25 Inspiring Quotes about
It is not sufficient to be worthy of respect in order to be respected.
(Alfred Nobel)
Demonstrating character worthy of esteem
Fools take to themselves the respect that is given to their office.
(Aesop)
Show respect to all people, but grovel to none.
(Tecumseh)
Men are respectable only as they respect.
(Ralph Waldo Emerson)
My work is not great, but it’s respectable.
(Maurice Sendak)
It is not pleasant to have a stranger doubt your respectability.
(Maud Younger)
Treating your adversary with respect is giving him an advantage to which he is not entitled.
(Samuel Johnson)
Morality is not respectability.
(George Bernard Shaw)
True respectability stems not from the will of the majority but from proper reasoning.
(Alain de Botton)
Give the respect you want to receive…
(Cory Booker)
Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.
(Bruce Lee)
Show respect to all people, but grovel to none.
(Tecumseh)
There is no respect for others without humility in one’s self.
(Henri Frederic Amiel)
Respect is a lot more important, and a lot greater, than popularity.
(Julius Erving)
Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear.
(Albert Camus)
It is not sufficient to be worthy of respect in order to be respected.
(Alfred Nobel)
People who treat other people as less than human must not be surprised when the bread they have cast on the waters comes floating back to them, poisoned.
(James A. Baldwin)
Respect is a two-way street, if you want to get it, you’ve got to give it.
(R.G. Risch)
Never respect men merely for their riches, but rather for their philanthropy; we do not value the sun for its height, but for its use.
(Gamaliel Bailey)
Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.
(Albert Einstein)
So live that you wouldn’t be afraid to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.
(Will Rogers)
Respect commands itself and it can neither be given nor withheld when it is due.
(Eldridge Cleaver)
Awe and respect are two different things.
(Oliver Reed)
Respect comes in two unchangeable steps: giving it and receiving it.
(Edmond Mbiaka)
The only respect you should have is the one you earn.
(Stellan Skarsgard)
