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Quotes About Respecting

To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves - there lies the great, singular power of self-respect.
Joan Didion

To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
Voltaire

We must welcome the future, remembering that soon it will be the past; and we must respect the past, remembering that it was once all that was humanly possible.
George Santayana

What we call 'evil' doesn't necessarily deserve any kind of respect or understanding, by any means; it just deserves an acknowledgement of its complexity so we can better understand it - so we can help prevent it.
Bryan Singer

When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet in his private heart no man much respects himself.
Mark Twain

When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.
Lao Tzu

When you have a godly husband, a godly wife, children who respect their parents and who are loved by their parents, who provide for those children their physical and spiritual and material needs, lovingly, you have the ideal unit.
Jerry Falwell

When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect toward others.
Dalai Lama

Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?
Confucius

You get respect when you give respect. That's how you get respect.
Michael Nutter

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