Respect Quotes

In few men is it part of nature to respect a friend's prosperity without begrudging him.
- Aeschylus

It is the highest form of self-respect to admit our errors and mistakes and make amends for them. To make a mistake is only an error in judgment, but to adhere to it when it is discovered shows infirmity of character.
- Dale E. Turner

Respect us human, and relieve us poor.
- Alexander Pope

Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are equal absolutely.
- Aristotle

Is there no respect of place, persons, nor time in you?
- William Shakespeare

We confide in our strength, without boasting of it; we respect that of others, without fearing it.
- Thomas Jefferson

Genius, in one respect, is like gold; numbers of persons are constantly writing about both, who have neither.
- Charles Caleb Colton

Friendship should be surrounded with ceremonies and respects, and not crushed into corners. Friendship requires more time than poor busy men can usually command.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

There is no man so bad, but he secretly respects the good.
- Benjamin Franklin

When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments; tenderness for what he is, and respect for what he may become.
- Louis Pasteur