I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.
Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.
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.
We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory will swell when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.
Love people, not things; use things, not people.
The way you give your name to others is a measure of how much you like and respect yourself.
We get out of life what we put into it. The way we treat others is the way we ourselves get treated.
A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.
When you borrow a man’s car, always return it with a tank of gas.
A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone.
Love is the ability and willingness to allow those that you care for to be what they choose for themselves without any insistence that they satisfy you.
Any religion or philosophy which is not based on a respect for life is not a true religion or philosophy.
Only those who respect the personality of others can be of real use to them.
One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.
Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.
Walk tall, or baby don’t walk at all.
One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.
Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that’s real power.
When I was young there was no respect for the young, and now that I am old there is no respect for the old.