Respect Quotes

It is essential that all Americans take the time to honor and remember those individuals who gave their lives in defense of our liberty.

I want you to understand that I respect the rights of the poorest and weakest of colored people, oppressed by the slave system, just as much as I do those of the most wealthy and powerful. That is the idea that has moved me, and that alone.

I will answer anything I can with honor, but not about others.

The literature of a people must so ring from the sense of its nationality; and nationality is impossible without self-respect, and self-respect is impossible without liberty.

Respect your uniqueness, and drop comparison. Relax into your being.

In a world where so many yearn to be liked I rather be respected.

To be in love is to see yourself as someone else sees you, it is to be in love with the falsified and exalted image of yourself. In love we are incapable of honor – the courageous act is no more than playing a part to an audience of two.

Public sentiment should be respected.