Respect

Character--the willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life--is the source from which self-respect springs. Joan Didion

Tolerance implies a respect for another person, not because he is wrong or even because he is right, but because he is human. John Cogley Commonweal

Respect for the fragility and importance of a individual life is still the mark of an educated man. Norman Cousins

He who wants a rose must respect the thorn. Persian Probverb

Respect yourself most of all. Pythagorus

If you want to be respected, you must respect yourself. Spanish Proverb

Better to understand a little than to misunderstand a lot. Anonymous

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. Carl Hermann Voss

Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. The friends who listen to us are the ones we move toward. When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold and expand. Dr. Karl Augustus Menniger

The first duty of love is to listen. Paul Tillich

Listening is a form of accepting. Stella Terill Mann

Self-respect is like weaving a coat of armor that no one can cut through.  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow  

Respect is the thread that weaves throughout all human encounters.  Anonymous  

Treat men greatly and they will show themselves to be great.  Anonymous  

Respect yourself, if you would have others respect. you.  Baltassi Gracian  

Do right.  Do the best you can.  Treat others the way you would want to be treated.  Lou Holtz  

Respect is the ultimate compliment.  Anonymous  

Respect is purchased by the deeds we do.  Christopher Marlow  

Respect does not come from possessing honors but in deserving them.  Aristotle  

Be respectful yourself, if you wish to associate with respectful people.  Welsh Proverb  

The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is the little extra.  Jimmy Johnson  

Small minds discuss people, average minds discuss events, great minds discuss ideas.  Anonymous  

It is of practical value to learn to like yourself.  Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship.  Norman Vincent Peale  

Nobody can make you feel inferior without your permission.  Eleanor Roosevelt  

You know what's right.  Respect yourself and others, and do what's right.  Duane Hodgin  

It's not within everyone's power to be beautiful, but we can make sure that the words that come out of our mouths are.  Anonymous  

If you care for yourself, you can care for others too.  Paul Tillich  

Manners are the happy way of doing things.  Ralph Waldo Emerson  

Self-respect is at the bottom line of all good manners.  Edward Martin  

Courtesy, like strong character, is contagious.  Duane Hodgin  

If you expect respect, be the first to show it.  Anonymous  

When we do good things, our self-respect grows.  Heschel  

Respect is learned, earned and returned.  Anonymous  

Every action in the company of others ought to be done with some sign of respect to those present.  George Washington  

I must respect the opinions of others even if I disagree with them.  Herbert Henry Lehman  

This above all; to thine own self be true.  William Shakespeare  

Respect - not  tolerance - must be our goal if we would diminish prejudice in our time.  Selma G. Hirsch  

Our own heart, and not other men's opinion, forms our true honor.  Samuel Taylor Coleridge  

Respect is the reward for what you give to others.  Duane Hodgin