pulls me towards cinema.
I would love to persuade Christopher Bailey to get even just a section of Burberry that’s, like, organic or free trade. I love him, he’s a very good person and an amazing designer, and I have a lot of respect and time for him.
Lasting love has to be built on mutual regard and respect. It is about seeing the other person. I am very interested in relationships and, when I watch couples, sometimes I can sense a blindness has set in. They have stopped seeing each other. It is not easy to see another person.
I remember I read this harsh review about my show, and one of my friends told me that this was the exact same stuff people said about Madonna. And it’s like, she didn’t care. Madonna just came out and was herself. I respect that a lot.
I do believe in humanism, and I believe that we should treat each other with respect and care and look after each other. All human beings should have an equal chance to survive in society, and inequality is a big problem in society.
High heels. I respect people who love them; they’re just not for me!
Since narcissism is fueled by a greater need to be admired than to be liked, psychologists might use that fact as a therapeutic lever – stressing to patients that being known as a narcissist will actually cause them to lose the respect and social status they crave.
This world belongs to all of us, and all sexes should be able to live in respect and harmony.
Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal.
You can be sexy, but respect yourself and make sure you get that respect.
I was raised Jewish, my wife was raised Catholic. Though we respect each other’s heritage, and while many of our friends are deeply religious, we have chosen to focus on our similarities, not our differences. We teach our children compassion, charity, honesty and the benefits of hard work.
I have great respect for the LDS church – their commitment to family and taking care of each other is exemplary. I just don’t believe the tenets of the faith that they believe.
I think a lot of people have lost respect for the individual, you know, the individual, the person who doesn’t conform.
The Supreme Court, of course, has the responsibility of ensuring that our government never oversteps its proper bounds or violates the rights of individuals. But the Court must also recognize the limits on itself and respect the choices made by the American people.
We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future.
I was always fascinated by engineering. Maybe it was an attempt maybe to get my father’s respect or interest, or maybe it was just a genetic love of technology, but I was always trying to build things.
Civility is not about dousing strongly held views. It’s about making sure that people are willing to respect other perspectives.
He who does not accept and respect those who want to reject life does not truly accept and respect life itself.
There’s a lot of comics writers out there whose work I appreciate and who are nice guys. I really want to work with guys I really respect and enjoy.
You can have a certain arrogance, and I think that’s fine, but what you should never lose is the respect for the others.
I know there is a higher being and I respect that force.
Someone once told me that if you respect a person, listen to their opinion. And if you do not respect someone, then do not listen to their opinion. And that works both ways.
We cannot stop senseless violence without the rule of law and security forces that represent and respect every segment of society.
My one thing is respect. I don’t care about anything else. You should respect everyone around you – the people who work for you, peers. Be classy.
We shall all respect the principles of each other and do nothing that would be regarded as an act of oppression to any portion of the people.
The final test of a gentleman is his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.
New York gave me hell for that ‘Purple Swag,’ man. They didn’t respect me until ‘Peso.’
Trans people deserve something vital; they deserve your respect. From that respect comes a more compassionate community.
I have a lot of respect for people, and I feel they are far more sensible and responsible than to ape or imitate somebody.
Justice must be done in investigating the tragic death of Mr. Freddie Gray. His family deserves our deepest sympathy and respect for their loss, and our admiration for their courage in calling us, as a city, to act as our better selves.
Goodness and hard work are rewarded with respect.
NBA’s spacing’s really helped. Teams gotta really respect my jumper.
I think I’m outspoken, but I think people respect me for that.
In things to be seen at once, much variety makes confusion, another vice of beauty. In things that are not seen at once, and have no respect one to another, great variety is commendable, provided this variety transgress not the rules of optics and geometry.
I’ve got a lot of respect for tuba players, just carrying that thing around.
As human beings we value the experience that comes with age. We are reminded over and over again with statements like ‘older and wiser’ and ‘respect your elders,’ promoting age as something to be cherished and respected.
I respect and value the ideals of rugged individualism and self-reliance. But rugged individualism didn’t defeat the British, it didn’t get us to the moon, build our nation’s highways, or map the human genome. We did that together. This is the high call of patriotism.
Anyone who can do the splits and come back up on the backbeat, as James Brown and Prince can, has my eternal respect. Prince, who is a genius of the highest order, can come back up while singing and playing the guitar.
