70 Respect Quotes and Sayings
In this post, you will find amazing respect Quotes and sayings.
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Short Respect Quotes and Sayings
“Respect yourself and others will respect you.” —Confucius
“Respect a man, he will do the more.” —James Howell
“Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.” —Bruce Lee
“Respect the burden.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.” —André Gide
“A lack of boundaries invites a lack of respect.” —Unknown
“Respect doesn’t come without a little resentment.” —Neal Shusterman
“Men are respectable only as they respect.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson
“There is no respect for others without humility in one’s self.” —Henri Frederic
“Sorrow spares no one, and scars respect no person.” —Sherrilyn Kenyon
“Respect should be the first thing you give.” —Unknown
“The essential respect is the one in your own heart for yourself.” —Bryant McGill
“Respecting someone indicate the quality of your personality.” —Unknown
“Respect is a two-way street, if you want to get it, you’ve got to give it.” —R.G. Risch
“If we are not free, no one will respect us.” —A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
“Men didn’t respect beauty…they used it.” —Nora Roberts
“There is no respect for others without humility in one’s self.” —Henri Amiel
“It’s nice to be liked, but it’s better to be respected.” —Habeeb Akande
“Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear.” —Albert Camus
“A person’s a person, no matter how small.” —Dr. Seuss
“Make improvements, not excuses. Seek respect, not attention.” —Roy T. Bennett
“What women want is what men want. They want respect.” —Marilyn vos Savant
“How people treat you with their karma. How you react is yours.” —Wayne W. Dyer
“Most good relationships are built on mutual trust and respect.” —Mona Sutphen
“Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be.” —Leo Tolstoy
“If you want respect, you have to learn to give it too.” —Unknown
“Respect is one of the greatest expressions of love.” —Miguel Angel Ruiz
“His attention means nothing if you don’t have his respect.” —Stephan Labossiere
Respect Quotes and Sayings
“The secret of a happy life is respect. Respect for yourself and respect for others.” —Ayad Akhtar
“If people respect you respect them back, if they disrespect you respect them back. They represent their ideology you represent yours.” —Unknown
“If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die.” —Maya Angelou
“I cannot conceive of a greater loss than the loss of one’s self-respect.” —Mahatma Gandhi
“A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone.” —Billy Graham
“When I look at a person, I see a person – not a rank, not a class, not a title.” —Criss Jami
“If you truly want to be respected by people you love, you must prove to them that you can survive without them.” —Michael Bassey Johnson
“One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.” —Bryant H. Mcgill
“Respect is how to treat everyone, not just those you want to impress.” —Richard Branson
“If you have some respect for people as they are, you can be more effective in helping them to become better than they are.” —John W. Gardner
“I firmly believe that respect is a lot more important, and a lot greater, than popularity.” —Julius Erving
“When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect toward others.” —Dalai Lama
“And I can fight only for something that I love, love only what I respect, and respect only what I at least know.” —Adolf Hitler
“You can’t force someone to respect you, but you can refuse to be disrespected.” —Unknown
“I’m not concerned with your liking or disliking me… All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.” —Jackie Robinson
“I guess at the end of the day, all women like to be appreciated and treated with respect and kindness.” —Sofia Vergara
“Treat people the way you want to be treated. Talk to people the way you want to be talked to. Respect is earned, not given.” —Hussein Nishah
“Be loyal to those who are loyal to you. And respect everyone, even your enemies and competition.” —John Cena
“Treat everyone with kindness and respect, even those who are rude to you – not because they are nice, but because you are.” —Unknown
“Men have to do some awfully mean things to keep up their respectability.” —George Bernard Shaw
“If a person loves you but doesn’t respect you then it can not be a real love. It is not possible to love them without respecting them.” —Amit Kalantri
“The final test of a gentleman is his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.” —William Lyon Phelps
“I cannot compromise my respect for your love. You can keep your love, I will keep my respect.” —Amit Kalantri
“Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect. We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Life is too short to waste your time on people who don’t respect, appreciate, and value you.” —Roy T. Bennett
“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
“We all require and want respect, man or woman, black or white. It’s our basic human right.” —Aretha Franklin
“Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.” —Laurence Sterne
“I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.” —Albert Einstein
“Respect begins with this attitude: I acknowledge that you are a creature of extreme worth.” —Gary Chapman
“Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized.” —Albert Einstein
“Set the standard! Stop expecting others to show you love, acceptance, commitment, and respect when you don’t even show that to yourself.” —Steve Maraboli
Top Ten Respect Quotes and Sayings
Here you will find top ten respect quotes and sayings selected by our team.
- “Respect yourself and others will respect you.” —Confucius
- “When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect toward others.” —Dalai Lama
- “Make improvements, not excuses. Seek respect, not attention.” —Roy T. Bennett
- “You can’t force someone to respect you, but you can refuse to be disrespected.” —Unknown
- “Respect is a two-way street, if you want to get it, you’ve got to give it.” —R.G. Risch
- “Most good relationships are built on mutual trust and respect.” —Mona Sutphen
- “If people respect you respect them back, if they disrespect you respect them back. They represent their ideology you represent yours.” —Unknown
- “When I look at a person, I see a person – not a rank, not a class, not a title.” —Criss Jami
- “Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.” —Laurence Sterne
- “The final test of a gentleman is his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.” —William Lyon Phelps
