Values & Character: Respect Quotes

"For a man to strike any women is most brutal, and I, as well as everyone else, think this far worse than any attempt to shoot, which, wicked as it is, is at least more comprehensible and more courageous"

Queen Victoria, Royalty

"He is every other inch a gentleman"

Rebecca West, Author

"The way you see people is the way you treat them"

Zig Ziglar, Author

"If someone is making a judgment when they don't have firsthand experience, it's intolerant. How can you make a judgment on something you don't know about?"

Beck, Musician

"I have very little respect for Nancy Reagan. There is something about her that is very petty"

Walter Annenberg, Businessman

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

William Lyon Phelps, Educator

"I can go into restaurants and a whole table will get up and clap if they recognize me, because they love Fox News. Other places - or even the same place - people will turn the other way"

Rupert Murdoch, Publisher

"It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is"

Hermann Hesse, Novelist

"And I loved Frank Lloyd Wright. I think he was the greatest man I have ever met in my life"

Anthony Quinn, Actor

"Respect is what we owe; love, what we give"

Philip James Bailey, Poet

"I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being"

Jackie Robinson, Athlete

"We never respect those who amuse us, however, we may smile at their comic powers"

Marguerite Gardiner, Writer

"We should never denigrate any other culture but rather help people to understand the relationship between their own culture and the dominant culture. When you understand another culture or language, it does not mean that you have to lose your own culture"

Edward T. Hall, Scientist

"And yet, those who speak loudly and call anyone who disagrees with them a wimp often do a disservice to the cause they are promoting"

Marvin Olasky, Educator

"The test of good manners is to be able to put up pleasantly with bad ones"

Wendell Willkie, Lawyer

"I like to be treated as a lady"

Sharon Stone, Actress

"Don't ever humiliate a man. If you're gonna have to dress him out, you take him aside and do it that way. That's the one thing I don't like about Hollywood: They go in for public humiliation. You shouldn't do that to a man"

Rip Torn, Actor

"I realize that the majority of people in the entertainment business happen to be Democrats. I have no problem with that. And they should have no problem with the fact that I'm a Republican"

Shannen Doherty, Actress

"I haven't had an orthodox career, and I've wanted more than anything to have your respect. The first time I didn't feel it, but this time I feel it, and I can't deny the fact that you like me, right now, you like me!"

Sally Field, Actress

"I think Michael Moore is loathsome, though, not because he dislikes Bush, but because he seems to dislike America"

Tucker Carlson, Journalist

"American officials have bent over backwards to show how sensitive they are to Muslim culture. It didn't seem very effective. They seem to be worried about winning the respect of other people"

Tucker Carlson, Journalist

"We will look upon the earth and her sister planets as being with us, not for us. One does not rape a sister"

Mary Daly, Theologian

"Labels are for cans, not people"

Anthony Rapp, Actor

"Civility costs nothing, and buys everything"

Mary Wortley Montagu, Writer

"I think there is one higher office than president, and I would call that patriot"

Gary Hart, Politician

"Until you have learned to be tolerant with those who do not always agree with you, you will be neither successful nor happy"

Napolean Hill, Author

"My least favorite phrase in the English language is 'I don't care'"

James Caan, Actor

"Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures"

Cesar Chavez, Activist

"Never respect men merely for their riches, but rather for their philanthropy; we do not value the sun for its height, but for its use"

Gamaliel Bailey, Journalist

"If guys don't respect themselves, they don't respect other people. That's times and personalities. And all of them are not that way. But it don't take but one or two to screw up the whole crowd"

Richard Petty, Athlete

"I firmly believe that respect is a lot more important, and a lot greater, than popularity"

Julius Erving, Athlete

"The longer we listen to one another - with real attention - the more commonality we will find in all our lives. That is, if we are careful to exchange with one another life stories and not simply opinions"

Barbara Deming, Author

"I like cinema audiences. I respect them, and I talk to them just like I would anybody I know"

Roland Joffe, Director

"Growing up in a multicultural household, I was exposed to different cultures, and I think that really helped me develop an appreciation for the beauty of diversity"

Camilla Belle, Actress

"You know, I've carried a weapon for 10 years, never shot anybody, never robbed anybody. It has saved my life twice, but I know they're not toys. I practice with firearms, I enjoy shooting, it's a hobby of mine and I have a healthy respect for them"

Luke Scott, Athlete

"Lazy people tend not to take chances, but express themselves by tearing down others' work"

Ann Rule, Writer

"If you look at the British royal family and take away the scandals and the goofy stuff that's going on, people love to have this king to look up to - the royals are like celebrities"

Kevin J. Anderson, Author

"I like the Baldwin boys a great deal. Alec is super-smart, super-articulate, almost too smart to be an actor"

Anthony LaPaglia, Actor

"There can be differences of opinion without there being personal differences"

Lynne Cheney, Author

"I swear by that old expression, 'One monkey don't stop no show!' The reality is, we still have some good men out there, and we should hail those men as the kings they are"

Angie Stone, Musician

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