quotations about respect
Respect is a quality of discourse and involves a willingness to acknowledge that incompatible personal narratives and conflicting value claims possibly issue from deep moral commitments.
WALTER FEINBERG
What Is a Public Education and Why We Need It
Nothing sits so gracefully upon children, and makes them so lovely, as habitual respect and dutiful deportment toward their parents and their superiors.
J. E. READE
attributed, Day's Collacon
Respect is a serious thing for him who feels it, and the height of honor for him who inspires the feeling.
MADAME SWETCHINE
attributed, Day's Collacon
Everyone agrees that self-respect is important. Without it, people tend to make a mess of their lives, or nothing of them at all. It is a character trait that we try to instill in our children so that they may become strong, productive, and happy adults. But when we ask whether self-respect is of moral importance--whether self-respect is a morally good trait of persons, whether its absence can constitute a kind of moral failure, and so on--we find less agreement.
STEPHEN MARK GARDINER
Virtue Ethics, Old and New
I took him some flowers
Passed pillars and towers
The statue defaced and unclean
And though he might lie there
I don't think that you care
And your graffiti confirms the scene
His birthday arrived
You just can't stand quiet
Your lack of respect is obscene
TIGER LILLIES
"Obscene"
Got no respect for them dudes who hit they women and
Got no respect for the fools who leave they children and
I just wanna take care of my family
Got no respect if you ain't trying to do the right thing
JAGGED EDGE
"Respect"
One of the surprising things of this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself.
EDGAR WATSON HOWE
Country Town Sayings