Quotes about Respect

It is only the Negro leadership, the bourgeois, hand-picked, handful of Negroes who think that they're going to get some kind of respect, recognition, or protection from the Government.

When people respect someone as a person, they admire her. When they respect her as a friend, they love her. When they respect her as a leader, they follow her.

Listen more than you talk.

(On being in a position of leadership) Even if it's your dog, you've got authority over somebody. Start treating him better.

Relationships are the foundation of leadership.

We must all learn a good lesson - how to live together. That is the new challenge of the new world... learning to co-exist and not co-annihilate.

The ultimate test of your greatness is the way you treat every human being.

Everyone we meet is a hero waiting to happen. When Jesus saw people, He envisioned their potential. No respecter of persons, He associated with people from all walks of life.

The body is a sacred garment. It's your first and last garment; it is what you enter life in and what you depart life with, and it should be treated with honor.

I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.

To talk about a relationship trivializes something that's nobody's business.

Some young women confuse their self-worth with their ability to attract the attention of men, and so pour all their energies into makeup, clothing, and jewelry. If only they realized that virtue, honor, and self-respect are the marks of a true beauty.