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QUOTES ON RESPECT

A youth is to be regarded with respect. How do we know that his future will not be equal to our present?

CONFUCIUS, The Wisdom of Confucius

There exist only three beings worthy of respect: the priest, the soldier, the poet. To know, to kill, to create.

CHARLES BAUDELAIRE, Mon coeur mis à nu

I mean, if a thing works, if a thing is right, respect that, acknowledge it, respect it and hold to it.

HAROLD PINTER, Party Time

When I was a kid I got no respect. When my parents got divorced there was a custody fight over me ... and no one showed up.

RODNEY DANGERFIELD, It's Not Easy Bein' Me

Proper respect to others is the most prudent rule of directing the measure of reverence due to ourselves.

NORMAN MACDONALD, Maxims and Moral Reflections

In high school, when I played football I got no respect. I shared a locker with a mop.

RODNEY DANGERFIELD, It's Not Easy Bein' Me

You should show some respect for what other people see and feel, even though it be the exact opposite of what you see and feel.

LUIGI PIRANDELLO, It Is So! (If You Think So)

We are happy at the respect others pay our favorites, because we consider it a lively confirmation of our own choice, and as so much homage reflected on ourselves.

NORMAN MACDONALD, Maxims and Moral Reflections

Respect is better procured by exacting than soliciting it.

FULKE GREVILLE, Maxims, Characters and Reflections


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