Quotes about Respect

Let us be very sincere in our dealings with each other and have the courage to accept each other as we are.

Courage is a quality so necessary for maintaining virtue that it is always respected even when it is associated with vice.

I once punched a bloke in the face for saying 'Hawk the Slayer' was rubbish, when what I should have said 'Dad, you're wrong.'

Dating is a give and take. If you only see it as "Taking," you are not getting it.

I want to be cremated so people won't come to worship at my bones.

the issue is not whether I agree with someone but rather how I treat someone with whom I profoundly disagree. We Christians are called to use the "weapons of grace," which means treating even our opponents with love and respect.

Jesus honored the dignity of people, whether he agreed with them or not. He would not found his kingdom on the basis of race or class or other such divisions.

Ironically, (the church's) respect in the world declines in proportion to how vigorously we attempt to force others to adopt our point of view.

Make it so the poor are no longer despised and thrown away. Look at them standing about — like wildflowers, which have nowhere else to grow.

Homeless people bear God's image too.

Democracy requires us to recognize others' rights even when we fundamentally disagree with them. It requires a civility in which I respect a person's ultimate worth and seek to persuade but not to coerce. For this reason modern democracy grew out of Christian soil.

I can never figure out how to have a friendly conversation with someone when my main point is that they are going to Hell.