Quotes about Respect

Never be haughty to the humble, never be humble to the haughty.

There are some few people I respect and admire, but I don't think much of the species.

Let us endeavor so to live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.

I am a great and sublime fool. But then I am God's fool, and all His works must be contemplated with respect.

I cannot call to mind a single instance where I have ever been irreverent, except toward the things which were sacred to other people.

If your mother tells you to do a thing, it is wrong to reply that you won't. It is better and more becoming to intimate that you will do as she bids you, and then afterward act quietly in the matter according to the dictates of your best judgment.

Except for my daughters, I have not grieved for any death as I have grieved for his . His was a great and beautiful spirit, he was a man — all man, from his crown to his footsoles. My reverence for him was deep and genuine.

It's considered good sportsmanship not to pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling.

Spare the rod and spile the child, as the Good Book says.

Virtue never has been as respectable as money.

A kindly courtesy does at least save one's feelings, even if it is not professing to stand for a welcome.

I said it was a brutal thing. No, it was a human thing. You should not insult the brutes by such a misuse of that word; they have not deserved it.