Respect Quotes - Page 7

Llandrindon joined in the discussion. "I believe what Mardling is asking," he said, "is how one will be able to tell the difference between a shopgirl and a well-to-do woman if they are both clean and similarly dressed. And if a gentleman is not able to tell what they are by their appearance, how is he to know how to treat them?"Stunned by the snobbery of the question, Matthew considered his reply carefully. "I've always thought all women should be treated with respect no matter what their station.""Well said," Westcliff said gruffly, as Llandrindon opened his mouth to argue.No one wished to contradict the earl, but Mardling pressed, "Westcliff, do you see nothing harmful in encouraging the poor to rise above their stations? In allowing them to pretend there is no difference between them and ourselves?""The only harm I see," Westcliff said quietly, "is in discouraging people who want to better themselves, out of fear that we will lose our perceived superiority."The statement caused Matthew to like the earl even more than he had previously.

Kill if you will, but command me nothing!’ the gunslinger roared. ‘You have forgotten the faces of those who made you!

The act of respecting a girl is more beautiful than saying her beautiful.-Santosh Pyasa

Santosh Kumar Pyasa

There is only one way to be a respectful being and the way for this is very simple: Respect other beings!

Mehmet Murat ildan

Respect, I think, always implies imagination - the ability to see one another, across our inevitable differences, as living souls.

When we are nice to others, we generally lose all claim to their respect.

Respect the hand stronger than your hand if and only if that hand is just and an honourable hand!

Mehmet Murat ildan

The song says respect yourself.But I would rather respect another and then have them respect me in return.

Anthony T.Hincks

Those who deserve respect are given it freely. If one must demand such a thing, he'll never truly command it.

Kerri Maniscalco

Lessons learned today, I am my greatest champion. Nobody will respect me unless I stand up for myself. Sounds so simple, yet been so hard to put into effect until now, with my back up against the wall, Now I see what I must do ..it's a case of self preservation.

To listen to a person is not passive.

Elizabeth Strout

It's not 'over-sensitivity' to ask to be treated with the same dignity and respect shown to others.

DaShanne Stokes

Barking at people earns their respect about as effectively as staring into the sun improves your vision.

Richelle E. Goodrich

Speaking up is important. Yet to speak up without listening is like banging pots and pans together: Even if it gets you attention, it’s not going to get you respect.

Love provides much needed warmth .. Excess of it would essentially mean burning .. Responsibility will turn love into enchantment .. And respect will turn life into fulfilment.

Sandeep Sahajpal

Liking me is optional. . .Respecting me is not!

Izey Victoria Odiase

We don’t have to like each other. We just need to respect each other.

Izey Victoria Odiase

You will treat me with respect."He didn't say anything for a moment."What does that mean?" he finally asked.She looked over at him. "Do I need to explain that, your lordship? I would think an earl of your reputed stature would know the meaning of respect.

...when I see you here amidst all this, I realise that I proposed to a very small part of you. I thought I was giving you a home and a position, but here I see that I am taking you away from so much.

Alessandra approached the geniuses of the past to give them life with her attention, which was the form her affection took: paying attention.

There are other grounds for believing that gays and lesbians should be respected and protected from oppression: their right to privacy and freedom of actionand expression; the "victimless" nature of homosexual relations; and the many valuable contributions that gays and lesbians make to society.

Love is not like Ice, that melts but the foundation of Respect, Love and Care

One day Wallace was fishing in the Irvine when Earl Percy, the governor of Ayr, rode past with a numerous train. Five of them remained behind and asked Wallace for the fish he had taken. He replied that they were welcome to half of them. Not satisfied with this, they seized the basket and prepared to carry it off. Wallace resisted, and one of them drew his sword. Wallace seized the staff of his net and struck his opponent's sword from his hand; this he snatched up and stood on guard, while the other four rushed upon him. Wallace smote the first so terrible a blow that his head was cloven from skull to collar-bone; with the next blow he severed the right arm of another, and then disabled a third. The other two fled, and overtaking the earl, called on him for help; "for," they said, "three of our number who stayed behind with us to take some fish from the Scot who was fishing are killed or disabled."How many were your assailants?" asked the earl.But the man himself," they answered; "a desperate fellow whom we could not withstand."I have a brave company of followers!" the earl said with scorn. "You allow one Scot to overmatch five of you! I shall not return to seek for your adversary; for were I to find him I should respect him too much to do him harm.

Looking back, I have come to realize that the gang lifestyle back then—the fame, the respect, and the recognition—was stronger and powerful than any drug. We were serious with what we were dealing with. It was like a do or die situation. Shelton ‘Apples’ Burrows reform gang leader

Because these fools always look up for power. People above you, they never want to share power with you. Why you look to them? They give you nothing. People below you, you give them hope, you give them respect, they give you power, cause they don't think they have any, so they don't mind giving it up.

