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Quotes about Respect

Speak not injurious words neither in jest nor earnest; scoff at none although they give occasion.
— George Washington
I think the best of us comes when we are working together collectively. And it doesn't mean that we can't disagree. We've got to learn, as Dad taught us, to disagree without being disagreeable.
— Martin Luther King III
We need to reject any politics that targets people because of race or religion. This isn't a matter of political correctness. It's a matter of understanding what makes us strong. The world respects us not just for our arsenal; it respects us for our diversity and our openness and the way we respect every faith.
— Barack Obama
I don't like getting pushed around for being a Jew, and I don't think Christians like getting pushed around for being Christians. I think people who believe in God are sick and tired of getting pushed around, period.
— Ben Stein
The sacred title of 'father' is shared with the Almighty.
— Ezra Taft Benson
We must respect the interior laws of creation, of this Earth, to learn these laws and obey them if we want to survive.
— Pope Benedict XVI
Though I yearn to help, I will not violate your freedom. I stand silently in the background of your mind, waiting for you to remember that I am with you.
— Sarah Young
What Jesus has in mind here is not fear about speaking but profound respect for the gloriousness of the gospel, a desire to honor God, and an approach to gospeling that does the most service to Christ. In other words, we need to ask if speaking up in a given situation will honor or vilify Christ, and then to act accordingly.
— Scot McKnight
you wives, be submissive to your husbands, so that some, though they do not obey the
— Scott Hahn
It's time to restore honor and dignity to the White House.
— George W. Bush
I remember as a boy when the conversation on civil rights was won in the South. I remember a time when one of my friends made a racist joke and another said, 'Hey man, we don't go for that anymore.'
— Al Gore
When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet deep down in his private heart no man much respects himself.
— Mark Twain