Respect Quotes - Page 16

• Respect was mingled with surprise, And the stern joy which warriors feel In foemen worthy of their steel.

  Walter Scott

  Warrior, Joy, Steel

  'The Lady of the Lake' (1810) canto 5, st. 10

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• About the twenty-third year of my age, I had many fresh and heavenly openings, in respect to the care and providence of the Almighty over his creatures in general, and over man as the most noble amongst those which are visible.

  John Woolman

  Men, Years, Age

  John Woolman (2013). “journal”, p.33, Lulu.com

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• I find it hard to take rock groups very seriously or treat them with respect. There is something absurd about these gloomy young men getting together and banging away.

  Robert Wyatt

  Men, Rocks, Together

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• Although to be fair, cherry picking isn't quite what we do. Cherries are sweet and delicious. What we do is more turd mining. And I'll thank you to give our work the respect it deserves!

  Jon Stewart

  Sweet, Giving, Turds

  "Basic Cable Personality Skirmish '09". "The Daily Show" official website, March 10, 2009.

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• I don't have any understanding of a human being who doesn't respect the beauty of life and that goes for all creatures that have thoughts, feelings and needs.

  Alicia Silverstone

  Animal, Feelings, Understanding

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• A woman should always challenge our respect, and never move our compassion.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Moving, Compassion, Challenges

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1954). “Basic Selections from Emerson: Essays, Poems & Apothegms”

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• Treat the world the way you want to be treated.

  Mike Tyson

  Honesty, Kindness, Law Of Attraction

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• I want to be very close to someone I respect and admire and have somebody who feels the same way about me.

  Richard Bach

  Love Relationship, Want, Way

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• Our high respect for a well read person is praise enough for literature.

  T. S. Eliot

  Library, Literature, Praise

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• I don't think I get the respect as a singer. With this record, I wanted to bring respect to my band.

  Darius Rucker

  Thinking, Band, Records

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The only ground on which a neutral State can claim respect at the hands of belligerents is, that, so far as she is concerned, their rights are protected.

  Gerrit Smith

  Rights, Hands, States

  Gerrit Smith (1856). “Speeches of Gerrit Smith in Congress”, p.18

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• To depersonalize man is the dominant drift of our times.

  Henri Frederic Amiel

  Men, Our Time, Dominant

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• Go beyond yourself and reach out to other people with a sincere love, respect, caring, and understanding of their needs.

  Susan Polis Schutz

  Caring, People, Understanding

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• Reverence is a good thing, and part of its value is that the more we revere a man, the more sharply are we struck by anything in him (and there is always much) that is incongruous with his greatness.

  Max Beerbohm

  Greatness, Men, Good Things

  Max Beerbohm (2006). “And Even Now”, p.179, 1st World Publishing

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• No nobler feeling than this, of admiration for one higher than himself, dwells in the breast of man. It is to this hour, and at all hours, the vivifying influence in man's life.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Men, Feelings, Admiration

  Thomas Carlyle (1864). “Sartor Resartus”, p.193

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• In handling men, there are three feelings that a man must not possess-fear, dislike and contempt. If he is afraid of men he cannot handle them. Neither can he influence them in his favor if he dislikes or scorns them. He must neither cringe nor sneer. He must have both self-respect and respect for others.

  Herbert Newton Casson

  Fear, Men, Self

  "The Forbes scrapbook of Thoughts on the business of life". Forbes magazine, 1950.

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• The most successful classes are those where the teacher has a clear idea of what is expected from the students and the students know what the teacher expects from them.

  Harry Wong

  Teacher, Successful, Class

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• Punishment may make us obey the orders we are given, but at best it will only teach an obedience to authority, not a self-control which enhances our self-respect.

  Bruno Bettelheim

  Self, Order, Punishment

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• We have no problems with Jews and highly respect Judaism as a holy religion.

  Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

  Problem, Holy, Judaism

  "Iranian Press Defiant Over Israel". news.bbc.co.uk. October 29, 2005.

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• We are an intelligent species and the use of our intelligence quite properly gives us pleasure. In this respect the brain is like a muscle. When we think well, we feel good. Understanding is a kind of ecstasy.

  Carl Sagan

  Science, Intelligent, Thinking

  Carl Sagan (2011). “Broca's Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science”, p.17, Ballantine Books

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• Americans are a very backward people, with all the real virtues of a backward people; the patriarchal simplicity and human dignity of a democracy, and a respect for labor uncorrupted by cynicism.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Real, People, Simplicity

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• We attend to his later performances as a dramatic actor with respect, but watching the nondancing, nonsinging Astaire is like watching a grounded skylark.

  Fred Astaire

  Actors, Dramatic, Skylarks

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• Can there be greater foolishness than the respect you pay to people collectively when you despise them individually?

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  People, Pay, Sincerity

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• He who loves others is always loved by them, and he who respects others is always respected by them.

  Mencius

  Respecting Others

  "The Life and Works of Mencius: With Essays and Notes".

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• The devil's most devilish when respectable.

  Elizabeth Barrett Browning

  Witty, Devil, Respectable

  'Aurora Leigh' (1857) bk. 7, l. 105

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