After you’ve had some life experiences and listened to people about their evaluations of you, especially people that you respect, you have no choice but to change.
Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.
Once you appreciate one of your blessings, one of your senses, your sense of hearing, then you begin to respect the sense of seeing and touching and tasting, you learn to respect all the senses.
Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized.
No one should be so precious as to refuse criticism of their work. But to respect an opinion, we have to know that it was given honestly and with proper thought.
When I first saw a picture of the crucifixion, I lost respect for my parents. I suddenly realised that this is what the adult world is like – full of cruelty and hypocrisy.
The duty of man is the same in respect to his own nature as in respect to the nature of all other things, namely not to follow it but to amend it.
I think, under President Obama, who was a really bright guy – I didn’t agree with a lot of his politics – but we got to the point internationally where our friends didn’t trust us. They were confused. And our enemies didn’t quite respect us.
The enemies cannot destroy the king who has at his service the respect and friendship of the wise men who can find fault, disagree, and correct him.
I firmly believe that respect is a lot more important, and a lot greater, than popularity.
Just as the common law derives from ancient precedents – judges’ decisions – rather than statutes, baseball’s codes are the game’s distilled mores. Their unchanged purpose is to show respect for opponents and the game. In baseball, as in the remainder of life, the most important rules are unwritten. But not unenforced.
They say fame is important and that maintaining your fame is even more important. But to me, the most important thing is to deserve the respect of your fans.
In limits, there is freedom. Creativity thrives within structure. Creating safe havens where our children are allowed to dream, play, make a mess and, yes, clean it up, we teach them respect for themselves and others.
It is time to return to core values, time to get back to basics, to self-discipline and respect for the law, to consideration for the others, to accepting responsibility for yourself and your family – and not shuffling it off on other people and the state.
A person’s a person, no matter how small.
I rightfully respect Killer Mike a hundred percent. He knows my father; he’s known my father for years.
All I wanted to do was come into my own and find out my career path and what I wanted to do with my life – but, at the same time, showing respect to my father and mother and make them proud as well.
Aging has a wonderful beauty and we should have respect for that.
With all due respect, I am against dumb.
I am personally not against keeping animals at zoos, as they serve a huge educational purpose, but treating them well and with respect seems the least we could do, and with ‘we’ I mean not just zoo staff, but most certainly also the public.
The game of basketball has been everything to me. My place of refuge, place I’ve always gone where I needed comfort and peace. It’s been the site of intense pain and the most intense feelings of joy and satisfaction. It’s a relationship that has evolved over time, given me the greatest respect and love for the game.
The gifts of lovers to one another are, in respect to love, nothing but forms; yet, they testify to invisible love.
Hormones get no respect. We think of them as the elusive chemicals that make us a bit moody, but these magical little molecules do so much more.
The only respect you should have is the one you earn.
As all human beings are, in my view, creatures of God’s design, we must respect all other human beings. That does not mean I have to agree with their choices or agree with their opinions, but indeed I respect them as human beings.
I got a lot of things that society had promised would make me whole and fulfilled – all the things that the culture tells you from preschool on will quiet the throbbing anxiety inside you – stature, the respect of colleagues, maybe even a kind of low-grade fame.
Football is like life – it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.
The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even belligerance. It is seldom accepted as an inevitable outcome of the struggle won by survivors, and deserves respect if not enthusiastic acceptance.
I don’t train like a mixed martial artist. I don’t respect the sport like everyone else does.
Wherever you go, respect the local culture or you will suffer.
I have a lot of time and respect for Roy Hodgson; he’s a very good manager.
We submit to the majority because we have to. But we are not compelled to call our attitude of subjection a posture of respect.
Every person has their own opinion and I respect that. Not everybody is going to like you.
You’re morally tainted if you don’t treat both the accuser and the accused with fairness and with respect, and with due process.
If a work alienates a reader, should that be counted against it? I respect people that love ‘Ulysses,’ for example, but I’m on the other side of the argument. ‘Ulysses’ would be better if it seduced me. But I probably have the minority point of view.
We need to put human rights, a belief in multilateralism and respect for international law back at the heart of foreign policy.
In general, I usually don’t really go by or live my life by a clock, and outside of touring, I don’t really ask anyone else to. It’s not out of lack of respect for anyone or intentional.
