quotations about respect
Respect is better procured by exacting than soliciting it.
FULKE GREVILLE
Maxims, Characters and Reflections
Your marker pen ready
Your ego unsteady
Your victim of sad reflected dream
And so you disgrace him
And you deface him
And yet you don't know what I mean
You with your decadence
Your mindless arrogance
Your lack of respect is obscene
TIGER LILLIES
"Obscene"
If fortune wishes to make a man respectable, she gives him virtues; if she wishes to make him respected, she gives him success.
JOSEPH JOUBERT
attributed, 20,000 Quips & Quotes
Self-respect without the respect of others is like a jewel which will not stand the daylight.
ALFRED NOBEL
attributed, Alfred Nobel: The Man and His Work
If you disrespect anybody that you run into
How in the world do you think anybody's s'posed to respect you?
THE TEMPTATIONS
"Respect Yourself"
To justify the brutal things you're asked to do, you have to have respect for both your fellow soldiers, and--in a weird way--your enemies. It's when the idea of honor and respect is taken out of the equation that things start to get messy.
CAROLINE SIEDE
"A standout 'Punisher' episode knows war is hell", AV Club, November 19, 2017
You can't force someone to respect you. But you can refuse to be disrespected.
ANONYMOUS
Respect is the cornerstone of a good collaboration.
JOE WRIGHT
"'Darkest Hour' Sets Winston Churchill in the Brightest Light", Biography, November 21, 2017
Oh (sock it to me, sock it to me, sock it to me, sock it to me)
A little respect (sock it to me, sock it to me, sock it to me, sock it to me)
Whoa, babe (just a little bit)
A little respect (just a little bit)
I get tired (just a little bit)
Keep on tryin' (just a little bit)
You're runnin' out of fools (just a little bit)
And I ain't lyin' (just a little bit)
(Re, re, re, re) 'spect
When you come home (re, re, re ,re)
Or you might walk in (respect, just a little bit)
And find out I'm gone (just a little bit)
I got to have (just a little bit)
A little respect
ARETHA FRANKLIN
"Respect"
Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.
ALBERT EINSTEIN
letter to Jost Winteler, c. 1901
Submission is not about authority and it is not obedience; it is all about relationships of love and respect.
WM. PAUL YOUNG
The Shack
Ain't got no self respect
No respect for myself baby
Mistreat me right
VAIN
"No Respect"
Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be.
LEO TOLSTOY
Anna Karenina
To me, a relationship based on respect is much more important than anything else, including friendship.
DONALD TRUMP
Remarks by President Trump in Press Gaggle Aboard Air Force One en route Honolulu, Hawaii, November 14, 2017
Respect: give it to get it.
ANONYMOUS
Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized.
ALBERT EINSTEIN
Mein Weltbild
Words like "freedom," "justice," "democracy" are not common concepts; on the contrary, they are rare. People are not born knowing what these are. It takes enormous and, above all, individual effort to arrive at the respect for other people that these words imply.
JAMES BALDWIN
The Nation, July 7, 1956
Respect yourself and others will respect you.
CONFUCIUS
Sayings of Confucius
A youth is to be regarded with respect. How do we know that his future will not be equal to our present?
CONFUCIUS
The Wisdom of Confucius
When I was a kid I got no respect. When my parents got divorced there was a custody fight over me ... and no one showed up.
RODNEY DANGERFIELD
It's Not Easy Bein' Me