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“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
RESPECT

“There is always the danger that we may just do the work for the sake of the work. This is where the respect and the love and the devotion come in - that we do it to God, to Christ, and that's why we try to do it as beautifully as possible. ”

MOTHER TERESA
FOUNDER OF THE MISSIONARIES OF CHARITY
INSPIRATION

“Probably no greater honor can come to any man than the respect of his colleagues.”

CARY GRANT
ACTOR
RESPECT

“Friendship is the greatest of worldly goods. Certainly to me it is the chief happiness of life. If I had to give a piece of advice to a young man about a place to live, I think I should say, 'Sacrifice almost everything to live where you can be near your friends.' I know I am very fortunate in that respect

C.S. LEWIS
WRITER, THEOLOGIAN, SCHOLAR
FRIENDSHIP

“Humility leads to strength and not to weakness. It is the highest form of self-respect to admit mistakes and to make amends for them.”

JOHN J. MCCLOY
LAWYER, BANKER
VISION

“The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity.”

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
POLITICIAN, WRITER, SCIENTIST
GENEROSITY

Respect is love in plain clothes.”

FRANK BYRNES
FORMER IRISH RADIO HOST
COMPLIMENTS

Respect your fellow human being, treat them fairly, disagree with them honestly, enjoy their friendship, explore your thoughts about one another candidly, work together for a common goal and help one another achieve it.”

BILL BRADLEY
AMERICAN HALL OF FAME BASKETBALL PLAYER, RHODES SCHOLAR
LOYALTY

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

LAOZI
CHINESE PHILOSOPHER, CENTRAL FIGURE IN TAOISM
RESPECT

“I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me - all I ask is that you respect me as a human being.”

JACKIE ROBINSON
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYER, CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST
CHARACTER

“Leadership is a two-way street, loyalty up and loyalty down. Respect for one's superiors; care for one's crew. ”

GRACE HOPPER
COMPUTER SCIENTIST, NAVAL OFFICER
LEADERSHIP
To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater. #<Author:0x00007f2efc205508>

“To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.”

Bono

RESPECT

“Help publicly. Help privately. Help in your actions by recycling and conserving and protecting, but help also in your attitude. Help make sense where sense has gone missing. Help bring reason and respect to discourse and debate. Help science to solve and faith to soothe. Help law bring justice, until justice in commonplace. Help and you will abolish apathy- the void that is so quickly filled by ignorance and evil.”

TOM HANKS
ACTOR, PRODUCER, WRITER, DIRECTOR
HELPING OTHERS

“To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.”

RALPH WALDO EMERSON
PHILOSOPHER, POET, AUTHOR, ESSAYIST
COMPASSION

“Love yourself, respect yourself. Never sell yourself short. Believe in yourself regardless of what other people think. You can accomplish anything, absolutely anything, if you set your mind to it.”

MARCUS ALLEN
AMERICAN FOOTBALL PLAYER
BELIEVE IN YOURSELF
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. #<Author:0x00007f2efc2026c8>

“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 David Bach

FAMILY

“To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.”

RALPH WALDO EMERSON
PHILOSOPHER, POET, AUTHOR, ESSAYIST
ACHIEVEMENT
Respect is love in action. #<Author:0x00007f2efc200148>

Respect is love in action.”

Bangambiki Habyarimana

RESPECT

“Genuine tolerance does not mean ignoring differences as if differences made no difference. Genuine tolerance means engaging differences within a bond of civility and respect.”

RICHARD JOHN NEUHAUS
RICHARD JOHN NEUHAUS WAS A PROMINENT CHRISTIAN CLERIC AND WRITER.
CIVILITY
Leadership is a two-way street. Respect for one's superiors; care for one's crew. #<Author:0x00007f2efc21e9e0>

“Leadership is a two-way street. Respect for one's superiors; care for one's crew.”

Grace Hopper

LEADERSHIP
Trust is earned, respect is given, and loyalty is demonstrated. Betrayal of any one of those is to lose all three. #<Author:0x00007f2efc21e4e0>

“Trust is earned, respect is given, and loyalty is demonstrated. Betrayal of any one of those is to lose all three.”

Ziad K. Abdelnour

LOYALTY
One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say. #<Author:0x00007f2efc21dae0>

“One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.”

Bryant H. McGill

RESPECT
Respect is one of the greatest expressions of love. #<Author:0x00007f2efc21d5e0>

Respect is one of the greatest expressions of love.”

Don Miguel Ruiz

RESPECT
Treat people the way you want to be treated. Talk to people the way you want to be talked to. Respect is earned, not given. #<Author:0x00007f2efc21d0e0>

“Treat people the way you want to be treated. Talk to people the way you want to be talked to. Respect is earned, not given.”

King Hussein Nishah

RESPECT
Don't ever forget that you're a citizen of this world, and there are things you can do to lift the human spirit, things that are easy, things that are free, things that you can do every day: civility, respect, kindness, character. #<Author:0x00007f2efc21c1e0>

“Don't ever forget that you're a citizen of this world, and there are things you can do to lift the human spirit, things that are easy, things that are free, things that you can do every day: civility, respect, kindness, character.”

Aaron Sorkin

RESPECT
Let us develop respect for all living things. Let us try to replace violence and intolerance with understanding, compassion and love. #<Author:0x00007f2efc21a8e0>

“Let us develop respect for all living things. Let us try to replace violence and intolerance with understanding, compassion and love.”

Jane Goodall

STEWARDSHIP
By mutual respect, understanding and with good will we can find acceptable solutions to any problems which exist or may arise between us. #<Author:0x00007f2efc2198a0>

“By mutual respect, understanding and with good will we can find acceptable solutions to any problems which exist or may arise between us.”

Dwight D. Eisenhower

COMMON GROUND
We must seek, above all, a world of peace; a world in which peoples dwell together in mutual respect and work together in mutual regard. #<Author:0x00007f2efc217fa0>

“We must seek, above all, a world of peace; a world in which peoples dwell together in mutual respect and work together in mutual regard.”

John F. Kennedy

COMMON GROUND
When we speak of peace, we should not mean just the absence of war. True peace rests on the pillars of individual freedom, human rights, national self-determination, and respect for the rule of law. #<Author:0x00007f2efc216a60>

“When we speak of peace, we should not mean just the absence of war. True peace rests on the pillars of individual freedom, human rights, national self-determination, and respect for the rule of law.”

Ronald Reagan

FREEDOM