I don’t think Roman Reigns should for one moment of his life be worrying about earning the respect of the WWE audience. Because what he has is their willingness to pay to see Roman Reigns whether they respect him or not.
FIFA stands for discipline, respect, fair-play, not just on the field of play, but in our society as well.
It’s always important to respect your opponent.
Climate change does not respect border; it does not respect who you are – rich and poor, small and big. Therefore, this is what we call ‘global challenges,’ which require global solidarity.
I’ve always played sport, ever since I was little. I played volleyball and I believe sport teaches you a lot, such as teamwork, respect and discipline.
In terms of being able to renew my nation, to be able to be able to bring back a devastated country, to restore hope to our people, to lift women and to give them a new horizon, a new ambition and new dreams, in respect of all of that, I think we’ve accomplished it, and I feel very good about that.
I think of marriage as a garden. You have to tend to it. Respect it, take care of it, feed it. Make sure everyone is getting the right amount of, um, sunlight.
I love making new friends and I respect people for a lot of different reasons.
I’m so lucky to have such a great family. I respect them so much professionally, and they’ve been unconditionally supportive in the choices that I’ve made. It’s been very good having them on my side.
I would never want to live in L.A., and I made that decision years ago, so I never chose that path for myself, although I have much respect for those that do it at a high level.
I believe family first. Blood is thicker than water. I grew up like that, and I want to continue to keep that goal in my heart. Just family first! Just honesty, integrity, and respect. All of that. I live by the code of those things. If you do that you’ll be fine.
I am absolutely overjoyed to be joining ‘Strictly.’ I have so much respect for the other judges and hope to add my own bit of sparkle to the show.
In school, I studied psychology, linguistics, neuroscience. I understand that there is a real lack of respect for the brain.
I’m blessed enough to been in the game for a while and still have my beautiful fans and still have the respect. That’s something that gets me going. I’m also fortunate enough to take vacation and take a little hiatus.
I have a lot of respect for Martin Luther King. I think he was one of the greatest orators that the country ever produced.
I will respect anyone who thinks differently, but I know what I have in my heart and only God can judge me. If everybody took care of their own lives only we would have less prejudice in this world.
Football is a great deal like life in that it teaches that work, sacrifice, perseverance, competitive drive, selflessness and respect for authority is the price that each and every one of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.
Ninety-nine percent of people now call me The Hoff – and it’s out of respect.
I do everything in my power to promote positivity however and whenever I can; and, constructively and softly, try to encourage tweens and teens that if they want to be part of a dialogue on my social platforms, there is an expectation that they do so with poise and respect.
I know what I’m talking about, so that when I say ‘do something’ I have the respect of the people doing it.
I have nothing but respect for John Cena and his work rate. He’s one of the hardest-working wrestlers there ever was. He’s been a great champion, an inspiring role model. It’s not easy being John Cena and carrying all the weight of the company on your back all the time.
While I will always have the utmost respect for the superhuman out-of-bounds freestyle and extreme stunts that seem to continually progress beyond our imaginable limits, my highest appreciation goes out to the simple rider who’s out there just for the experience.
For David Parker and Daniel Parker, with the respect and admiration of their father, who grew up with them.
I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.
Human rights are being violated in so many places. But we don’t give up because we know respect for human rights and human dignity is a basic condition for peace.
Every good relationship, especially marriage, is based on respect. If it’s not based on respect, nothing that appears to be good will last very long.
With my wife I don’t get no respect. I made a toast on her birthday to ‘the best woman a man ever had.’ The waiter joined me.
To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
I was brought up to respect my father and not to love him.
But the leaders of the OIC could not even accept Mahathir’s proposal, yet they talk about respect and honour.
I got into acting because my teachers kept nudging me into it. The power a teacher has to influence someone is so great. I can’t think of a profession I have more respect for.
I have two sisters and a mother, obviously, so I grew up with a household of girls. Maybe I have a greater respect for women because of it.
If every man loves his mother, he’s going to treat the ladies right, with love and respect.
I’ll be having lunch with my mum and she’ll complain about the paparazzi outside. I tell her that she could have worn a beanie, but of course she never does. She loves it – it’s how she chooses to connect with people. That’s fine, I can respect that. But I’m the opposite. I always have been.
Respect is what we owe; love, what we give.
People who have no stake in society are the least likely to have respect for it.
Respect is one of the greatest expressions of love.
