Respect Quotes

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

Edward W. Howe

People who treat other people as less than human must not be surprised when the bread they have cast on the waters comes floating back to them, poisoned.

James Baldwin

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.

Christian Lous Lange

I have a new found respect for women who have been through breast cancer and this surgery.

Giuliana Rancic

I have said, with respect to authorization bills, that I do not want the Congress or the country to commit fiscal suicide on the installment plan.

Everett Dirksen

You get respect when you give respect. That's how you get respect.

Michael Nutter

That's the most important thing to me - that if I'm gonna spend however long it takes to make a movie, give up 14 hours a day for however many weeks or months, then it's very important for me to know that I'm working with people who I respect and enjoy and that we're going for something together.

Brad Pitt

There are some people who become best friends with everyone they photograph. There are people that I really like and admire and respect, but in a way I think it's better to keep a distance. I think you get better pictures of people that you don't know very well.

Mary Ellen Mark

The government would be able to go to court with respect to newspaper articles, broadcast pieces and the like that they thought were bad or harmful or even against the government and try to block them.

Floyd Abrams

There is no excuse for perjury - never, never, never. There is truth, and the truth demands respect.

Kenneth Starr

There are people who drove me crazy, but they got the job done. And when I see that person again, I nod my head. Respect.

Bill Murray

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

William Lyon Phelps

My father told me to dress to reflect the respect you have for the people around you. I've never forgotten that.

Sam Raimi

Somebody who's really comfortable with who she is and doesn't care what other people think. I like women who are really strong and were brought up to be comfortable with themselves and respect themselves.

Brian Austin Green

Honest people will respect us for our merit: the public, for our luck.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?

Confucius

A resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so far advanced as to make avoidance impossible.

Thomas Hardy

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

Laurence Sterne

Writing fiction has developed in me an abiding respect for the unknown in a human lifetime and a sense of where to look for the threads, how to follow, how to connect, find in the thick of the tangle what clear line persists.

Eudora Welty

In the military I could exercise the power of being automatically respected because of the medals on my chest, not because I had done anything right at the moment to earn that respect. This is pretty nice. It's also a psychological trap that can stop one's growth and allow one to get away with just plain bad behavior.

Karl Marlantes