Every great human being in history earned it. We can give it and we can receive it. Without it it’s hard to live. If you have enough of it you can change the world.
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Respect means:
1. A feeling of appreciative, often deferential regard; esteem. See Synonyms at regard.
2. The state of being regarded with honor or esteem.
3. Willingness to show consideration or appreciation.
From Latin respectus, from past participle of respicere, to look back at, regard : re-, re- + specere, to look at; see spek- in Indo-European Roots.
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“They cannot take away our self-respect if we do not give it to them.”
-Mahatma Gandhi
“Respect a man, and he will do all the more.”
-John Wooden
“If one doesn’t respect oneself one can have neither love nor respect for others.”
-Ayn Rand
“It is not sufficient to be worthy of respect in order to be respected.”
-Alfred Nobel
“Probably no greater honor can come to any man than the respect of his colleagues.”
-Cary Grant
“Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect.
We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves.”
-U. Thant
“We confide in our strength, without boasting of it; we respect that of others, without fearing it.”
-Thomas Jefferson
“Respect for ourselves guides our morals; respect for others guides our manners.”
-Laurence Sterne
“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
“We must build a new world, a far better world - one in which the eternal dignity of man is respected.”
-Harry S. Truman
“As we grow as unique persons we learn to respect the uniqueness of others.”
- Robert H. Schuller
“Respect for ourselves guides our morals; respect for others guides our manners.”
-Laurence Sterne
“Thou must always have some one to respect, in order not to lose respect for thy self.”
-Nietzche
“He removes the greatest ornament of friendship, who takes away from it respect.”
-Cicero
“Respect is what we owe; love, what we give.”
-Philip James Bailey
“For those who are always courteous and respectful of elders, four things increase: life, beauty, happiness and strength.”
-Buddha, The Dhammapada
“I must respect the opinions of others even if I disagree with them.”
-Herbert Henry Lehman