Quotes about Respect
You should never make someone a priority who views you as an option.
- Maya Angelou
Baby, I've been thinking and now I am sure. You are the greatest woman I've ever met.
- Maya Angelou
I never had the nerve to go up to him. I was quite afraid that if I tried to say, Hello, Reverend Thomas, I would choke on the sin of mocking him.
- Maya Angelou
If I'm living a little better now, it's because I treats everybody right.
- Maya Angelou
If we tolerate vulgarity, our future will sway and fall under a burden of ignorance. It need not be so. We have the brains and the heart to face our futures bravely. Taking responsibility for the time we take up and the space we occupy. To respect our ancestors and out of concern for our descendants, we must show ourselves as courteous and courageous well-meaning Americans. Now.
- Maya Angelou
I am Lady, and still your mother.ยจ
- Maya Angelou
never make someone a priority, when all you are is just a option.
- Maya Angelou
I must undertake to love myself and to respect myself as though my very life depends upon self-love and self-respect.
- Maya Angelou
Momma wouldn't talk right then, but later in the evening I found that my violation lay in using the phrase by the way. Momma explained that Jesus was the Way, the Truth and the Light, and anyone who says by the way is really saying, by Jesus, or by God and the Lord's name would not be taken in vain in her house.
- Maya Angelou
Free others to be who they are. In so doing, you will set yourself free.
- Melody Beattie
When you're doing what's right for you, it's okay to say it once, simply, and then refuse to discuss anything further.
- Melody Beattie
I do not deserve and will not tolerate abuse or constant mistreatment.
- Melody Beattie