Respect Quotes - Page 18

• A mere literary man is a dull man; a man who is solely a man of business is a selfish man; but when literature and commerce are united, they make a respectable man.

  Samuel Johnson

  Selfish, Men, Literature

  Samuel Johnson (1836). “Johnsoniana: Or, Supplement to Boswell: Being Anecdotes and Sayings of Dr. Johnson”, p.416

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• If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.

  Louis D. Brandeis

  Law, Desire, Politics

  "A Treasury of Jewish Quotations". Book by Joseph L. Baron, 1996.

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• All human beings bear God's image and must be respected for what each person is. Therefore, no external description of one's being, whether based on race, ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation, can properly be used as the basis for either rejection or discrimination.

  John Shelby Spong

  Race, Ethnicity, Rejection

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• Brought up to respect the conventions, love had to end in marriage. I'm afraid it did.

  Bette Davis

  Funny Marriage, Ends, Conventions

  Bette Davis (1962). “The lonely life: an autobiography”, Putnam's

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• To advocate a New Order was to seek freedom and respect for peoples without prejudice, and to seek a stable basis for the existence all peoples, equally, and free of threats

  Hideki Tojo

  Order, Prejudice, Existence

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• House music is about love, and lots of hip hop is about hate and intolerance, so in that respect, it's not good at all.

  Chris Lowe

  Hate, Hip Hop, House

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• I dress up a certain way because I respect the music.

  Wynton Marsalis

  Dresses, Way, Certain

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• I met Jesse Owens once. He was a remarkable individual, and I have tremendous respect for what he did in the Olympics under the circumstances.

  Lee Trevino

  Sports, Olympics, Individual

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• That's what people respect, the fact that I wasn't a chump that laid on his back and gave up.

  Mike Tyson

  Sports, People, Facts

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• A gentleman can always be told by the way he speaks to those that he thinks are his inferiors in some respect. His equals he does not wish to offend, his superiors he does not dare to offend, and of those whom he considers his inferiors he would be all the more considerate.

  Fanny Jackson Coppin

  Thinking, Gentleman, Wish

  Fanny Jackson Coppin (1987). “Reminiscences of School Life, and Hints on Teaching”, Facsimiles-Garl

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• I was very concerned that President Bush is still trying to frighten or scare the American people with respect to the condition of the Social Security system.

  Paul Sarbanes

  Security Systems, People, Scary

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• Do we not realize that self respect comes with self reliance?

  Abdul Kalam

  Self Esteem, Judging, Self Reliance

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• Be more humble than a blade of grass, more tolerant than a tree, always offering respect onto others and never expecting any in return

  Chaitanya Mahaprabhu

  Happiness, Kindness, Humble

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• I just have a respect for my audience. That seems to be pretty logical.

  Thomas Jane

  Logical, Audience, Seems

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• Of what significance is one's existence, one is basically unaware. What does a fish know about the water in which he swims all his life? The bitter and the sweet come from outside. The hard from within, from one's own efforts. For the most part I do what my own nature drives me to do. It is embarrassing to earn such respect and love for it.

  Albert Einstein

  Love, Life, Sweet

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• We add our voice ... to those who struggle for the recognition and protection for their rights and cultures, because to the extent that we respect our differences, we shall build a life with more justice.

  Francisco Toledo

  Struggle, Voice, Differences

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• We respect the dignity and the rights of every man and every nation. The path to a brighter future of the world leads through honest reconciliation of the conflicting interests and not through hatred and bloodshed. To follow that path means to enhance the moral power of the all-embracing idea of human solidarity.

  Lech Walesa

  Future, Mean, Men

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• I should have forfeited my own self-respect, and perhaps the good opinion of my countrymen, if I had failed to resent such an injury by calling the offender in question to a personal account.

  Preston Brooks

  Self, Should Have, Calling

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• I love Age of Empires and I play RTS games all the time, I respect what they've accomplished.

  Sid Meier

  Games, Play, Age

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• Humility leads to strength and not to weakness. It is the highest form of self-respect to admit mistakes and to make amends for them.

  John J. McCloy

  Mistake, Humble, Humility

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• I'm so incredibly tired of giving respect to a lot of delusions and crazy ideas just because they are regarded as religions.

  Bjorn Ulvaeus

  Crazy, Tired, Ideas

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

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• I think it's great that she's not perfect and wasn't perfect. I think that's maybe why so many young girls and different people look up to Mac and respect her even more.

  Catherine Bell

  Girl, Thinking, People

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

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  What women want: To be loved, to be listened to, to be desired, to be respected, to be needed, to be trusted, and sometimes, just to be held. What men want: Tickets to the World Series.

  Dave Barry

  Funny, Women, Humor

  Dave Barry (2001). “All the Dave Barry you could ever want: four classic books in one from America's foremost humorist”

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• Men are not very good at loving, but they are experts at admiring and respecting; the woman who goes after their admiration and respect will often come out better than she who goes out after their love.

  Florence King

  Men, Experts, Admiration

  Florence King (1990). “Reflections In A Jaundiced Eye”, p.50, Macmillan

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• Sentimentality is the respect the cold-hearted pay to feeling.

  Mason Cooley

  Heart, Feelings, Pay

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