China, frankly, can be an opportunity for Africa based on the huge infrastructure deficit on the continent, but what needs to happen is that governments and citizens have to build internal ownership of the need of good governance, transparency, accountability, for respect for the environment.
I believe in one power, and that is the hand of God. I respect all religions.
I just respect people and mind my business. I don’t got time to worry about what the next man’s pockets are looking like, I gotta worry about what mine are looking like and my family.
I’m not a big hip-hop fan, but I respect all kinds of music and some of them are really cool.
Hip-hop is more about attaining wealth. People respect success. They respect big. They don’t even have to like your music. If you’re big enough, people are drawn to you.
Be modest, be respectful of others, try to understand.
Honoring the priesthood fosters respect, respect promotes reverence, and reverence invites revelation.
It’s important that we treat our bodies with respect because it’s what we have to make do with as long as we live.
All successful people men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose.
Liberals are some of the most arrogant, condescending smart alecks, but they’re just pure ignorant, and they fit the bill of people who have no love and no respect for the founding of this country.
There are lots of people I admire and respect, but I don’t necessarily want to be like them. I’m too happy being myself.
Sometimes we are separated by differences, and sometimes we are united by common ideals of respect and compassion.
I think Maine needs people. It needs diversity. It needs to be able to respect people. Openness is crucial for this state because we don’t want to be known for having the oldest state in the nation. We want young families.
I respect the game that goes on of putting this against that, but I don’t respect, nor do I enjoy, an awful lot of the actual programs that go on the air.
Economics is a subject that does not greatly respect one’s wishes.
I think the sexiest thing on anybody is intelligence. I respect somebody who has a brain and wants to use it more than a pretty face and status.
A person who can go out and get 40 is going to get a lot more respect than somebody who goes out and holds somebody to two points. It’s just the nature of the game. It doesn’t bother me.
I respect and believe in all religions.
I’m just trying to approach what I make with as much respect and research as I can, and just make it with a good heart.
The drummer is stereotypically the dumb guy. Maybe that’s why I always respect drummers who do more than drum.
You can have a certain arrogance, and I think that’s fine, but what you should never lose is the respect for the others.
But really, we also need to learn how to love one another as women. How to appreciate and respect each other.
When you’re successful, there will be friends, people, VIPs rallying around you. When you’re down and out, you’re all alone. That’s why it’s important to be a good person. Because whether you’re a successful cricketer or not can always change, but the respect you earn by being the person you are stays with you.
I feel lucky that I found my talent, not unlucky that I was born with a disability. When I’m on a horse, I’m more worried about what the riding hat is doing to my hair than what my bent legs and arms are doing. What riding has given me is respect.
I need privacy. I would think that because what I do makes a lot of people happy that I might deserve a little bit of respect in return. Instead, the papers try to drag me off my pedestal.
The difference must be distinguished between worship and respect. Islam orders you to obey and respect, as long as you are not worshiping anything other than God… Islam is a religion of peace. You don’t attack. You explain.
We must not permit our respect for the dead or our sympathy for the living to lead us into an act of injustice to the balance of the living.
I have great respect for people’s right to believe what they want to believe. And I don’t think anybody should be prosecuted or judged based on what their beliefs are.
Neither, I must say with all due respect, is it the power of teachers and students. Basically the true and real power is with working people of all colors, of all beliefs, of all national origins.
Love is about mutual respect, apart from attraction.
I believe that ‘Food is a giver.’ It gives you nutrition, health, and at times can give you recognition, like it did in my case, and you got to treat it with that kind of respect.
As more men become more educated and women get educated, the value system has to be more enhanced and the respect for human dignity and human life is made better.
We will respect all our opponents, as we always do.
Respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality.
If we are not free, no one will respect us.
We – what we need is a dialogue among civilizations. And we need multiculturalism, respect for diversity, tolerance, respect for diverse faiths.
How do leaders serve their people? They may pay good wages and treat employees with respect.
Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved. It’s being able to take it as well as dish it out. That’s the only way you’re going to get respect from the players.
I could speak for hours about equality and what needs to change in football and in society as a whole. But in the end, everything comes back to respect.
I want to change history, do something important in my life, and influence individuals like we have with millions of small businesses on Alibaba. Then they love and respect you because you made their life important.
I’m not somebody that’s trying to be somebody else. I’m being myself for the most part and people respect that.
We should respect all religions and just believe in peace, kindness and harmony.
