Quotes about Respect
Believe in the value of others. Carlisle said, "A great man shows his greatness by the way he treats the little man." The value you place on people determines whether you are a motivator or a manipulator of men.
— John Maxwell
Clearly, if leaders have a strong set of ethical values and live them out, then people will respect them, not just their position. Immature leaders try to use their position to drive high performance.
— John Maxwell
Speak up TODAY and say something positive. Even a tombstone will say something good about people when they are dead.
— John Maxwell
Decide that People Are Worth the Effort:
— John Maxwell
Goethe recommended, "Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them become what they are capable of becoming.
— John Maxwell
As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "Trust men and they will be true to you: treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.
— John Maxwell
You can't make the other fellow feel important in your presence if you secretly feel that he is a nobody.
— John Maxwell
One of the quickest ways to gain credibility with an individual, a group, or an audience is to borrow it from someone who already has credibility with them.
— John Maxwell
if you want people to act right toward you, you act right toward them. And many times you'll change them.
— John Maxwell
Treat them as if they are important; they will respond according to the way that you perceive them.
— John Maxwell
When you want to convert someone to your view, you go over to where he is standing, take him by the hand (mentally speaking), and guide him. You don't stand across the room and shout at him; you don't call him a dummy; you don't order him to come over to where you are. You start where he is, and work from that position. That's the only way to get him to budge.
— John Maxwell
Think the best, believe the best, and express the best in others.
— John Maxwell