“Like many people in Britain, I have an affectionate respect for the Queen, and am surprised that I should be having such republican thoughts.”
Respect is earned, not demanded — and these quotes explain why. This collection covers dignity, mutual regard, self-respect, and the way treating people well tends to come back around, even when it takes a while.
“But the Western countries that link their partnership with the poorest countries with respect for democracy also have to consider that they have obligations towards these countries.”
“Like many people in Britain, I have an affectionate respect for the Queen, and am surprised that I should be having such republican thoughts.”
“Having two daughters changed my perspective on a lot of things, and I definitely have a newfound respect for women. And I think I finally became a good and real man when I had a daughter.”
“Self-respect is the fruit of discipline the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.”
“I do think that, at one time, being an actress was the equivalent almost of being a prostitute. It garnered roughly the same respect. That's changed a lot, thank goodness.”
“There is a deep affection in Australia for the Queen. And I mean the Queen's been the Queen ever since I was born. I mean she is part of the firmament of Australia's sort of national life there's a deep respect for her role.”
“Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.”
“It is justice and respect that I want the world to dust off and put - without delay, and with tenderness - back on the head of the Palestinian child. It will be imperfect justice and respect because the injustice and disrespect have been so severe. But I believe we are right to try.”
“I adore adverbs they are the only qualifications I really much respect.”
“I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being in his own eyes. What matters is not what I think of him it is what he thinks of himself. To undermine a man's self-respect is a sin.”
“Respect for the fragility and importance of an individual life is still the mark of an educated man.”
“At sea a fellow comes out. Salt water is like wine, in that respect.”
“Being identified as a poet in France or Denmark or India one is greeted with gracious respect.”
“The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even belligerance. It is seldom accepted as an inevitable outcome of the struggle won by survivors, and deserves respect if not enthusiastic acceptance.”
“Terrorism can never be accepted. We must fight it together, with methods that do not compromise our respect for the rule of law and human rights, or are used as an excuse for others to do so.”
“There is only one thing I respect in so-called Broadway actors... and that is their competitive sense.”