Quotes about Respect

Good coaching is about leadership and instilling respect in your players. Dictators lead through fear - good coaches do not.

Don't stop to ask whether the animal or plant you meet deserves your sympathy, or how much it feels, or even whether it can feel at all: respect it and consider all life sacred.

The sympathy which is reverent with what it cannot understand is worth its weight in gold.

The secret in education lies in respecting the student.

He that teaches us anything which we knew not before is undoubtedly to be reverenced as a master.

Nothing is more unbecoming to a teacher of the Word than flippancy. He must be serious and should not act like a clown.

The humble man seeks at all times to act according to the rule: with honour preferring one another; by charity serve one another; esteem[ing] others better than themselves; submitting yourselves one to another.

In order that all men may be taught to speak truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.

The art of communicating instruction, of whatever kind, is much to be valued; and I have ever thought that those who devote themselves to this employment, and do their duty with diligence and success, are entitled to very high respect from the community, as Johnson himself often maintained. Yet I am of opinion that the greatest abilities are not only not required for this office, but render a man less fit for it.

Through Malachi, God chastises them for "thinking that the Lord's table may be despised" (Malachi 1:7). That's strong language, but it rings true. A man who insists that he loves his wife while he lavishes the finest gifts upon his mistress does not truly love his wife.

What we say in private we must be willing to say with a heart burning with love and honor before the face of our leaders. If not, we will poison our spirits and it will manifest in the presence of our leaders.

A big man is one who makes us feel bigger when we are with him.