It is so important to get respect for what you do and at the same time give it.
I’m not a great hunter. But I have fired guns in the past, when I was growing up. But it was part of growing up where I lived. You go out hunting or target practice. They also taught you to respect guns.
It is a full time job being honest one moment at a time, remembering to love, to honor, to respect. It is a practice, a discipline, worthy of every moment.
People go out of their way to show the love and respect for me. It is very gratifying.
I talk a lot about Jackie MacMullan. Think about the trust and the equity Jackie has built with people in this game. When you watch her work, there is such a high level of respect given. It’s hard to describe it, but you can see it when players engage with her.
I’m a big proponent of young women dressing appropriately in the workplace to get ahead. We need to demand respect as women, and part of that involves how we present ourselves.
Perhaps the surest test of an individual’s integrity is his refusal to do or say anything that would damage his self-respect.
If I have a connection with someone, I’d like to think that they’d be able to respect that connection enough and respect themselves enough to not care about my past – that they would want to see what happens between us.
By deafness one gains in one respect more than one loses; one misses more nonsense than sense.
Coaches will eventually notice a great attitude, and they respect that.
Those who wish to pet and baby wild animals ‘love’ them. But those who respect their natures and wish to let them live normal lives, love them more.
Never dress down for the poor. They won’t respect you for it. They want their First Lady to look like a million dollars.
In finding love, I think it’s important to be patient. In being in a relationship, I think it’s important to be honest, to communicate, to respect and trust, and to strive to give more than you take.
I have great respect and understanding for military commitment due to my own family’s involvement with the armed forces.
Work hard. Treat everybody with respect. That’s really what it comes down to.
‘Separate but unequal’ didn’t work in respect to race, it doesn’t work in respect to gender, and it especially doesn’t work when looking at the intersection of race and gender.
I’m sure that I am enjoying my sobriety. And respect it. If you’ve been through what I’ve been through, then you really do treasure it.
My mother imparted on me that I must be a good custodian of my father’s name and that is what I ask of my children. One should conduct themselves in the correct manner, respect one’s elders and do the right thing.
I might not always be given the respect that I should have, but it’s what fuels me.
There is no tragedy in missing a putt, no matter how short. All have erred in this respect.
Like it or not, there are a lot of dance teachers in this country who respect me, whether they personally like me or not.
There was no respect for youth when I was young, and now that I am old, there is no respect for age, I missed it coming and going.
To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.
I deliberately try to carry a different perception of myself as opposed to my father’s. I respect my dad and his body of work, but I can’t give him credit for what I am today. As a person, I give my parents full credit; career-wise, no.
Care for life and physical health, with due regard for the needs of others and the common good, is concomitant with respect for human dignity.
You respect people you grew up around.
Coming from an Asian culture, I was always taught to respect my elders, to be a better listener than a talker.
You respect all of these people that you know in the business as actors. And they sort of turn around and say, we really like your work. It’s a nice acknowledgment.
Next month, I will celebrate my 30th anniversary of marriage with my beautiful bride, Vicki. Our marriage has been a blessing. I have gained even more respect for the institution over the past 3 decades and will defend it against attack.
The life of the community, both domestically and internationally, clearly demonstrates that respect for rights, and the guarantees that follow from them, are measures of the common good that serve to evaluate the relationship between justice and injustice, development and poverty, security and conflict.
As you get older, you grow and mature, and that should never stop. As soon as you stop growing, you’re done living. I’ll always be growing, forever learning, forever taking in advice from people I deeply respect.
Wherever I look, I see signs of the commandment to honor one’s parents and nowhere of a commandment that calls for the respect of a child.
To me, a tax heaven is where everyone pays their fair share. In that respect, I am not quite sure we are in tax heaven yet.
Respect the game on and off the field and if you do that, you’re going to have the respect among your peers.
If Copenhagen were a person, that person would be generous, beautiful, elderly, but with a flair. A human being that has certain propensities for quarrelling, filled with imagination and with appetite for the new and with respect for the old – somebody who takes good care of things and of people.
I am a feminist, and what that means to me is much the same as the meaning of the fact that I am Black: it means that I must undertake to love myself and to respect myself as though my very life depends upon self-love and self-respect.
