Respectability Quotes
32 quotations about Respectability
Fools take to themselves the respect that is given to their office.
To depersonalize man is the dominant drift of our times.
There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.
Respect the burden.
A celebrated people lose dignity upon a closer view.
Respect is love in plain clothes.
Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear.
Eminence without merit earns deference without esteem.
Respect commands itself and it can neither be given nor withheld when it is due.
Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?
I get no respect. The way my luck is running, if I was a politician I would be honest.
Men are respectable only as they respect.
A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone.
Self-respect is the cornerstone of all virtue.
One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself.
Respect a man, he will do it the more.
Treating your adversary with respect is giving him an advantage to which he is not entitled.
The worst indignity is to be given a bedpan by a stranger who calls you by your first name.
Honest people will respect us for our merit: the public, for our luck.
I shall be glad when you have strangled the invincible respectability that dogs your steps.
I must respect the opinions of others even if I disagree with them.
What reinforcement we may gain from hope; If not, what resolution from despair.
No place in England where everyone can go is considered respectable.
Respect starts with yourself.
Respect for ones parents is the highest duty of civil life.
Authors on Respectability
Aesop
Henri Frederic Amiel
Napoleon Bonaparte
Frankie Byrne
Albert Camus
Sebastien-Roch Nicolas De Chamfort
Chinese Proverb
Eldridge Cleaver
Confucius
Rodney Dangerfield
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Billy Graham
Sir John Herschel
Edgar Watson Howe
James Howell
Samuel Johnson
Maggie Kuhn
Francois De La Rochefoucauld
D. H. Lawrence
Herbert Henry Lehman