Quotes on… Respect
This is the final test of the gentleman: His respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.
- William Lyon Phelps
Respect is love in plain clothes.
- Frankie Byrne
Chris had been fifteen. He could be expected to feel only scorn towards me. I detested the fact that I was so young. I did not think I would be able to say anything at all to him…. What won me was that he would talk to me and wisecrack as though I were his same age. He was – although I didn’t know the phrase then – a respecter of persons.
- Margaret Laurence (Horses of the Night)
He who wants a rose must respect the thorn.
- Persian proverb
You should respect each other and refrain from disputes; you should not, like water and oil, repel each other, but should, like milk and water, mingle together.
- Buddha
