Quotes about Respect
I believe in order, tenderness, and piety.
— Jack Kerouac
I'm going to write ceaselessly about the dignity of human beings no matter who and or what they are, and the less dignity a person has the fewer words I'll use.
— Jack Kerouac
There are two kinds of pride, both good and bad. 'Good pride' represents our dignity and self-respect. 'Bad pride' is the deadly sin of superiority that reeks of conceit and arrogance.
— John Maxwell
If you want to be a great leader, remember to treat all people with respect at all times. For one, because you never know when you'll need their help. And two, because it's a sign you respect people, which all great leaders do.
— Simon Sinek
A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children. But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
To try to preemptively shut down debate with name-calling is profoundly un-American and will harm this country.
— Eric Metaxas
The professional respects his craft. He does not consider himself superior to it. He recognizes the contributions of those who have gone before him. He apprentices himself to them.
— Steven Pressfield
Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in blood of his followers and sacrifices of his friends.
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
Love one another, but make not a bond of love.
— Khalil Gibran
For a marriage to work a husband must learn these two words: "Yes dear.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you.
— CS Lewis
We live on the brink of disaster because we do not know how to let life alone. We do not respect the living and fruitful contradictions and paradoxes of which true life is full.
— Thomas Merton