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Inspirational Quotes About Respect
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“We were taught to respect everyone, especially those who were older and wiser than we were from whom we could learn.”
Author Of "3rd Generation Country, A Practical Guide To Raising Children With Great Values"
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“Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect.”
Leader Of The Suquamish And Duwamish Native American Tribes
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“Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.”
Creator Of Dilbert Comic Strip
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“There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behavior, like the wish to scatter joy and not pain around us.”
Philosopher, Poet, Author, Essayist
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“Confrontation should always leave a person's dignity in tact.”
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“Respect for right conduct is felt by everybody.”
Novelist
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“The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life.”
Writer
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“I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.”
Poet, Nobel Prize Winner
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“Tolerance implies a respect for another person, not because he is wrong or even because he is right, but because he is human.”
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“Respect for the fragility and importance of an individual life is still the mark of an educated man.”
Editor, Writer
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“Treat everyone you meet as though they are the most important person you'll meet today.”
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“Human diversity makes tolerance more than a virtue; it makes it a requirement for survival.”
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“Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized.”
Theoretical Physicist, Philosopher, Nobel Prize Winner
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“I fear no one, but I respect everyone.”
Professional Tennis Player, 5 Time Wimbledon Champion
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“Love and respect are the most important aspects of parenting, and of all relationships.”
Actress
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“Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.”
Politician, Writer, Scientist
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“Tolerance should really be only a temporary attitude; it must lead to recognition.”
Philosopher, Scientist, Author
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“A little less hypocrisy and a little more tolerance towards oneself can only have good results in respect for our neighbor; for we are all too prone to transfer to our fellows the injustice and violence we inflict upon our own natures.”
Founder Of Analytical Psychology
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“For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.”
Former President Of South Africa
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“This is the first test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible value to him.”
Scholar, Critic
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“If you want to be respected, you must respect yourself.”
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“The young should be treated with respect.”
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“Respect for intellectual excellence, the restoration of vigor and discipline to our ideas of study, curricula which aim at strengthening intellectual fiber and stretching the power of young minds, personal commitment and responsibility—these are the preconditions of educational recovery in America today; and, I believe, they have always been the preconditions of happiness and sanity for the human race.”
23rd U.S. Vice President
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“It is worth the while to live respectably unto ourselves. We can possibly get along with a neighbor, even with a bedfellow, whom we respect but very little; but as soon as it comes to this, that we do not respect ourselves, then we do not get along at all...”
Naturalist, Author, Philosopher
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“My actual life is a fact, in view of which I have no occasion to congratulate myself; but for my faith and aspiration I have respect. It is from these that I speak.”
Naturalist, Author, Philosopher
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“Respect a man, and he will do all the more.”
Basketball Coach, Author
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“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.”
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“Treat the other man's faith gently; it is all he has to believe with.”
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“In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.”
1st African American To Serve On The Us Supreme Court
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“I have never been hurt by anything I didn't say.”
30th Us President
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“Probably no greater honor can come to any man than the respect of his colleagues.”
Actor
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“Be curious, not judgmental. ”
Poet, Humanist
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“Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too.”
Philosopher, Essayist
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“The capacity for getting along with our neighbor depends to a large extent on the capacity for getting along with ourselves. The self-respecting individual will try to be as tolerant of his neighbor's shortcomings as he is of his own.”
Philosopher
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“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”
Philosopher, Essayist
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