2,101 Quotes About Respect

The extent of creativity to which I admire in an individual is his ability to be richly creative while still, in a way, telling the truth. It is the fool who creates only his own lies, and the bore who simply repeats what he is told.

The best way to be respected is to be respectful.

But here is the thing about anger: People hold onto it because letting go means dealing with pain. It is a coping strategy that seems to show strength and confidence, but in reality it shows how much you care about someone's actions, which leads to this question: Why is this person's respect so important to you?

God wants us to humbly and sincerely ask him things. How often do you enjoy people talking about you without taking the time to get to know you?

When you hold yourself back, you incur not anger but a kind of respect. You instantly seem powerful because you make yourself un-graspable, rather than succumbing to the group, or to the relationship, as most people do. As your reputation for independence grows, more and more people will come to desire you, wanting to be the one who gets you to commit. The moment you commit, the magic is gone. You become like everyone else. People will try all kinds of underhanded methods to get you to commit.

We cannot live with each other at the exclusion of each other for then the richness of our shared experience will die an impoverished death, and in the dying it will kill the dreams that we were both fighting for.

Sometimes if you hold back on someone, they mistake your kindness for weakness. Sometimes you’ve got to go all out, to show people that you mean business.

Strength, confidence and invincibility had to exude from him at all times. Any vacuum in power could lead to injury, betrayal or death.

I love you, but I’m more in love with myself and that’s the problem.