respect Quotes

"I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being in his own eyes. What matters is not what I think of him; it is what he thinks of himself. To undermine a man's self-respect... ...

“That's my private ant. You're liable to break its legs.”

“Don't stop to ask whether the animal or plant you meet deserves your sympathy, or how much it feels, or even whether it can feel at all: respect it and consider all life sacred.”

“Only those who respect the personality of others can be of real use to them.”

“When man learns to respect even the smallest being of creation...nobody has to teach him to love his fellow man. Compassion for animals is intimately connected with goodness of character, and it may be confidently asserted that he who is... ...

"Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced."

"Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized."

"Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized."

"One should respect an honest person even if he expresses opinions differing from one's own."

"I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university."