Respect Quotes
And I can fight only for something that I love, love only what I respect, and respect only what I at least know.Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf
The case has, in some respects, been not entirely devoid of interest.Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, (Sherlock Holmes) A Case of Identity, 1892
He who does not have the courage to speak up for his rights cannot earn the respect of others.Ren G. Torres
That you may retain your self - Respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong.William J. H. Boetcke
Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear.Albert Camus
Love and respect are the most important aspects of parenting, and of all relationships.Jodie Foste
Respect for the fragility and importance of an individual life is still the mark of an educated man.Norman Cousins
We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future.Jeseph Joubert
The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity.Francis Maitland Balfou
To have respect for ourselves guides our morals; and to have a deference for others governs our manners.Lawrence Sterne
Brutality creates respect.Adolph Hitle
The real danger from advertising is that it helps to shatter and ultimately destroy our most precious non - Material possessions the confidence in the existence of meaningful purposes of human activity and respect for the integrity of man.Paul Sweezy
Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced. It is an open secret that the dangerous increase of crime in this counrty is closely related with this.Albert Einstein
Some people lose all respect for the lion unless he devours them instantly. There is no pleasing some people.Will Cuppy
It is the highest form of self - Respect to admit our errors and mistakes and make amends for them. To make a mistake is only an error in judgment, but to adhere to it when it is discovered shows infirmity of character.Dr. Dale E. Turne
Tolerance implies a respect for another person, not because he is wrong or even because he is right, but because he is human.John Cogley Commonweal
To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable.Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891
Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.Malcolm X, Malcolm X Speaks, 1965
There is nothing respecting which a man may be so long unconscious as of the extent and strength of his prejudices.Francis Jeffrey
It is better in some respects to be admired by those with whom you live, than to be loved by them. And this is not on account of any gratification of vanity, but because admiration is so much more tolerant than love.Sir Arthur Helps
In order to preserve your self - Respect, it is sometimes necessary to lie and cheat.Robert Byrne
Some people have so much respect for their superiors they have none left for themselves.Peter McArthu
Those that respect the law and love sausage should watch neither being made.Mark Twain
Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized.Albert Einstein
He who wants a rose must respect the thorn.Persian Prove
The world is not respectable; it is mortal, tormented, confused, deluded forever; but it is shot through with beauty, with love, with glints of courage and laughter; and in these, the spirit blooms timidly, and struggles to the light amid the thorns.George Santayana
Last Monday a string of amendments were presented to the lower House these altogether respect personal liberty...Senator William Grayson
Let me beg for your mercy if I have failed to earn your respect.Jason DeBruin, The poem "Temporary Shame".
All military type firearms are to be handed in immediately... The SS, SA and Stahlhelm give every respectable German man the opportunity of campaigning with them. Therefore anyone who does not belong to one of the above named organisations and who unjustifiably nevertheless keeps his weapon... must be regarded as an enemy of the national government.SA Oberfuhrer of Bad Tolz, March, 1933.
Since when was genius found respectable?Elizabeth Barrett Browning
In no sense do I advocate evading or defying the law... That would lead to anarchy. An individual who breaks a law that his conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for law.Martin Luther King, Jr.
No church that panders to the zeitgeist deserves respect, and very shortly it will not get respect, except from those who find it politically useful, and that is less respect than disguised contempt.Robert H Bork
Whoever despises himself still respects himself as one who despises.Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil aphorism 78
We confide in our strength, without boasting of it we respect that of others, without fearing it.Thomas Jefferson
He that cannot decidedly say, No, when tempted to evil, is on the highway to ruin. He loses the respect even of those who would tempt him, and becomes but the pliant tool and victim of their evil designs.J. Hawes
Anglo - Saxon civilization has taught the individual to protect his own rights American civilization will teach him to respect the rights of others.William Jennings Bryan
If you want to be respected by others the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self - Respect will you compel others to respect you.Fyodor Dostoevsky
