Respect Quotes

"A person's a person, no matter how small."

"We don't need to share the same opinions as others, but we need to be respectful."

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

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

"To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth."

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

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

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

"Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself."

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

"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."

"Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear."

"I firmly believe that respect is a lot more important, and a lot greater, than popularity."

"Respect is what we owe; love, what we give."

"There is no respect for others without humility in one's self."

"Show respect to all people, but grovel to none."

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

"The final test of a gentleman is his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him."

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

"Everyone in society should be a role model, not only for their own self-respect, but for respect from others."

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

"We should all consider each other as human beings, and we should respect each other."

"If we are not free, no one will respect us."

"To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves - there lies the great, singular power of self-respect."

"To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater."

"Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing."

"It is so important to get respect for what you do and at the same time give it."

"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."

"Respect yourself if you would have others respect you."

"Be modest, be respectful of others, try to understand."