Top 85 Respect Quotes

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Respect is a feeling of deep admiration for someone or something elicited by their abilities, qualities, or achievements. With that in mind, check out the top 85 respect quotes.

#85 – 80. Respect Quotes

85. Make improvements, not excuses. Seek respect, not attention. – Roy T. Bennett

84. Respect depends on reciprocity. – Nyang Proverb

83. 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

82. When I look at a person, I see a person – not a rank, not a class, not a title. – Criss Jami

81. Awe and respect are two different things. – Oliver Reed

80. If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die. – Maya Angelou

#79 – 70. Respect Quotes

79. Respect is how to treat everyone. – Richard Branson

78. Respect is appreciation of the separateness of the other person, of the ways in which he or she is unique. – Annie Gottlieb

77. If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. It is true that you may fool all of the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all of the time; but you can’t fool all of the people all of the time. – Abraham Lincoln

76. The idea of respect is more than just being polite. – Bruce Glassman

75. Respect is more than just caring for another, it’s caring for humanity. – Maxime Lagacé

74. Give to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself. – Thomas Paine

73. There is one other reason for dressing well, namely that dogs respect it, and will not attack you in good clothes. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

72. There is no respect for others without humility in one’s self. – Henri Frederic Amiel

71. There exist only three beings worthy of respect: the priest, the soldier, the poet. To know, to kill, to create. – Charles Baudelaire

70. If men are to respect each other for what they are, they must cease to respect each other for what they own. – A.J.P. Taylor

#69 – 60. Respect Quotes

69. Respect has nothing to do with who is right and who is wrong. It has to do with allowing space for someone else’s opinion. – Jackie Viramontez

68. Respecting someone indicates the quality of your personality.  – Mohammad Sakhi

67. I must respect the opinions of others even if I disagree with them. Herbert H. Lehman

66. Respect is a two-way street, if you want to get it, you’ve got to give it. – R.G. Risch

65. You can demand courtesy but you have to earn respect. – Lawrence Goldstone

64. Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect. We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

63. We cannot expect people to have respect for law and order until we teach respect to those we have entrusted to enforce those laws. – Hunter S. Thompson

62. Respect is one of the greatest expressions of love. – Don Miguel Ruiz

61. Most good relationships are built on mutual trust and respect. – Mona Sutphen

60. Respecting others’ opinions doesn’t mean being untrue to our own. – P. M. Forni

#59 – 50. Respect Quotes

59. I don’t care if you’re black, white, straight, bisexual, gay, lesbian, short, tall, fat, skinny, rich or poor. If you’re nice to me, I’ll be nice to you. Simple as that. – Robert Michaels

58. Respect is for those who deserve not for those who demand it. – Paulo Coelho

57. Knowledge will give you power, but character respect. – Bruce Lee

56. This is how you start to get respect, by offering something that you have. – Mitch Albom

55. We do not earn respect. It is given as a gift. What we do with it is up to us. – Tod Whitaker

54. 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

53. Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of — for credit is like fire; when once you have kindled it you may easily preserve it, but if you once extinguish it, you will find it an arduous task to rekindle it again. The way to a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear. – Socrates

52. Respect is one of life’s greatest treasures. I mean, what does it all add up to if you don’t have that? – Marilyn Monroe

51. Only those who respect the personality of others can be of real use to them. – Albert Schweitzer

50. Have a big enough heart to love unconditionally, and a broad enough mind to embrace the differences that make each of us unique. – D.B. Harrop

#49 – 40. Respect Quotes

49. My approach is that you have to earn the respect of people you work with.- Mark Pincus

48. To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater. – Bono

47. He who loves others is constantly loved by them. He who respects others is constantly respected by them. – Mencius

46. Show respect to all people, but grovel to none. – Tecumseh

45. He that respects himself is safe from others; he wears a coat of mail that none can pierce. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

44. The secret of a happy life is respect. Respect for yourself and respect for others. – Ayad Akhtar

43. One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say. – Bryant H. McGill

42. Never respect men merely for their riches, but rather for their philanthropy; we do not value the sun for its height, but for its use. – Gamaliel Bailey

41. There can be no failure to a man who has not lost his courage, his character, his self-respect, or his self-confidence. He is still a King. – Orison Swett Marden

40. In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob. – Salvador Dali

#39 – 30. Respect Quotes

39. What women want is what men want. They want respect. – Marilyn vos Savant

38. Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely.- Roy T. Bennett

37. Respect yourself and others will respect you. – Confucius

36. You demand respect and you’ll get it. First of all, you give respect. – Mary J. Blige

35. A man who pays respect to the great paves the way for his own greatness. – African proverb

34. Respect comes in two unchangeable steps: giving it and receiving it. – Edmond Mbiaka

33. ‘I was wrong,’ builds more respect than ‘I told you so.’ – Dan Rockwell

32. 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

31. If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. – Louis D. Brandeis

30. Respect for the fragility and importance of an individual life is still the mark of an educated man. – Norman Cousins

#29 – 20. Respect Quotes

29. To get down to the quick of it, respect motivates me – not success. – Hugh Jackman

28. Respect is one of the most important things you can teach a child. – Catherine Pulsifer

27. Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized.- Albert Einstein

26. One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself. – E.W. Howe

25. I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university. – Albert Einstein

24. This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible value to him. – William Lyon Phelps

23. I firmly believe that respect is a lot more important, and a lot greater, than popularity. – Julius Erving

22. Men are respectable only as they respect. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

21. You don’t tell people who disagree with you they’d be better off somewhere else. And you don’t reduce them to stereotypes; you address them as fully formed people worthy of respect. You try to persuade them. – Peggy Noonan

20. The more you know and respect yourself, the more impact you will have on people around you. – Maxime Lagacé

#19 – 10. Respect Quotes

19. I have never bought into the idea that blood is thicker than water. Love and respect are meant to be earned from our children, our spouses, our families, and our friends. – Raquel Cepeda

18. It is not grey hair that makes one respectable but character. – Rana Junaid Mustafa Gohar

17. Respect begins with this attitude: I acknowledge that you are a creature of extreme worth. – Gary Chapman

16. Mutual respect is the foundation of genuine harmony. – Dalai Lama

15. 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

14. 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

13. Respect commands itself and it can neither be given nor withheld when it is due. – Eldridge Cleaver

12. Respecting someone indicate the quality of your personality. – Mohammad Rishad Sakhi

11. Respect requires empathy, the capacity to anticipate and understand the feelings of others. It requires consideration. – Deborah Norville

10. As we grow as unique persons, we learn to respect the uniqueness of others. – Robert Schuller

#9 – 1. Respect Quotes

9. 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

8. When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect toward others. – Dalai Lama

7. I’d rather be respected than loved. – Eli Broad

6. Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear. – Albert Camus

5. I respect people and expect that kind of respect back. – Dennis Franz

4. Respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality. – Frank Herbert

3. Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts? – Confucius

2. Football is like life – it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority. – Vince Lombardi

1. Life is short, and we should respect every moment of it. – Orhan Pamuk

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