Respect Quotes

"Self-respect is the cornerstone of all virtue."

John Herschel

"Self-respect is the noblest garment with which a man may clothe himself."

Samuel Smiles

"Self-respect permeates every aspect of your life."

Joe Clark

"When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are."

Donald Miller

"The respect that is only bought by gold is not worth much."

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper

"Dignity is as essential to human life as water, food, and oxygen."

Laura Hillenbrand

"They cannot take away our self-respect if we do not give it to them."

"Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax."

Arthur Schopenhauer

"Manners maketh man."

William of Wykeham

"A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally."

"Civility costs nothing, and buys everything."

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle."

Ian Maclaren

"Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply."

Stephen Covey

"We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak."

"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."

"Equality is the soul of liberty; there is, in fact, no liberty without it."

Frances Wright

"There is no tool for development more effective than the empowerment of women."

Kofi Annan

"Feminism is the radical notion that women are people."

Marie Shear

"A woman is the full circle. Within her is the power to create, nurture and transform."

Diane Mariechild

"The older I grow, the more I listen to people who don't talk much."

Germain G. Glidden

"A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops."

Henry Adams

"Guru and God both stand before me; whom shall I bow to first? I bow to the Guru, who showed me the way to God."

Kabir

"The proper punishment to those who have done evil to you is to put them to shame by showing them kindness."

Thiruvalluvar

"Condemn none: if you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go their own way."

"Let us always meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the beginning of love."

Mother Teresa