That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong. William J. H. Boetcker
I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being in his own eyes. What matters is not what I think of him it is what he thinks of himself. To undermine a man's self-respect is a sin. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
If we are not free, no one will respect us. Abdul Kalam
I firmly believe that respect is a lot more important, and a lot greater, than popularity. Julius Erving
Show respect to all people, but grovel to none. Tecumseh
To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth. Voltaire
It's not that the Irish are cynical. It's rather that they have a wonderful lack of respect for everything and everybody. Brendan Behan
There is no respect for others without humility in one's self. Henri Frederic Amiel
I have a respect for manners as such, they are a way of dealing with people you don't agree with or like. Margaret Mead
The person who comes up to you and makes the most noise and is the most intrusive is invariably the person in the room who has no respect for you at all, and it's really all about them. Robbie Coltrane
In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob. Salvador Dali
As all human beings are, in my view, creatures of God's design, we must respect all other human beings. That does not mean I have to agree with their choices or agree with their opinions, but indeed I respect them as human beings. Stockwell Day
Respect yourself if you would have others respect you. Baltasar Gracian
The final test of a gentleman is his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him. William Lyon Phelps
Self-respect is the fruit of discipline the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself. Abraham Joshua Heschel
I'm sick of just liking people. I wish to God I could meet somebody I could respect. J. D. Salinger
To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater. Bono
To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves - there lies the great, singular power of self-respect. Joan Didion
There exist only three beings worthy of respect: the priest, the soldier, the poet. To know, to kill, to create. Charles Baudelaire