If there is one trait we all get assessed for and that defines how good our character is – “Respect”. The way we respect others around us, the way we respect the women, children, the blacks, the whites, the elderly and those who are low is stature than us, often determines how responsible and mature we are. We must respect everyone including ourselves at all times to lead a better, meaningful and purposeful life.
Below are the 57 Best Respect Quotes (Respect others quotes)
“Most good relationships are built on mutual trust and respect.” – Mona Sutphen
“Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.”- Bruce Lee
“A person’s a person, no matter how small.” – Dr. Seuss
“We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
“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
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“Respect yourself and others will respect you.” – Confucius
“If you want to be respected by others, the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.” – Fyodor Dostoyevsky
“Do we not realize that self-respect comes with self-reliance.” – Abdul Kalam
“When we treat people merely as they are, they will remain as they are. When we treat them as if they were what they should be, they will become what they should be” – Thomas S. Monson
“Tolerance only for those who agree with you is no tolerance at all. ” – Ray Davis
“ Men are respectable only as they respect.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong. ” – William J. H. Boetcker
“One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say” – Bryant H. McGill
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“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
“Never judge someone by the way he looks or a book by the way it’s covered; for inside those tattered pages, there’s a lot to be discovered.” – Stephen Cosgrove
“Respect is a two-way street, if you want to get it, you’ve got to give it.” – R.G. Risch
“Give to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself.” – Thomas Paine
“Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?” – Confucius
“I must respect the opinions of others even if I disagree with them.” – Herbert H. Lehman
“I firmly believe that respect is a lot more important, and a lot greater, than popularity.” – Julius Erving
“To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.” – Bono
“He that respects himself is safe from others; he wears a coat of mail that none can pierce.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“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.” – Max Nordau
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“Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear. ” – Albert Camus
“This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible value to him. ” – William Lyon Phelps
“Respect a man, he will do the more.” – James Howell
“Never take a person’s dignity: it is worth everything to them, and nothing to you. ” – Frank Barron
“Treat others as you want them to treat you because what goes around comes around” – unknown
“He who wants a rose must respect the thorn.” – Persian Proverb
“You should respect each other and refrain from disputes; you should not, like water and oil, repel each other, but should, like milk and water, mingle together.” – Buddha
“Tolerance implies a respect for another person, not because he is wrong or even because he is right, but because he is human.” – John Cogley
“Respect commands itself and it can neither be given nor withheld when it is due.” – Anonymous
“A lack of boundaries invites a lack of respect.” – Anonymous
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“One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.” – Bryant H. Mcgill
“You can’t force someone to respect you, but you can refuse to be disrespected.” -Anonymous
“Don’t lower your standards for anyone or anything. Self-respect is everything.” -Anonymous
“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
“Respect starts with yourself.”- Anonymous
“The respect you show to others (or lack thereof) is an immediate reflection of your own self-respect.” – Alex Elle
“Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.” – Bruce Lee
“Respect should be the first thing you give.” – Anonymous
“If people respect you respect them back if they disrespect you respect them back. They represent their ideology you represent yours.”- Anonymous
“Don’t waste words on people who deserve your silence. Sometimes the most powerful thing you can say is nothing at all.” – Anonymous
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“We will not agree with everyone, but we should most definitely respect one another.” – Brooke Griffin
“Respect comes from within – we must purify our souls” – Harsh Tiwari
“If you want respect, you have to learn to give it too.” – Anonymous
“Truly powerful women don’t explain why they want respect. They simply don’t engage those who don’t give it to them.” – Anonymous
“When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect for others.” – Dalai Lama
“How people treat other people is a direct reflection of how they feel about themselves.” – Anonymous
“Don’t let someone get comfortable with disrespecting you.” – Anonymous
“Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.” -Laurence Sterne
“Take very little notice of those people who choose to treat you poorly. It is how they are defining their story, not yours.” – Lei Wah
