Quotes and anectdotes from the wise to the foolish, and the courageous to the drunk

respect

I have a respect for manners as such, they are a way of dealing with people you don't agree with or like. 18 quotes from Margaret Mead

Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him. 68 quotes from Samuel Butler

There is no tragedy in missing a putt, no matter how short. All have erred in this respect. 2 thoughts from Walter Hagen

A man's real life is that accorded to him in the thoughts of other men by reason of respect or natural love. 14 quotes from Joseph Conrad

I will not speak with disrespect of the Republican Party. I always speak with respect of the past. 19 quotes from Woodrow Wilson

Respect for right conduct is felt by every body. 21 other thoughts from Jane Austen

Take pride in your work at all times. Remember, respect for an umpire is created off the field as well as on. 2 quotes from Ford Frick

When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments tenderness for what he is, and respect for what he may become. 4 sayings from Louis Pasteur

A student never forgets an encouraging private word, when it is given with sincere respect and admiration. 6 other thoughts from William Lyon Phelps

By respect for life we become religious in a way that is elementary, profound and alive. 15 views from Albert Schweitzer

I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being. 2 other quotes from Jackie Robinson

Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something. 19 sayings from Anton Chekhov

Self-respect is the fruit of discipline the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself. 4 quotes from Abraham Joshua Heschel

The final test of a gentleman is his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him. 6 quotes from William Lyon Phelps

The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat. It is a colossal scavenger slang and has no respect. 24 sayings from Carl Sandburg

There can be no failure to a man who has not lost his courage, his character, his self respect, or his self-confidence. He is still a King. 25 quotes from Orison Swett Marden

Eisenhower was my war hero and the President I admire and respect most. 9 other wisdom & wit from Ethel Merman

Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect. We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves. 3 thoughts from U Thant

I respect Everest very much. 2 more quotes from Anatoli Boukreev

The people I respect most behave as if they were immortal and as if society was eternal. 26 views from E. M. Forster

This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him. 6 wisdom & wit from William Lyon Phelps

To be loved at first sight, a man should have at the same time something to respect and something to pity in his face. 14 views from Stendhal

When about to commit a base deed, respect thyself, though there is no witness. 3 other thoughts from Ausonius

If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. 47 more quotes from Abraham Lincoln

It's not that the Irish are cynical. It's rather that they have a wonderful lack of respect for everything and everybody. 4 other quotes from Brendan Behan

And what holds good of verse holds infinitely better in respect to prose. 2 thoughts from James Payn

Awe and respect are two different things. 5 wisdom & wit from Oliver Reed

Humour is a fine line to walk in poetry, as in fiction. I just think it's harder to write. It's harder to keep the respect of the reader too. 4 more views from George Murray

Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized. 105 more wisdom & wit from Albert Einstein

In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority. 27 sayings from James Madison

Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized. 105 more sayings from Albert Einstein

Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced. 105 sayings from Albert Einstein

Our moral, religious, and political traditions are united in their respect for the dignity of human life. 5 quotes from Robert Casey

Discretion is nothing other than the sense of justice with respect to the sphere of the intimate contents of life. 3 quotes from Georg Simmel

He has a profound respect for old age. Especially when it's bottled. 2 quotes from Gene Fowler

Never esteem men on account of their riches or their station. Respect goodness, find it where you may. 2 quotes from William Cobbett

The conqueror is regarded with awe the wise man commands our respect but it is only the benevolent man that wins our affection. 3 quotes from William Dean Howells

Whose rights will we acknowledge? Whose human dignity will we respect? For whose well-being will we, as a people, assume responsibility? 5 views from Robert Casey

A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would make a dupe of himself too, if he could. 38 quotes from William Hazlitt

Brought up to respect the conventions, love had to end in marriage. I'm afraid it did. 21 more wisdom & wit from Bette Davis

I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect. 14 quotes from Edward Gibbon

Respect is what we owe love, what we give. 6 wisdom & wit from Philip James Bailey

There exist only three beings worthy of respect: the priest, the soldier, the poet. To know, to kill, to create. 25 thoughts from Charles Baudelaire

As to happiness in this life it is hardly compatible with that diminished respect which ever attends the relinquishing of labour. 9 views from Anthony Trollope

Economics is a subject that does not greatly respect one's wishes. 5 other quotes from Nikita Khrushchev

I adore adverbs they are the only qualifications I really much respect. 10 other quotes from Henry James

To retain respect for sausages and laws, one must not watch them in the making. 16 thoughts from Otto von Bismarck

We ought to thank God for that. Yes, the man who tills the land is more worthy of respect than any. 2 thoughts from Nikolai Gogol

Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery. 21 views from Malcolm X

I have a great love and respect for religion, great love and respect for atheism. What I hate is agnosticism, people who do not choose. 15 thoughts from Orson Welles

In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure. 21 more quotes from Malcolm X

Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it. 52 quotes from Gilbert K. Chesterton

I respect faith, but doubt is what gives you an education. 10 wisdom & wit from Wilson Mizner

I shall always respect the composer. If I embellish, it is his idea I am embellishing. 7 other quotes from Kate Smith

It takes no compromising to give people their rights. It takes no money to respect the individual. It takes no survey to remove repressions. 3 other thoughts from Harvey Milk

One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself. 23 thoughts from E. W. Howe

We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future. 14 quotes from Joseph Joubert

Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority. 16 quotes from Vince Lombardi

