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

Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal.
Aristotle

It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right.
Henry David Thoreau

Men have a respect for scholarship and learning greatly out of proportion to the use they commonly serve.
Henry David Thoreau

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

Respect the burden.
Napoleon Bonaparte

All successful people men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose.
Brian Tracy

A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone.
Billy Graham

I get no respect. The way my luck is running, if I was a politician I would be honest.
Rodney Dangerfield

With my wife I don't get no respect. I made a toast on her birthday to 'the best woman a man ever had.' The waiter joined me.
Rodney Dangerfield

I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
Charles de Gaulle

I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.
Charles de Gaulle

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

Respect for right conduct is felt by every body.
Jane Austen

This world of ours... must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and be, instead, a proud confederation of mutual trust and respect.
Dwight D. Eisenhower

I respect faith, but doubt is what gives you an education.
Wilson Mizner

Respect the masterpiece. It is true reverence to man. There is no quality so great, none so much needed now.
Frank Lloyd Wright

In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority.
James Madison

Our high respect for a well read person is praise enough for literature.
T. S. Eliot

Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.
Malcolm X