Values & Character: Respect Quotes

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"I met Jesse Owens once. He was a remarkable individual, and I have tremendous respect for what he did in the Olympics under the circumstances"

Lee Trevino, Athlete

Lee Trevino

"Wearing the correct dress for any occasion is a matter of good manners"

Loretta Young, Actress

Loretta Young

"Don't treat me like a little girl"

Britney Spears, Musician

"Oklahomans value our children and our seniors. Oklahomans value traditions of faith. Oklahomans value our heroes, our veterans. Oklahomans value innovation and the creative arts"

Brad Henry, Politician

Brad Henry

"Never impose your language on people you wish to reach"

Abbie Hoffman, Activist

Abbie Hoffman

"Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts"

Madame de Stael, Writer

Madame de Stael

"Chinese culture has a lot of virtues that are tremendously valuable to not only us as Asian-Americans, but also the world in general"

Martin Yan, Celebrity

Martin Yan

"Respect for the fragility and importance of an individual life is still the mark of an educated man"

Norman Cousins, Author

"A good listener truly wants to know the speaker"

John Powell, Composer

John Powell

"People are what you make them. A scornful look turns into a complete fool, a man of average intelligence. A contemptuous indifference turns into an enemy, a woman who, well treated, might have been an angel"

Andre Maurois, Writer

Andre Maurois

"If you value a man's regard, strive with him. As to liking, you like your newspaper - and despise it"

Andre Maurois, Writer

Andre Maurois

"It's a complete lie, why do people buy these papers? It's not the truth I'm here to say. You know, don't judge a person, do not pass judgement, unless you have talked to them one on one. I don't care what the story is, do not judge them because it is a lie"

Michael Jackson, Musician

"I think a lot of people have lost respect for the individual, you know, the individual, the person who doesn't conform"

Erykah Badu, Musician

Erykah Badu

"You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time"

M. Scott Peck, Psychologist

M. Scott Peck

"Why talk now when so many things have been said without ever giving me a chance to talk?"

Bobby Knight, Coach

Bobby Knight

"Remember that whatever may be said by a lady or her friends, it is not part of conduct of a gallant or generous man to take up arms against a woman"

Sam Houston, Politician

Sam Houston

"I am such a strong admirer and supporter of George W. Bush that if he suggested eliminating the income tax or doubling it, I would vote yes on first blush"

Jerry Falwell, Clergyman

Jerry Falwell

"We must love one another, yes, yes, that's all true enough, but nothing says we have to like each other"

Peter De Vries, Novelist

"In order to be respected, authority has got to be respectable"

Tom Robbins, Author

Tom Robbins

"Never talk for half a minute without pausing and giving others a chance to join in"

Sydney Smith, Clergyman

Sydney Smith

"Manners are like the shadows of virtues, they are the momentary display of those qualities which our fellow creatures love and respect"

Sydney Smith, Clergyman

Sydney Smith

"Find fault when you must find fault in private, and if possible sometime after the offense, rather than at the time"

Sydney Smith, Clergyman

Sydney Smith

"I plead for conservation of human culture, which is much more fragile than nature herself. We needn't destroy other cultures with the force of our own"

Arthur Erickson, Architect

Arthur Erickson

"I always ask myself, would I want someone to do something that wasn't comfortable for them just to please me? And the answer is no"

Natalie Portman, Actress

Natalie Portman

"It's too much to expect in an academic setting that we should all agree, but it is not too much to expect discipline and unvarying civility"

John Howard, Statesman

"I'm surprised at the extent of the bigotry. But it really plays out when companies or schools take a side and prohibit the other platform at all. We Mac users should be good even when the other side is bad. We should do what we can to accept the other platforms"

Steve Wozniak, Businessman

Steve Wozniak

"Men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way to them"

Thucydides, Historian

"Better to be disliked than pitied"

Abba Eban, Diplomat

"I am at heart a gentleman"

Marlene Dietrich, Actress

"Courtesies cannot be borrowed like snow shovels; you must have some of your own"

John Wanamaker, Businessman

"To cease to admire is a proof of deterioration"

Charles Horton Cooley, Sociologist

"There is hardly any one so insignificant that he does not seem imposing to some one at some time"

Charles Horton Cooley, Sociologist

"Between richer and poorer classes in a free country, a mutually respecting antagonism is much healthier than pity on the one hand and dependence on the other, as is, perhaps, the next best thing to fraternal feeling"

Charles Horton Cooley, Sociologist

"Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same"

Oliver Goldsmith, Poet

"To achieve the mood of a warrior is not a simple matter. It is a revolution. To regard the lion and the water rats and our fellow men as equals is a magnificent act of a warrior's spirit. It takes power to do that"

Carlos Castaneda, Writer

"My dad taught me from my youngest childhood memories through these connections with Aboriginal and tribal people that you must always protect people's sacred status, regardless of the pest"

Steve Irwin, Scientist

"I know what the attitudes of the readers are: These are guys who love women and respect women"

Christie Hefner, Businessman

"What people say behind your back is your standing in the community"

Edward W. Howe, Writer

"How seldom we weigh our neighbor in the same balance with ourselves?"

Thomas Kempis, Writer

Thomas Kempis

"There are many benefits to this process of listening. The first is that good listeners are created as people feel listened to. Listening is a reciprocal process - we become more attentive to others if they have attended to us"

Margaret J. Wheatley, Writer

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