Quotes about Respect

KEY CONCEPT: Connecting begins when the other person feels valued.

Tell them how much you appreciate them.

The respect that leadership must have requires that one's ethics be without question. A leader not only stays above the line between right and wrong, he stays well clear of the 'gray areas.

It's been said that great people talk about ideas, average people talk about themselves, and small people talk about others. That's what gossip does. It makes people small. There really is no upside to gossip. It diminishes the person being talked about. It diminishes the person who is saying unkind things about others, and it even diminishes the listener. That's why you should avoid not only spreading gossip but also being a recipient of it.

People don't learn from people they don't value.

Every human being has value, and every player on a team adds value to the team in some way.

Our goal should be to treat others better than they treat us.

A girl doesn't need anyone that doesn't need her.

Giving The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men.

The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.

We must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy.

I tell myself that God gave my children many gifts - spirit, beauty, intelligence, the capacity to make friends and to inspire respect. There was only one gift he held back - length of life.