Finding a way to gain the respect of others is an essential way to get connected. These quotes about being respectful to others serve as a testimony to the type of actions you want to follow and example you want to set.
“A person’s a person, no matter how small.”
“Be modest, be respectful of others, try to understand.”
“Be more humble than a blade of grass, more tolerant than a tree, always offering respect onto others and never expecting any in return.”
“Give to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself.”
“He that respects himself is safe from others; he wears a coat of mail that none can pierce.”
“I firmly believe that respect is a lot more important, and a lot greater, than popularity.”
“I must respect the opinions of others even if I disagree with them.”
“I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.”
“I think I was brought up in a respectful household.”
“I treat people based on who they really are, not the name. Everyone has to be respectful and be a human being. No one’s above… That’s how I carry it with anybody.”
“If a person loves you but doesn’t respect you then it can not be a real love. It is not possible to love them without respecting them.”
“If we can respect the divine within us, if we can treat it with dignity, then we can respect others around us.”
“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.”
“In the end, those who demean others only disrespect themselves.”
“It is not grey hair that makes one respectable but character.”
“Men are respectable only as they respect.”
“Never take a person’s dignity: it is worth everything to them, and nothing to you.”
“Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear.”
“One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.”
“People crave for more respect than love, because they expect love only from few people but they want respect from everyone.”
“Respect at the cost of others is disrespect in effect.”
“Respect comes in two unchangeable steps: Giving it and receiving it.”
“Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.”
“Respect is a two-way street, if you want to get it, you’ve got to give it.”
“Respect is an invention of people who want to cover up the empty place where love should be.”
“Respect yourself and others will respect you.”
“Respecting someone indicate the quality of your personality.”
“The only true disability is the inability to accept and respect differences.”
“This is how you start to get respect, by offering something that you have.”
“This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible value to him.”
“To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.”
“Tolerance isn’t about not having beliefs. It’s about how your beliefs lead you to treat people who disagree with you.”
“Tolerance only for those who agree with you is no tolerance at all.”
“Treat others as you want them to treat you because what goes around comes around”
“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.”
“We can create a new kind of politics: kinder, more respectful, but courageous, too.”
“We don’t need to share the same opinions as others, but we need to be respectful.”
“We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.”
“When I look at a person, I see a person – not a rank, not a class, not a title.”
“When we love and respect people, revealing to them their value, they can begin to come out from behind the walls that protect them.”
“When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everybody will respect you.”
“Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?”
“You can demand courtesy but you have to earn respect.”
“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.”
“You will never gain anyone’s approval by begging for it. When you stand confident in your own worth, respect follows.”
There are multiple ways to earn the respect of your fellow man.
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