Respect Quotes

I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being in his own eyes. What matters is not what I think of him it is what he thinks of himself. To undermine a man's self-respect is a sin.

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.

America wants its respect.

Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.

Perhaps the surest test of an individual's integrity is his refusal to do or say anything that would damage his self-respect.

This world of ours... must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and be, instead, a proud confederation of mutual trust and respect.

Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.

I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect.

Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear.

Go up close to your friend, but do not go over to him! We should also respect the enemy in our friend.

One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.

Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that's real power.

I think I'm a natural-born leader. I know how to bow down to authority if it's authority that I respect.

Respect is what we owe love, what we give.

Men are so willing to respect anything that bores them.

When people do not respect us we are sharply offended yet in his private heart no man much respects himself.

When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.

I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.

If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem.

Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.

Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized.

Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized.

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 …