The raids on Freedom House, the National Democratic Institute and International Republican Institute, the Adenauer Foundation, and other groups helping Egyptians move toward respect for democratic politics and human rights were of a piece with the practices of Hosni Mubarak – only bolder and more repressive.
The United Nations will be at the heart of our international activities. France will assume its full responsibilities at the Security Council by putting its status at the service of peace, respect for human rights and development.
I always respect a woman.
Students often have such a lofty idea of what a poem is, and I want them to realize that their own lives are where the poetry comes from. The most important things are to respect the language; to know the classical rules, even if only to break them; and to be prepared to edit, to revise, to shape.
I am not religious. I do not believe that personhood is conferred upon conception. But I also do not believe that a human embryo is the moral equivalent of a hangnail and deserves no more respect than an appendix.
When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet in his private heart no man much respects himself.
Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized.
Jerusalem is holy to three religions. You have to respect that.
If we were all determined to play the first violin we should never have an ensemble. therefore, respect every musician in his proper place.
I’m quite a softy, yes. I have a blank spot with respect to visual art, but I have perhaps a compensating hypersensitivity to poetry and music.
Let them hate me, provided they respect my conduct.
I have tremendous respect for my colleagues.
We must believe in the power of education. We must respect just laws. We must love ourselves, our old and or young, our women as well as our men.
You can be cool and at the same time respect your woman, who will hopefully become your wife, who will hopefully become the mother of your kids. America needs to get back to family values.
My standard for the women in my life is like, ‘If no man can treat you better than I can treat you, they can’t come.’ You gotta step up to the plate. With respect, with acknowledgment, with support.
I don’t mind being older. I’m proud of my age. I’ve achieved a lot. It’s the same thing with Mick and the Stones. They should be revered and respected. Isn’t it strange that now we’re living longer we have so much less respect for old age? Perhaps it’s a less valuable commodity?
If I despised myself, it would be no compensation if everyone saluted me, and if I respect myself, it does not trouble me if others hold me lightly.
I will not speak with disrespect of the Republican Party. I always speak with respect of the past.
I look up to Gigi Hadid. I love where she’s taken herself, I love what brands she’s working on. I respect her because I understand… I mean, girls like her open the doors for girls like me. So all I can do is thank her.
Respect for the individual is one of our core beliefs at Walmart.
As long as I value what I have and respect my cricket, I know I am on the right path.
You are free to reject God. Make sure that you’re really rejecting God, not some caricature of God that the church has shown you. But I, one, respect a God who not only allows us to reject Him but includes the arguments we can use against Him in the Bible. I respect that.
I have great respect for the semicolon; it is a mighty handy little fellow.
You don’t say hello to Mr. DeNiro? Show the respect, will ya?
To me, it’s about the Golden Rule, really at the end of the day. Treating people as you want to be treated. I just don’t feel like it’s that hard to do. It’s not that much to ask of someone to treat everyone with the respect they would want to be treated with. No matter what you look like or where you’re from.
I call horses ‘divine mirrors’ – they reflect back the emotions you put in. If you put in love and respect and kindness and curiosity, the horse will return that.
I am shocked at the attitude of our American troops. They have no respect for death, the courage of an enemy soldier, or many of the ordinary decencies of life.
I can respect different opinions, because everybody has a story.
I am not someone who believes we should build a fence around our country but I do believe there ought to be some fairness with respect to the rules of this globalization.
We shall listen, not lecture; learn, not threaten. We will enhance our safety by earning the respect of others and showing respect for them. In short, our foreign policy will rest on the traditional American values of restraint and empathy, not on military might.
I surround myself with people I admire and respect. I have never tried to make anything happen. I don’t know how long ‘Urinetown’ will run on Broadway, and I find myself strangely unconcerned about it.
Respect a man, he will do it the more.
I’m the type of guy that always respect the older rappers who paved the way for us to get here.
I only know a few people who I call friends and a few who’ve given me the respect, like Yash Chopra, Aditya Chopra, Aamir Khan and Mani Ratnam.
Obviously I do have political views – I’m a believer in the free-market economy; I also believe that without competition and respect for human rights there will be no progress because nobody will feel safe and free.
It will give them the opportunity to show themselves worthy of the respect and friendship of peace-loving nations, and in time, to take an honorable place among members of the United Nations.
I think there is a lot to be said for the respect that our parents had for children, and for my brothers and sisters and me at a very young age, and for exposing them to the world and what’s out there.
