939 private quotes tagged respect

“But it's important, while we are supporting lessons in respecting others, to remember that many of our youngest kids need to learn to respect themselves. You learn your worth from the way you are treated.” — Anna Quindlen

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“So I really would like to see both parties respond to the poor with greater commitment. But I've got to tell you, the Democrats, I feel, are doing a better job in that respect than Republicans are.” — Tony Campolo

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“Why do you think I write these feminist songs, to try and teach myself to respect myself. You know, it's not because I'm a hero.” — Ani DiFranco

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“People are giving me more respect.” — Christina Ricci

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“I work with people I admire and respect. It's never because of who they are.” — Alexander McQueen

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“Never esteem men on account of their riches or their station. Respect goodness, find it where you may.” — William Cobbett

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“Give your teachers the respect they deserve, because they are the ones who can help you get where you need to go.” — Richard Howard

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“I have a rule on my team: when we talk to one another, we look each other right in the eye, because I think it's tough to lie to somebody. You give respect to somebody.” — Mike Krzyzewski

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“A man's real life is that accorded to him in the thoughts of other men by reason of respect or natural love.” — Joseph Conrad

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“You should be able to voice your opinion and respect the voice of the other side. You should be willing to educate yourself and know what it is you're dealing with.” — Steve Nash

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“The conqueror is regarded with awe the wise man commands our respect but it is only the benevolent man that wins our affection.” — William Dean Howells

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“When a woman removes her garment, she also removes the respect that is hers.” — Herodotus

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“You have to respect your audience. Without them, you're essentially standing alone, singing to yourself.” — K. D. Lang

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“I've spent a bit of time with the Prince of Wales, who I respect greatly. I'd give two cheers for the Monarchy.” — Sting

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“To be sensual, I think, is to respect and rejoice in the force of life, of life itself, and to be present in all that one does, from the effort of loving to the making of bread.” — James A. Baldwin

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“We may not always agree with every one of our neighbors. That's life. And it's part of living in such a diverse and dense city. But we also recognize that part of being a New Yorker is living with your neighbors in mutual respect and tolerance. It was exactly that spirit of openness and acceptance that was attacked on 9/11, 2001.” — Michael Bloomberg

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“True humility is intelligent self respect which keeps us from thinking too highly or too meanly of ourselves. It makes us modest by reminding us how far we have come short of what we can be.” — Ralph W. Sockman

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“Respect for self is the beginning of cultivating virtue in men and women.” — Gordon B. Hinckley

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“There's one advantage in having been around as long as I have. Everybody in the Senate knows me, and - I'm going to say something presumptuous, to repeat myself - I think most respect me.” — Joe Biden

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“Since turning professional at 18, I have travelled the world playing the game that I love and consider myself a global player. As the World No.1 right now, I wish to be a positive role model and a sportsperson that people respect, and enjoy watching.” — Rory McIlroy

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“Do dirt, get dirt. So I treat people with the same respect that I want.” — DMX

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“The working class owes all honor and respect to the first men who planted the standard of labor solidarity on the hostile frontier of unorganized industry.” — Ralph Chaplin

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“What I do as best I can is out of a deep respect for children, for how difficult their world is.” — Maurice Sendak

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“I want to say a little something that's long overdue, the disrespect to women has got to be through. To all the mothers and the sisters and the wives and friends, I wanna offer my love and respect till the end.” — Adam Yauch

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“We must have great respect for these people who also suffer and who want to find their own way of correct living. On the other hand, to create a legal form of a kind of homosexual marriage, in reality, does not help these people.” — Joseph Ratzinger

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