Respect Quotes - Page 3

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

Above all things, respect yourself.

No one is happy unless he respects himself.

The law has no claim to human respect. It has no civilizing mission; its only purpose is to protect exploitation.

I think a lot of people have lost respect for the individual, you know, the individual, the person who doesn't conform.

Love yourself, appreciate yourself, see the good in you... and respect yourself.

We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.

We are all one family in the world. Building a community that empowers everyone to attain their full potential through each of us respecting each other's dignity, rights and responsibilities makes the world a better place to live.

When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments; tenderness for what he is, and respect for what he may become.

Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up.

Any time you give a man something he doesn't earn, you cheapen him. Our kids earn what they get, and that includes respect.

Many sisters complain that people don't want to marry them unless they stop wearing hijab. No man is worth your hijab, and a real man wouldn't request you to take it off in the first place.

Civilizations should be measured by the degree of diversity attained and the degree of unity retained.

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

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.

A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone.

This generation has lost the true meaning of romance. There are so many songs that disrespect women. You can’t treat the woman you love as a piece of meat. You should treat your love like a princess. Give her love songs, something with real meaning. Maybe I’m old fashioned but to respect the woman you love should be a priority.

You must teach your children that the ground beneath their feet is the ashes of your grandfathers. So that they will respect the land, tell your children that the earth is rich with the lives of our kin. Teach your children what we have taught our children, that the earth is our mother. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons of the earth. If men spit upon the ground, they spit upon themselves.

A man's respect for law and order exists in precise relationship to the size of his paycheck.

Who doesn’t respect and value his past, is not worth the honour of the present, and has no right to a future

He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.

I don't believe in charity. I believe in solidarity. Charity is so vertical. It goes from the top to the bottom. Solidarity is horizontal. It respects the other person. I have a lot to learn from other people.

You should always respect what you are and your culture because if your art is going to mean anything, that is where it comes from.

I resolutely believe that respect for diversity is a fundamental pillar in the eradication of racism, xenophobia and intolerance. There is no excuse for evading the responsibility of finding the most suitable path toward the elimination of any expression of discrimination against indigenous peoples.