Respect Quotes About Character & Perspective – Page 2 | GloryQuotes

I have a great deal of respect and admiration for people who put themselves on the line.

Major Owens

I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect.

Edward Gibbon

By deafness one gains in one respect more than one loses; one misses more nonsense than sense.

Horace Walpole

A child is owed the greatest respect; if you have ever have something disgraceful in mind, don't ignore your son's tender years.

Juvenal

The final test of a gentleman is his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.

William Lyon Phelps

We reserve our deepest respect and admiration for those who volunteer for service and give their lives to help keep our nation secure.

Mitt Romney

Respect and affection for animals, particularly those who share our homes, recognize no geographic borders.

Nick Clooney

The great rule of moral conduct is next to God, respect time.

Johann Kaspar Lavater

Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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

Nikolai Gogol

You don't have to love them. You just have to respect their rights.

Edward Koch

Men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way to them.

Thucydides

This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.

William Lyon Phelps

What the Beatles did was something incredible, it was more than what a band could do. We have to give them respect.

Yoko Ono

Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.

Laurence Sterne

It is through accepting other people in our own countries that we shall come to respect our neighbours and be respected in our turn.

Tahar Ben Jelloun

I have great respect for President Bush, Secretary Powell and Secretary Ridge.

Elton Gallegly

Property is intended to serve life, and no matter how much we surround it with rights and respect, it has no personal being. It is part of the earth man walks on. It is not man.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Boldness and decision command, often even in evil, the respect and concurrence of mankind.

Robert Dale Owen

Respect for right conduct is felt by every body.

Until we respect bin Laden, we are going to die in numbers that are probably unnecessary.

Michael Scheuer

The politician in my country seeks votes, affection and respect, in that order. With few notable exceptions, they are simply men who want to be loved.

Edward R. Murrow

Self-respect is nothing to hide behind. When you need it most it isn't there.

May Sarton

I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.

Charles de Gaulle

People have to be educated and they have to stick to it. If people lose that respect, an awful lot is lost.

Stephen Breyer

A good historian is timeless; although he is a patriot, he will never flatter his country in any respect.

Francois Fenelon

At sea a fellow comes out. Salt water is like wine, in that respect.

Herman Melville

I adore adverbs; they are the only qualifications I really much respect.

Henry James

I hate victims who respect their executioners.

Jean-Paul Sartre

Conservatism discards Prescription, shrinks from Principle, disavows Progress; having rejected all respect for antiquity, it offers no redress for the present, and makes no preparation for the future.

Benjamin Disraeli

I don't have any respect at all for the scum-bags who went to Canada to avoid the draft or to avoid doing their fair share.

R. Lee Ermey

More than in any other performing arts the lack of respect for acting seems to spring from the fact that every layman considers himself a valid critic.

Great authors are admirable in this respect: in every generation they make for disagreement. Through them we become aware of our differences.

Andre Gide

Another important aspect of our home was respect for ideas.

Robert B. Laughlin

The intelligence failures with respect to Iraq were massive and have damaged our credibility around the world.

Carl Levin

If you have some respect for people as they are, you can be more effective in helping them to become better than they are.

John W. Gardner

To retain respect for sausages and laws, one must not watch them in the making.

Otto von Bismarck

Wherever I look, I see signs of the commandment to honor one's parents and nowhere of a commandment that calls for the respect of a child.

Alice Miller

If Milosevic is to be tried, he has to be tried by a proper court, an impartial, properly constituted court which has international respect.

Harold Pinter

When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments; tenderness for what he is, and respect for what he may become.

Louis Pasteur

It's not that the Irish are cynical. It's rather that they have a wonderful lack of respect for everything and everybody.

Brendan Behan

If man doesn't learn to treat the oceans and the rain forest with respect, man will become extinct.

Peter Benchley

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

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.

Baltasar Gracian

To be sensual, I think, is to respect and rejoice in the force of life, of life itself, and to be present in all that one does, from the effort of loving to the making of bread.

James A. Baldwin

He has a profound respect for old age. Especially when it's bottled.

Gene Fowler

The only ground on which a neutral State can claim respect at the hands of belligerents is, that, so far as she is concerned, their rights are protected.

Gerrit Smith

I deserve respect for the things I did not do.