Great Respect Quotes

• I am sure that, on the one hand, the Rothschilds appreciate the merits of Marx, and that on the other hand, Marx feels an instinctive inclination and a great respect for the Rothschilds.

  Mikhail Bakunin

  Hands, Appreciate, Merit

  17 Copy quote

• One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.

  Bryant H. McGill

  Inspirational, Respect, Effective Listening

  160 Copy quote

• Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Mark Twain, Caroline Thomas Harnsberger (2009). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.354, Courier Corporation

  1558 Copy quote

  Show source

• To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.

  Bono

  Beautiful, Respect, Being Yourself

  73 Copy quote

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

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Spiritual

  Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.480, Princeton University Press

  111 Copy quote

  Show source

• I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.

  Jackie Robinson

  Motivational, Change, Baseball

  "The Impact and Legacy Years, 1941, 1947, 1968". p. 100. Book by Fred Pulis, 2000.

  269 Copy quote

  Show source

• I firmly believe that respect is a lot more important, and a lot greater, than popularity.

  Julius Erving

  Basketball, Respect, Believe

  "The Wondrous Dr. J". Academy of Achievement interview, www.achievement.org. June 26, 1992.

  47 Copy quote

  Show source

• We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Life, Motivational, Respect

  Speech at St. Louis, 22 Mar. 1964, in St Louis Post-Dispatch 23 Mar. 1964

  295 Copy quote

  Show source

• Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.

  Laurence Sterne

  Respect, Self Esteem, Ethics

  85 Copy quote

• I have a great respect for incremental improvement, and I've done that sort of thing in my life, but I've always been attracted to the more revolutionary changes. I don't know why. Because they're harder. They're much more stressful emotionally. And you usually go through a period where everybody tells you that you've completely failed.

  Steve Jobs

  Done, Improvement, Revolutionary

  25 Copy quote

• We must have great respect for these people who also suffer and who want to find their own way of correct living. On the other hand, to create a legal form of a kind of homosexual marriage, in reality, does not help these people.

  Pope Benedict XVI

  Marriage, Reality, Hands

  "Cardinal Ratzinger on Laicism and Sexual Ethics". zenit.org. November 19, 2004.

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• As the mother of two daughters, I have great respect for women. And I don't ever want to lose that.

  Vera Wang

  Daughter, Mother, Respect

  22 Copy quote

• Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Respect, Attitude, Literature

  60 Copy quote

• I must respect the opinions of others even if I disagree with them.

  Herbert H. Lehman

  Inspirational, Respect, Ethics

  55 Copy quote

• Friendship- my definition- is built on two things. Respect and trust. Both elements have to be there. And it has to be mutual. You can have respect for someone, but if you don't have trust, the friendship will crumble.

  Steig Larsson

  Friendship, Best Friend, Trust

  15 Copy quote

• We can really respect a man only if he doesn't always look out for himself.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Respect, Character, Men

  14 Copy quote

• Be modest, be respectful of others, try to understand.

  Lakhdar Brahimi

  Respect, Understanding, Tolerance

  69 Copy quote

• If you want to be respected by others, the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Confidence, Respect, Self Esteem

  "The Insulted and the Injured". Book by Fyodor Dostoevsky, 1861.

  102 Copy quote

  Show source

• A person's a person, no matter how small.

  Dr. Seuss

  Inspirational, Life, Respect

  Dr. Seuss (1998). “Seuss-isms: Wise and Witty Prescriptions for Living from the Good Doctor”, Random House Books for Young Readers

  112 Copy quote

  Show source

• To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves - there lies the great, singular power of self-respect.

  Joan Didion

  Respect, Lying, Self

  Joan Didion (2013). “Slouching Towards Bethlehem”, p.108, Zola Books

  19 Copy quote

  Show source

• I love the idea that 'a person is a person no matter how small'.

  Jim Carrey

  Respect, Children, Ideas

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

  14 Copy quote

  Show source

• Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect. We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves.

  U Thant

  Respect, Human Rights, United Nations

  "Portfolio for Peace", (p. 92), 1968.

  75 Copy quote

  Show source

• Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?

  Confucius

  Wisdom, Respect, Philosophical

  Chʻu Chai, Confucius, Mencius (1965). “Lun Yü”, New Hyde Park, N.Y. : University Books

  50 Copy quote

  Show source

• With educated people, I suppose, punctuation is a matter of rule; with me it is a matter of feeling. But I must say I have a great respect for the semicolin; it's a useful little chap

  Abraham Lincoln

  People, Feelings, Littles

  Abraham Lincoln (1982). “Abraham Lincoln, wisdom & wit”, Peter Pauper Pr

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• What was that, Kurokuma?' asked one of the escorts riding near him. The others chuckled at the name. 'Nothing important,' Horace said. Then he looked at them suspiciously. 'What's this Kurokuma business?' The Senshi looked at him with a completely staight face. 'It's a term of great respect,' he said. Several others within earshot nodded confirmation. They too managed to remain straight-faced. It was a skill the Nihon-Jan had perfected. 'Great respect,' one of them echoed.

  John Flanagan

  Skills, Names, Important

  6 Copy quote