RESPECT QUOTES III

quotations about respect

Respect quote

We claim no respectability. There's no status I would not surrender for a joke. So we don't have to defend anything.

STEPHEN COLBERT

interview, Rolling Stone, October 31, 2006


There was no respect for youth when I was young, and now I am old, there is no respect for age -- I missed it coming and going.

J. B. PRIESTLEY

attributed, 20,000 Quips & Quotes


Respect yourself enough to walk away from anything that no longer serves you, grows you, or makes you happy.

ANONYMOUS


At its core, respect is a continuous process of paying attention to someone. Respect does not require agreeing with or liking another's viewpoint but, rather, understanding and accepting it as valid.

KELLY M. HANNUM & SARAH L. GLOVER

"Respect", Political and Civic Leadership: A Reference Handbook


Respect
Why be concerned with public adulation?
Respect
Pat on the back, crying for attention
Respect
Finding out what it really means to be
Respect
Honor comes only after humility

EXTREME

"No Respect"


I respect your intellect
More impressive still
Are you sporting skills
Do I detect
Integrity and self-respect?
Cool

DLR BAND

"Lose the Dress (Keep the Shoes)"


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)

Tags: Luigi Pirandello


I only worship the All Mighty
Through his prophets I have learned
To give respect to everything he created
I give love to those who gimme love

LUCKY DUBE

"Respect"


I know what's real
I want to feel
The full effect
These open wounds
Will never heal
There's no respect

FRONT LINE ASSEMBLY

"Backlash"


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

Tags: Rodney Dangerfield


To have a respect for ourselves, guides our morals; and to have a deference for others, governs our manners.

LAURENCE STERN

The Koran: Or, The Life, Character, And Sentiments, Of Tria Juncta in Uno


It is by habitual ingenuousness, an erect and honorable demeanor, that one maintains respect for himself and wins the esteem of others.

ELIAS LYMAN MAGOON

Proverbs for the People


There is a moral pauperism in the man who is dependent upon others for that support of moral life--self-respect.

REV. T. RANDOLPH

attributed, Day's Collacon


Hey, run for cover
Gunshot respect not, booma
Gunshot in the respect notch
Shot, respect not, gunshot in the respect notch

INI KAMOZE

"Gunshot"


Respect is traditional; it is given not to what is proved to be good, but to what is known to be old.

WALTER BAGEHOT

Literary Studies

Tags: Walter Bagehot


Respect is the foundation of a stable way of life and the basis of a code of conduct.

VERA LYNN

Some Sunny Day


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

Tags: Norman MacDonald


Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.

BRUCE LEE

Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living

Tags: Bruce Lee


There is a price which is too great to pay for peace, and that price can be put in one word. One cannot pay the price of self-respect.

WOODROW WILSON

speech in Des Moines, Iowa, February 1, 1916

Tags: Woodrow Wilson


Leadership is not a gift at birth; it is an award for growing to full moral stature. It is the only prize that a man must win everyday. The prize is the respect of others, earned by the disciplines that generate self-respect.

WHEELER L. BAKER

attributed, The Cadence