Quotes about Respect

I've tried to recognize my wife's individuality, her personality, her desires, her background, her ambitions.

Interreligious dialogue in the strict sense of the term is not possible without putting one's own faith into parentheses.

When leading evangelicals say terrible things about Islam, evil things about Islam, terrible things about Muhammad, they ought to be ashamed of themselves.

When men declare their love for us, we should handle them with the utmost care, even if the feelings aren't mutual. For the sake of future marital happiness, or to leave their hearts intact for another woman down the pike, let's be gentle and trustworthy with their brave declarations.

Do right. Do your best. Treat others as you want to be treated.

If we love our country, we should also love our countrymen.

On the fundamental dignity of the human person, there can be no relenting!

The denial of emotion is a terrible thing; what takes time is learning that the positive path is the education of emotion, not it's uncritical indulgence, which actually locks us far more firmly in our mutual isolation. Likewise, the denial of rights is a terrible thing; and what takes time to learn is that the opposite of oppression is not a wilderness of litigation and reparation but the nurture of concrete, shared respect.

On the whole, the longing for solitude is a sign that there still is spirit in a person and is the measure of what spirit there is. [...] In antiquity as well as in the Middle Ages there was an awareness of this longing for solitude and a respect for what it means; whereas in the constant sociality of our day we shrink from solitude to the point (what a capital epigram!) that no use for it is known other than as a punishment for criminals.

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

My mother really was the strength in our family. She would sort of keep us in line and I admired her very much .

When you see yourself as calm, positive, truthful and possessed of high character, you behave with greater strength. Other people respect you more. You feel in control of yourself and the situation.