“He had so much damn respect he wanted to scream.”
Source: Ender’s Game
“When someone respects you, s/he confronts you in private before taking you in public and/or stabbing in the back and backbiting you...”
Source: The 9 Cardinal Building Blocks: For continued success in leadership
“One cannot have any respect or regard for men who take the position of the reformer and then refuse to see the logical consequences of that position, let alone following them out in action.”
Source: Writings And Speeches: A Ready Reference Manual
“He was highly spoken of, everybody knew; but nobody knew who had spoken highly of him…”
Source: The Rector
“After all, everyone may not start with the same financial opportunities; however everyone does start with the choice to live their life with integrity, trust, love, respect,understanding for each other and oneself.”
Source: What Makes You Great?
“Can't nobody make us do a thang once we git hard against it. And if anybody don't like that, you don't have to explain a thang to'm. All you got to say is, 'I'm Charlotte Simmons, and I don't hold with thangs like 'at.' And they'll respect you for that.”
Source: I Am Charlotte Simmons
“Sevgi yalnız bir şeye değil, “her şeye” yöneltildiğinde insanın özü olur. İşte o zaman sevgi hem bireyi hem de dünyayı dönüştürür.”
Source: Şah. Mat. Aşk.: Bazen bir hamle, bir ömrü değiştirir
“At some point, one asks, "Toward what end is my life lived?" A great freedom comes from being able to answer that question. A sleeper can be decoyed out of bed by the sheer beauty of dawn on the open seas. Part of my job, as I see it, is to allow that to happen. Sleepers like me need at some point to rise and take their turn on morning watch for the sake of the planet, but also for their own sake, for the enrichment of their lives. From the deserts of Namibia to the razor-backed Himalayas, there are wonderful creatures that have roamed the Earth much longer than we, creatures that not only are worthy of our respect but could teach us about ourselves.”
Source: The Rarest of the Rare: Vanishing Animals, Timeless Worlds
“You cannot give out one frequency, that of disrespect, and expect respect to flow toward you. Neither can you hold on to your biases, prejudices, and negative thinking toward something, and expect that something positive will return to you.”
“Respecter une femme, c'est pouvoir envisager l'amitié avec elle ; ce qui n'exclut pas le jeu de la séduction, et même, dans certains cas, le désir et l'amour.”