With all due respect, the Mona Lisa is overrated.
We went online to surrogacy agencies. We interviewed lots of people – and I have to say, with all due respect, some of them were freaks. I was very leery of the process the whole way through.
The companies that survive longest are the one’s that work out what they uniquely can give to the world not just growth or money but their excellence, their respect for others, or their ability to make people happy. Some call those things a soul.
I came across few whites as a boy at Qunu. The local magistrate, of course, was white, as was the nearest shopkeeper. Occasionally, white travelers or policemen passed through our area. These whites appeared as grand as gods to me, and I was aware that they were to be treated with a mixture of fear and respect.
The people respect and believe in men who fulfill their duty.
If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die.
Punctuality and showing respect in the workplace are the foundations of success. Success is meaningless without them. I’m always looking to pass these lessons on to younger players, because they are the secret of excelling and developing your game.
Being a pastor’s kid comes with a lot of pressure and scrutiny. A lot of my dad’s sermons were about respect. It was a beautiful way to be taught about love and two people being equal.
I’m not gonna sound like the next person. I could respect your sound, but I could also do my own – you feel me?
We all require and want respect, man or woman, black or white. It’s our basic human right.
I love our country so much. And we should all love and respect each other because this is the greatest country in the world. I see the love. I see the unity in all walks of life on a daily basis and It makes me so proud to be an American.
The whole concept of treating people with dignity and respect is a concept that isn’t a business concept, it’s a life concept. It’s who you are at the end of the day.
The ancients considered mechanics in a twofold respect: as rational, which proceeds accurately by demonstration, and practical. To practical mechanics all the manual arts belong, from which mechanics took its name.
More than in any other performing arts the lack of respect for acting seems to spring from the fact that every layman considers himself a valid critic.
We ought to thank God for that. Yes, the man who tills the land is more worthy of respect than any.
Compassion, loyalty, and respect sum up love for me – it’s a mix that’s very rare to find and even harder to imbibe.
If I were to agree to write the music for your beautiful poem, it would tie your poem up for some years as I have agreements and obligations which I must respect.
If you have some respect for people as they are, you can be more effective in helping them to become better than they are.
Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him.
People look at my tattoos, and the majority of them are religious images, so people think, ‘Oh, he must be very religious’. I respect all religions, but I’m not a deeply religious person. But I try and live life in the right way, respecting other people.
People used to respect royalty to an insane extent that doesn’t exist nowadays. These people never shouted. They never moved, really. Their effort was minimum. They were the most powerful people, but they were just calm.
It’s scary what you see out there. People are in marriages and still doing their own things on the side. They don’t respect their partners enough and don’t hold onto relationships the way it was in the past.
A small country like Israel has compulsory military training. But countries like India, that are so much bigger, have no compulsory military training, so people don’t understand how the military functions. They have no knowledge of how it works, no respect for it.
I still feel a heavy responsibility for the people of Missouri because of the respect they have for me but also the things they’ve done for me.
If the world were a bar, America would currently be the angry drunk waving around a loaded gun. Yeah, the other people in the bar may be afraid of him, but they sure as hell don’t respect him.
Every hip-hop artist I have worked with has a respect for higher power, whether that’s church, Allah, or any sort of higher being – they all have a humbleness.
I respect Apple. It’s a great company that changed the world, especially the mobile time.
We have tolerance, respect, and equality in our written laws but not in the hearts of some of our people.
I don’t envy or much respect people who are completely politicised.
A police force, wherever they are, is made up of amazing people, and I respect them a great deal.
Civilization is a method of living, an attitude of equal respect for all men.
I see the entire world as Eden, and every time you take an inch of it away, you must do so with respect.
A lot of my friends are gangsters. Not like gangsters – well, yeah, all sorts of levels of criminality – but not the types that are preying on innocent people. I have no interest in the type of criminality that has no respect for collateral damage.
Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?
Where I think people are being offensive to religion in this country – whichever religion that might be, but particularly the one I and many other Christians subscribe to – well, we will just call it out, and we will demand the same respect that people should provide to all religions.
We must respect the referee every time.
I respect myself and insist upon it from everybody. And because I do it, I then respect everybody, too.
I respect Everest very much.
I believe that President Nixon was right in what he did at Watergate. Lack of respect for authority and things like socialism are turning this into a weak, effeminate country.
