49 Quotes About Demanding Respect

There are various ways to achieve respect and develop the identity you want to have. Here are some great quotes about demanding respect that will offer you the right encouragement.

“A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone.”

“A person’s a person, no matter how small.”

“Be loyal to those who are loyal to you. And respect everyone, even your enemies and competition.”

“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 love making new friends and I respect people for a lot of different reasons.”

“I must respect the opinions of others even if I disagree with them.”

“If I despised myself, it would be no compensation if everyone saluted me, and if I respect myself, it does not trouble me if others hold me lightly.”

“If we can respect the divine within us, if we can treat it with dignity, then we can respect others around us.”

“If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die.”

“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.”

“Inspirational leaders need to have a winning mentality in order to inspire respect. It is hard to trust in the leadership of someone who is half-hearted about their purpose, or only sporadic in focus or enthusiasm.”

“It is not grey hair that makes one respectable but character.”

“Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.”

“Men are respectable only as they respect.”

“Never judge someone by the way he looks or a book by the way it’s covered; for inside those tattered pages, there’s a lot to be discovered.”

“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 begins with this attitude: I acknowledge that you are a creature of extreme worth.”

“Respect comes in two unchangeable steps: Giving it and receiving it.”

“Respect commands itself and it can neither be given nor withheld when it is due.”

“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 bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life.”

“The only true disability is the inability to accept and respect differences.”

“There are lots of people I admire and respect, but I don’t necessarily want to be like them. I’m too happy being myself.”

“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.”

“There is no respect for others without humility in one’s self.”

“This is how you start to get respect, by offering something that you have.”

“To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.”

“Tolerance implies a respect for another person, not because he is wrong or even because he is right, but because he is human.”

“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 everyone with respect and kindness. Period. No exceptions.”

“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 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 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 can have a certain arrogance, and I think that’s fine, but what you should never lose is the respect for the others.”

“You will never gain anyone’s approval by begging for it. When you stand confident in your own worth, respect follows”

There are various ways to earn respect from others and those closest to you.