25 Important Quotes on Respect

Here's a collection of essential quotes on respect. A healthy relationship is based on mutual love and respect. In order for a relationship to grow we must take the initiative and show love and respect. Feel free to use these quotes for a Bible study, a speech, a card or a thank you note. If you have an inspirational quote you would like to share feel free to add it by leaving a comment.

1. "The first duty of love is to listen." - Paul Tillich

2. "I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being." - Jackie Robinson

3. "Don't rely on someone else for your happiness and self worth. Only you can be responsible for that. If you can't love and respect yourself - no one else will be able to make that happen. Accept who you are - completely; the good and the bad - and make changes as YOU see fit - not because you think someone else wants you to be different." - Stacey Charter

4. "Men are respectable only as they respect" - Ralph Waldo Emerson

5. Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her. (Ephesians 5:25)

6. However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband. (Ephesians 5:33)

7. If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die. - Maya Angelou

8. "To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater." - Anonymous

9. "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." - Buddha

10. "Only those who respect the personality of others can be of real use to them" - Albert Schweitzer

11. "The capacity for getting along with our neighbor depends to a large extent on the capacity for getting along with ourselves. The self-respecting individual will try to be as tolerant of his neighbor's shortcomings as he is of his own." - Eric Hoffer

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

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

14. "Respect yourself if you would have others respect you." - Baltasar Gracian

15. "When men and women are able to respect and accept their differences then love has a chance to blossom." - John Gray

16. "A friend drops their plans when you're in trouble, shares joy in your accomplishments, feels sad when you're in pain. A friend encourages your dreams and offers advice--but when you don't follow it, they still respect and love you." - Anonymous

17. "Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that's real power." - Clint Eastwood

18. "A youth is to be regarded with respect. How do you know that his future will not be equal to our present?" - Confucius

19. "The secret of education lies in respecting the pupil." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

20. "The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life. Rarely do members of one family grow up under the same roof." - Richard Bach

21. "There are countless ways of attaining greatness, but any road to reaching one's maximum potential must be built on a bedrock of respect for the individual, a commitment to excellence, and a rejection of mediocrity." - Buck Rodgers

22. "It is the highest form of self-respect to admit our errors and mistakes and make amends for them. To make a mistake is only an error in judgment, but to adhere to it when it is discovered shows infirmity of character." - Dale E. Turner

23. "I respect the man who knows distinctly what he wishes. The greater part of all mischief in the world arises from the fact that men do not sufficiently understand their own aims. They have undertaken to build a tower, and spend no more labor on the foundation than would be necessary to erect a hut." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

24. "I want to be very close to someone I respect and admire and have somebody who feels the same way about me." - Richard Bach

25. "Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized." - Albert Einstein

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