Quotes and anectdotes from the wise to the foolish, and the courageous to the drunk

respect

If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.

If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law.

Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.

Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear.

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

The British nation is unique in this respect. They are the only people who like to be told how bad things are, who like to be told the worst.

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

We do not covet anything from any nation except their respect.

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

Being identified as a poet in France or Denmark or India one is greeted with gracious respect.

Great authors are admirable in this respect: in every generation they make for disagreement. Through them we become aware of our differences.

How can a Man respect his Wife when he has a contemptible Opinion of her and her Sex?

I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.

I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.

It comes down to the way you treat people. When you treat people with dignity and respect all the time, you can work through anything.

The cross is the centre of all this in every respect.

The Epistle is a correction of profession without life, and most valuable in this respect.

The great rule of moral conduct is next to God, respect time.

I have a respect for manners as such, they are a way of dealing with people you don't agree with or like.

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.

There is no tragedy in missing a putt, no matter how short. All have erred in this respect.

A man's real life is that accorded to him in the thoughts of other men by reason of respect or natural love.

I will not speak with disrespect of the Republican Party. I always speak with respect of the past.

Respect for right conduct is felt by every body.

Take pride in your work at all times. Remember, respect for an umpire is created off the field as well as on.

When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments tenderness for what he is, and respect for what he may become.

A student never forgets an encouraging private word, when it is given with sincere respect and admiration.

By respect for life we become religious in a way that is elementary, profound and alive.

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

Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something.

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

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

The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat. It is a colossal scavenger slang and has no respect.

There can be no failure to a man who has not lost his courage, his character, his self respect, or his self-confidence. He is still a King.

Eisenhower was my war hero and the President I admire and respect most.

Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect. We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves.

I respect Everest very much.

The people I respect most behave as if they were immortal and as if society was eternal.

This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.

To be loved at first sight, a man should have at the same time something to respect and something to pity in his face.

When about to commit a base deed, respect thyself, though there is no witness.

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

It's not that the Irish are cynical. It's rather that they have a wonderful lack of respect for everything and everybody.

And what holds good of verse holds infinitely better in respect to prose.

Awe and respect are two different things.

Humour is a fine line to walk in poetry, as in fiction. I just think it's harder to write. It's harder to keep the respect of the reader too.

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

In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority.

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

Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced.

Our moral, religious, and political traditions are united in their respect for the dignity of human life.

Discretion is nothing other than the sense of justice with respect to the sphere of the intimate contents of life.

He has a profound respect for old age. Especially when it's bottled.

Never esteem men on account of their riches or their station. Respect goodness, find it where you may.

The conqueror is regarded with awe the wise man commands our respect but it is only the benevolent man that wins our affection.

Whose rights will we acknowledge? Whose human dignity will we respect? For whose well-being will we, as a people, assume responsibility?

A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would make a dupe of himself too, if he could.

Brought up to respect the conventions, love had to end in marriage. I'm afraid it did.

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

Respect is what we owe love, what we give.

There exist only three beings worthy of respect: the priest, the soldier, the poet. To know, to kill, to create.

As to happiness in this life it is hardly compatible with that diminished respect which ever attends the relinquishing of labour.

Economics is a subject that does not greatly respect one's wishes.

I adore adverbs they are the only qualifications I really much respect.

To retain respect for sausages and laws, one must not watch them in the making.

We ought to thank God for that. Yes, the man who tills the land is more worthy of respect than any.

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

I have a great love and respect for religion, great love and respect for atheism. What I hate is agnosticism, people who do not choose.

In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure.

Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it.

I respect faith, but doubt is what gives you an education.

I shall always respect the composer. If I embellish, it is his idea I am embellishing.

It takes no compromising to give people their rights. It takes no money to respect the individual. It takes no survey to remove repressions.

One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself.

We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future.

Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.

Men are so willing to respect anything that bores them.

Respect is one of life's greatest treasures. I mean, what does it all add up to if you don't have that?

I have too much respect for the idea of God to make it responsible for such an absurd world.

If we were all determined to play the first violin we should never have an ensemble. therefore, respect every musician in his proper place.

Manners are like the shadows of virtues, they are the momentary display of those qualities which our fellow creatures love and respect.

Respect for the fragility and importance of an individual life is still the mark of an educated man.

Respect the masterpiece. It is true reverence to man. There is no quality so great, none so much needed now.

We all respect sincerity in our friends and acquaintances, but Hollywood is willing to pay for it.

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 is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right.

Men have a respect for scholarship and learning greatly out of proportion to the use they commonly serve.

I've got no respect for any young man who won't join the colors.

Respect the burden.

A good historian is timeless although he is a patriot, he will never flatter his country in any respect.

At sea a fellow comes out. Salt water is like wine, in that respect.

I have as much input to the blues I just never got the chance, the opportunity or maybe the respect.

It's nice to know that people appreciate and respect you.

Respect commands itself and can neither be given nor withheld when it is due.

Some people lose all respect for the lion unless he devours them instantly. There is no pleasing some people.

There are only two occasions when Americans respect privacy, especially in Presidents. Those are prayer and fishing.

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.

Our aversion to lying is commonly a secret ambition to make what we say considerable, and have every word received with a religious respect.

Our high respect for a well read person is praise enough for literature.

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

Civilization is a method of living, an attitude of equal respect for all men.

I've always had a great respect for the picture business. It's been good to me.

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.

Treating your adversary with respect is striking soft in battle.

When I was young there was no respect for the young, and now that I am old there is no respect for the old. I missed out coming and going.

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

The bad gains respect through imitation, the good loses it especially in art.

Arabs respect only the language of force.

By common consent gray hairs are a crown of glory the only object of respect that can never excite envy.

Renown? I've already got more of it than those I respect, and will never have as much as those for whom I feel contempt.

Respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality.

Where the people possess no authority, their rights obtain no respect.