Respect Sayings and Quotes

R-E-S-P-E-C-T. It’s not just for the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin. Respect should be given if you expect to receive it in return. Showing consideration for others goes a long way. Below you’ll find a collection of wise and inspirational respect quotes, sayings, and proverbs.

Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners. Laurence Sterne
I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university. Albert Einstein
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. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong. William J. H. Boetcker
Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts? Confucius
He that respects himself is safe from others; he wears a coat of mail that none can pierce. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
If we lose our love and self-respect and respect for each other, this is how we will finally die. Maya Angelou
Respect commands itself and it can neither be given nor withheld when it is due. Eldridge Cleaver
Respect is an invention of people who want to cover up the empty place where love should be. Leo Tolstoy
This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible value to him. William Lyon Phelps
Tolerance implies a respect for another person, not because he is wrong or even because he is right, but because he is human. John Cogley
If men are to resect each other for what they are, they must cease to respect each other for what they own. A.J.P. Taylor
You can demand courtesy but you have to earn respect. Lawrence Goldstone
If we can respect the divine within us, if we can treat it with dignity, then we can respect others around us. Vishwas Chavan
Respect begins with this attitude: I acknowledge that you are a creature of extreme worth. Gary Chapman
People crave for more respect than love, because they expect love only from few people but they want respect from everyone. Amit Kalantri
Respect at the cost of others is disrespect in effect. Muhammad Tariq Majeed
When we love and respect people, revealing to them their value, they can begin to come out from behind the walls that protect them. Jean Vanier
The only true disability is the inability to accept and respect differences. Comic Strip Mama
When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you. Lao-Tzu
It is not grey hair that makes one respectable but character. Rana Junaid Mustafa Gohar
Respect depends on reciprocity. Nyang Proverb
When we show our respect for other living things, they respond with respect for us. Arapaho Proverb
Deal with yourself as an individual worthy of respect and make everyone else deal with you the same way. Nikki Giovanni
A man's respect for law and order exists in precise relationship to the size of his paycheck. Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
Mutual respect is the foundation of genuine harmony. Dalai Lama
The gentle and respectful ways of saying 'To hell with you' are being abandoned. Millicent Fenwick
The only way to teach respect is to model it. Todd Whitaker
I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me. All I ask is that you respect me as a human being. Jackie Robinson
We must have respect for both plumbers and our philosophers, or neither our pipes or our theories will hold water. John. W. Garner