There is no need to worry about mere size. We do not necessarily respect a fat man more than a thin man. Sir Isaac Newton was very much smaller than a hippopotamus, but we do not on that account value him less.
We all have goals: We want to matter. We want to be important. We want to have freedom and power to pursue our creative work. We want respect from our peers and recognition for our accomplishments. Not out of vanity or selfishness, but of an earnest desire to fulfill our personal potential.
China does not play by the rules; they do not respect the rules. They develop projects that are not feasible, leaving countries with huge debt that cannot be paid back and use that as financial leverage.
The older generation had greater respect for land than science. But we live in an age when science, more than soil, has become the provider of growth and abundance. Living just on the land creates loneliness in an age of globality.
A man’s respect for law and order exists in precise relationship to the size of his paycheck.
One’s nativity is not of his own choosing, but whatever it may be, it is entitled to respect; and all nations have honorable place in the world’s family.
When I went to Juventus, I was young, but in training, I had legends like Fabio Cannavaro and Lilian Thuram marking me. I had to work hard to get my respect.
I love the system. Let me tell you why. People love it… The people, by and large, have great respect for our law and our system… Why do you think they go to that courthouse instead of killing each other in the streets, taking the law into their own hands?
All due respect and trying to be as modest as I can be, I am a dancer. But I don’t think I would be on ‘Dancing with the Stars,’ mainly because I would be too shy.
The word ‘supportive’ has no place in stand-up comedy. I hate when people are like, ‘Support female comedy.’ That’s not a real genre of comedy. I think if you have true respect for women as three-dimensional creators who are innovative, you wouldn’t group them together like that.
Growing up in northern California has had a big influence on my love and respect for the outdoors. When I lived in Oakland, we would think nothing of driving to Half Moon Bay and Santa Cruz one day and then driving to the foothills of the Sierras the next day.
I write for those women who do not speak, for those who do not have a voice because they were so terrified, because we are taught to respect fear more than ourselves. We’ve been taught that silence would save us, but it won’t.
Women live lives of continual apology. They are born and raised to take the blame for other people’s behavior. If they are treated without respect, they tell themselves that they have failed to earn respect. If their husbands do not fancy them, it is because they are unattractive.
Talent is given by God but you should respect it by doing good work.
My wife totally backs the way I am on stage; that’s one of the amazing things about her. I have 120 per cent respect for her when I’m on stage, so there are definitely certain things I would never do.
I respect everybody who goes to Kentucky. You know that once you sign with Kentucky, the same thing with Duke. You know each and every night it’s going to be a team’s Super Bowl. You’re going to get their best.
When we believe in our thoughts, when we tell ourselves a story, we suffer. ‘My husband doesn’t respect me.’ ‘I should be thinner.’ Those are stories. When there’s no story, there’s no suffering.
I do feel bad when my films don’t do well, but I respect audiences’ verdict because they know well which films to support. If they don’t like a film, we should accept it.
With the greatest of respect, I have watched Apple from the day it started. I was publishing magazines about the Apple II before most people had ever heard what a personal computer was.
We do not covet anything from any nation except their respect.
Status anxiety definitely exists at a political level. Many Iraqis were annoyed with the US essentially for reasons of status: for not showing them respect, for humiliating them.
We will not agree on every issue. But let us respect those differences and respect one another. Let us recognize that we do not serve an ideology or a political party; we serve the people.
I have such respect for… the Kennedy Center Honors. To be an artist in America and to be honored for it is extraordinary. In Europe, they really honor their artists. And you are on a very high level. And here it’s not as revered as it is in Europe or Russia or anywhere in the world.
You can take care of your body, and it will low-key show you respect in turn.
When you work in a multicast project, there has to be a lot of respect and cooperation from each other.
We’re a nation of latchkey children. Manners start at home, and no one is at home teaching manners so that children have respect for others.
You can’t respect yourself if you’re afraid to be who you are.
Clearly, the response to terrorism and violent extremism must respect human rights and comply with international law. That is not just a question of justice but of effectiveness.
In conclusion, respect quotes serve as powerful reminders of the importance of cultivating respect in our interactions, relationships, and society as a whole. Let these quotes inspire you to embrace respect as a guiding principle, to honor the dignity of every individual, and to create a world where kindness, empathy, and understanding prevail. Remember, by treating others with respect, we not only uplift and empower them but also foster a more compassionate and harmonious world for all.
