Quotes about Respect
Without virtue, and without integrity, the finest talents and the most brilliant accomplishments can never gain the respect, and conciliate the esteem, of the truly valuable part of mankind.
- George Washington
Only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.
- Fyodor Dostoevsky
Tolerance isn't about not having beliefs. It's about how your beliefs lead you to treat people who disagree with you.
- Timothy Keller
In our day, you can mock religion in public and even get funds for doing it. But you can't show respect for religion in public - or you risk being hauled into court.
- Charles Colson
Treat with utmost respect your power of forming opinions, for this power alone guards you against making assumptions that are contrary to nature and judgments that overthrow the rule of reason.
- Marcus Aurelius
Value everyone's contribution and treat everyone with respect.
- Michelle Obama
Respect me, or put me to death.
- Malcolm X
Only those who respect the personality of others can be of real use to them.
- Albert Schweitzer
Men are respectable only as they respect.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Respect is intended to operate on a two-way street.
- James Dobson
My respect for human beings is based not on the colour of a man's skin nor authority he may wield, but purely on merit.
- Nelson Mandela
A youth is to be regarded with respect.
- Confucius