No man who respects his mother or loves his sister, can speak disparagingly of any woman; however low she may seem to have sunk, she is still a woman. I want every man to remember this. Every woman is, or, at some time, has been a sister or daughter.
The politician in my country seeks votes, affection and respect, in that order. With few notable exceptions, they are simply men who want to be loved.
Stand in your own truth and you will command respect.
The success of the Inklings also helps us to see criticism in a positive light. There are, unfortunately, people who boost their own sense of importance by criticizing others as a matter of principle. Yet within this community, criticism was a mark of respect and commitment.
Nothing of real worth can ever be bought. Love, friendship, honour, valour, respect. All these things have to be earned.
I don't know where people think I'm from, but I'm from Chicago. It's really just that. People wanna romanticize it and say, 'There's two sides to it, and it's a beautiful lovehate story of violence and music. ' But it's really just a very scummy place where people don't have respect for other people's lives.
If I despised myself, it would be no compensation if everyone saluted me, and if I respect myself, it does not trouble me if others hold me lightly.
[Orthodox] are brothers, but I must respect them.
God is not harsh; He is holy. He is not selfish; He is sovereign. He is not unfeeling; He is all-knowing. Like David, we need to come to know Him, and respect Him; and, like David, we will love Him more.
Fear, when your friends say to you what you have done well, and say it through; but when they stand with uncertain timid looks of respect and half-dislike, and must suspend their judgement for years to come, you may begin to hope.
I actually have a great deal of respect for antidepressants; I think they can be enormously mighty tools toward recovery.
He has a profound respect for old age. Especially when it's bottled.
The capacity for getting along with our neighbor depends to a large extent on the capacity for getting along with ourselves. The self-respecting individual will try to be as tolerant of his neighbor's shortcomings as he is of his own.
I respect you too much to respect your ridiculous ideas.
The honor we receive from those that fear us, is not honor; those respects are paid to royalty and not to me.
Renown? I've already got more of it than those I respect, and will never have as much as those for whom I feel contempt.
When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet in his private heart no man much respects himself.
You need somebody you respect and admire to back you always.
I deserve to have boundaries, and my boundaries are respected. I love and honor myself. I am safe. All is well.
In a drama of the highest order there is little food for censure or hatred; it teaches rather self-knowledge and self-respect.