Men are so willing to respect anything that bores them. 53 sayings from Marilyn Monroe

Respect is one of life's greatest treasures. I mean, what does it all add up to if you don't have that? 53 sayings from Marilyn Monroe

I have too much respect for the idea of God to make it responsible for such an absurd world. 2 other sayings from Georges Duhamel

If we were all determined to play the first violin we should never have an ensemble. therefore, respect every musician in his proper place. 2 quotes from Robert Schumann

Manners are like the shadows of virtues, they are the momentary display of those qualities which our fellow creatures love and respect. 7 wisdom & wit from Sydney Smith

Respect for the fragility and importance of an individual life is still the mark of an educated man. 15 sayings from Norman Cousins

Respect the masterpiece. It is true reverence to man. There is no quality so great, none so much needed now. 26 other views from Frank Lloyd Wright

We all respect sincerity in our friends and acquaintances, but Hollywood is willing to pay for it. 5 views from Hattie McDaniel

Every individual has a place to fill in the world and is important in some respect whether he chooses to be so or not. 8 wisdom & wit from Nathaniel Hawthorne

It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right. 117 quotes from Henry David Thoreau

Men have a respect for scholarship and learning greatly out of proportion to the use they commonly serve. 117 more quotes from Henry David Thoreau

I've got no respect for any young man who won't join the colors. 2 thoughts from Nathan Bedford Forrest

Respect the burden. 50 views from Napoleon Bonaparte

A good historian is timeless although he is a patriot, he will never flatter his country in any respect. 3 wisdom & wit from Francois Fenelon

At sea a fellow comes out. Salt water is like wine, in that respect. 13 other sayings from Herman Melville

I have as much input to the blues I just never got the chance, the opportunity or maybe the respect. 2 more quotes from Luther Allison

It's nice to know that people appreciate and respect you. 2 thoughts from Marcel Carne

Respect commands itself and can neither be given nor withheld when it is due. 2 other quotes from Eldridge Cleaver

Some people lose all respect for the lion unless he devours them instantly. There is no pleasing some people. 5 quotes from Will Cuppy

There are only two occasions when Americans respect privacy, especially in Presidents. Those are prayer and fishing. 20 other quotes from Herbert Hoover

We must not permit our respect for the dead or our sympathy for the living to lead us into an act of injustice to the balance of the living. 5 more quotes from Davy Crockett

Our aversion to lying is commonly a secret ambition to make what we say considerable, and have every word received with a religious respect. 90 other quotes from Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Our high respect for a well read person is praise enough for literature. 23 quotes from T. S. Eliot

There is no respect for others without humility in one's self. 24 views from Henri Frederic Amiel

Civilization is a method of living, an attitude of equal respect for all men. 2 more quotes from Jane Addams

I've always had a great respect for the picture business. It's been good to me. 4 quotes from Alan Ladd

There was no respect for youth when I was young, and now that I am old, there is no respect for age, I missed it coming and going. 9 quotes from J. B. Priestley

Treating your adversary with respect is striking soft in battle. 63 thoughts from Samuel Johnson

When I was young there was no respect for the young, and now that I am old there is no respect for the old. I missed out coming and going. 9 quotes from J. B. Priestley

Go up close to your friend, but do not go over to him! We should also respect the enemy in our friend. 103 thoughts from Friedrich Nietzsche

The bad gains respect through imitation, the good loses it especially in art. 103 other quotes from Friedrich Nietzsche

Arabs respect only the language of force. 2 other quotes from Moshe Sharett

By common consent gray hairs are a crown of glory the only object of respect that can never excite envy. 3 other thoughts from George Bancroft

Renown? I've already got more of it than those I respect, and will never have as much as those for whom I feel contempt. 13 other quotes from Jean Rostand

Respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality. 8 quotes from Frank Herbert

Where the people possess no authority, their rights obtain no respect. 3 more quotes from George Bancroft

If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. 7 quotes from Louis D. Brandeis

If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law. 74 quotes from Winston Churchill

Knowledge will give you power, but character respect. 11 more sayings from Bruce Lee

Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear. 52 other wisdom & wit from Albert Camus

Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners. 14 thoughts from Laurence Sterne

The British nation is unique in this respect. They are the only people who like to be told how bad things are, who like to be told the worst. 74 quotes from Winston Churchill

To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth. 78 quotes from Voltaire

We do not covet anything from any nation except their respect. 74 more quotes from Winston Churchill

When people do not respect us we are sharply offended yet in his private heart no man much respects himself. 98 views from Mark Twain

Being identified as a poet in France or Denmark or India one is greeted with gracious respect. 12 more quotes from James Broughton

Great authors are admirable in this respect: in every generation they make for disagreement. Through them we become aware of our differences. 22 other sayings from Andre Gide

How can a Man respect his Wife when he has a contemptible Opinion of her and her Sex? 7 thoughts from Mary Astell

I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge. 19 sayings from Charles de Gaulle

I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them. 19 wisdom & wit from Charles de Gaulle

It comes down to the way you treat people. When you treat people with dignity and respect all the time, you can work through anything. 2 more sayings from John Bacon

The cross is the centre of all this in every respect. 2 more quotes from John Nelson Darby

The Epistle is a correction of profession without life, and most valuable in this respect. 2 more quotes from John Nelson Darby

The great rule of moral conduct is next to God, respect time. 6 more views from Johann Kaspar Lavater