Orson Scott Card

You're not supposed to laugh at your own father. Ever.

Jeannette Walls

Dressed as a man, her horse unencumbered by anything but the bare necessities, she had the look of a survivor, a fighter, and he respected the hell our of her for it, especially when she slid the pistol out of one of the saddlebags and aimed it at him.

Alexandra Bracken

Sacredness inspires respect.

Toba Beta

Reverence reduces hostility.

Toba Beta

Can you imagine the feeling of being an oppressed colonial being addressed respectfully by a colonizer in the mother country?

Ambeth R. Ocampo

That said, the question remains: how to strike the balance between free speech and mutual respect in this mixed-up world, both blessed and cursed with instant communication? We should not fight fire with fire, threats with threats.

Timothy Garton Ash

The man who shows great respect for his mother, and the women in his life; will have respect for those he meets.

Ellen J. Barrier

The goal is nothing other than the coherence and completeness of the system not only in respect of all details, but also in respect of all physicists of all places, all times, all peoples, and all cultures.

Gallantry emits respect.

Toba Beta

It is easy to give without loving yet DIFFICULT TO LOVE without GIVING.After all Love is a Vern, it must be demonstrated genuinely.

Respect was one thing. Survival was another. It was important that I kept my priorities in the right order.

For with dandies, a joke is the only way of making yourself respected.

Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly

Timothy bit the inside of his lip and pretended to nod sagely. Things were starting to sound a little far-fetched again. "Man," he said, "that's... that's rough. I've heard that being a dragon servant totally stinks. I think I saw a talk show about that once. 'I'm a dragon servant and I want respect,' or something like that.

Touching your cap to the squire may be damn bad for the squire, but it's damn good for you.

Taro taught me that people respect spirit, but even cowards don't respect cowards.

He had so much damn respect he wanted to scream.

Orson Scott Card

Just as we expect others to value our boundaries, it's equally important for us to respect the boundaries of others.

Laurie Buchanan

I respect you as my king, and I respect you as my father, but I do not respect you as a man!

Rebecca McKinsey

There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the enemy

George Washington

Outwardly, other than her hair, she had not changed much. She was still more or less the same cool, aloof woman who garnered more respect than affection. On the inside, however, it had been impossible to return to the person she used to be.

I would take care you speak of her with respect for, of course, I will interpret any disrespect for her as disrespect for me.

Every word that is spoken and sung here (the Cabaret Voltaire) represents at least this one thing: that this humiliating age has not succeeded in winning our respect.

Hugo Ball

I would rather wear a suit everyday and be respected than dress half naked and be disrespected.

I did not want to be taken for a fool – the typical French reason for performing the worst of deeds without remorse.

Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly

One second, we are surrounded by angels holding their swords. The next second, one of their arms drops and his sword thunks to the grass like a lead weight. The angel stares at his blade uncomprehendingly.Another sword drops.Then another.Then a whole bunch, until all the other unsheathed swords fall, thudding on the grass like subjects bowing down to their queen.The angels stare at the swords at their feet in utter shock.Then everyone looks at me. Actually, it’s probably more accurate to say they’re looking at my sword.“Whoa.” That’s about the most intelligent thing I can say right now. Did Raffe say something about an archangel sword intimidating other angel swords if she could gain their respect?I swivel my eyes to look at the blade in my hands. Was that you, Pooky Bear?

Susan Ee

With the persistent loud voice, fool asks us to respect serenity.

Toba Beta

The eye of true equality often seems to have some degree of disrespect for the supposedly accomplished, privileged high and lofty to the supposedly accomplished, privileged high and lofty, although in reality, it's simply irrespectiveness.

All she wanted was love with respect, respect was so important to her, and I could give her that.

Don't fool yourself by look so humblewhereas the thing you want is respect.

Toba Beta

I had done all that I could, and no Man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little.

To gain self-respect, you need to put yourself first.

The immoral can no more earn respectThan the envious be rich.

Respect the young and chastise your elders. It's about time the world was set aright.

Come closer, Kurokuma. It's quite safe.'Horace shuffled closer to the edge...'Quite safe, my foot,' he muttered to himself. 'And what's this Kurokuma you keep calling me?''It's a term of great respect,' Shigeru told him.'Great respect,' Shukin echoed.

It is offensive that so many people feel that it is okay to publicly refer to transsexuals as being “pre-op” or “post-op” when it would so clearly be degrading and demeaning to regularly describe all boys and men as being either “circumcised” or “uncircumcised.

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