Respect Quotes

"The right to be respected is won by respecting others."

- Vasyl Sukhomlynsky

"He that respects himself is safe from others; he wears a coat of mail that none can pierce."

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater."

- Bono

"I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university."

- Albert Einstein

"Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love."

- Fyodor Dostoevsky

"Respect other people's feelings. It might mean nothing to you, but it could mean everything to them."

- Roy T. Bennett

"Life is too short to waste your time on people who don’t respect, appreciate, and value you."

- Roy T. Bennett

"Even if you cannot change all the people around you, you can change the people you choose to be around. Life is too short to waste your time on people who don’t respect, appreciate, and value you. Spend your life with people who make you smile, laugh, and feel loved."

- Roy T. Bennett

"Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be."

- Leo Tolstoy

"You should never be surprised when someone treats you with respect, you should expect it."

- Sarah Dessen

"When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everyone will respect you."

- Lao Tzu

"Respect is a two-way street, if you want to get it, you've got to give it."

- Albert Einstein

"If one doesn't respect oneself one can have neither love nor respect for others."

- R. G. Risch

"Men are respectable only as they respect."

- Cesar Chavez

"A true gentleman is one that apologizes anyways, even though he has not offended a lady intentionally. He is in a class all of his own because he knows the value of a woman's heart."

- Carlos Wallace

"From the moment I could even understand what 'respect' was I knew it was not a choice but the only option."

- Robert Schuller

"As we grow as unique persons, we learn to respect the uniqueness of others."

- John Hume

"Difference is of the essence of humanity. Difference is an accident of birth and it should therefore never be the source of hatred or conflict. The answer to difference is to respect it. Therein lies a most fundamental principle of peace - respect for diversity."

- John Wooden

"Many styles of martial arts carried on that tradition and required that practitioners bow as a sign of respect."

- Helio Gracie

"They fought together as brothers-in-arms. They died together and now they sleep side by side. To them we have a solemn obligation."

- Admiral Chester W. Nimitz

"The heroism of our own troops…was matched by that of the armed forces of the nations that fought by our side… they absorbed the blows… and they shared to the full in the ultimate destruction of the enemy."

- President Harry S Truman

"If our father had his say, nobody who did not know how to catch a fish would be allowed to disgrace a fish by catching him."

- Norman Maclean

"Game fish are too valuable to only be caught once."

- Lee Wulff

"Respect the game."

"Your name is unknown. Your deed is immortal."

"Respect your opponents, but never underestimate your own team's potential."

"In the heart of the hunter, respect for the wild always prevails over the thrill of the chase."

- Anonymous

"No matter how tall I grow or how far I go, I will always look up to you, Dad. Thank you for your unwavering support."

""Everyone’s ideas should be heard. It doesn’t matter who gets credit. As long as you’re working towards the same mission and shared purpose.""

- Unknown

""Leaders show respect for people by giving them time.""

- Unknown