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Ralph Waldo Emerson

Men are respectable only as they respect.

Topic: Respect
Photo: Jeffrey Benjamin

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Many people resented my impatience and honesty, but I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.

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I have a respect for manners as such, they are a way of dealing with people you don't agree with or like. — Margaret Mead

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Respect the child. Be not too much his parent. Trespass not on his solitude. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same. — George Bernard Shaw

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Respect everyone, but lower yourself to no one. — American Indian Proverb

He who is untrue to his own cause cannot command the respect of others. — Albert Einstein

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I respect my boundaries. I insist that others respect them, too. — Louise L. Hay

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

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They cannot take away our self-respect if we do not give it to them. — Mohandas Gandhi

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The best way to get respect is to give it. — Jeffrey Benjamin

If you want to be respected, you must respect yourself. — Spanish Proverb

What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others. — Confucius

Let me give you a tip on a clue to men’s characters: the man who damns money has obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it has earned it.

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To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart. — Eleanor Roosevelt

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Respect yourself and others will respect you. — Confucius

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Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them. — Dalai Lama

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I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it. — Voltaire

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We confide in our strength, without boasting of it; we respect that of others, without fearing it. — Thomas Jefferson

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I respect the man who knows distinctly what he wants. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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A person's a person, no matter how small. — Dr. Seuss

The wisdom of the elderly is like the sun, it illuminates the whole village. — African Proverb

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How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours. — Dr. Wayne Dyer

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A true leader talks with you, a false leaders talks at you. — Jeffrey Benjamin

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