Manners are like the shadows of virtues, they are the momentary display of those qualities which our fellow creatures love and respect. Sydney Smith
We shall listen, not lecture learn, not threaten. We will enhance our safety by earning the respect of others and showing respect for them. In short, our foreign policy will rest on the traditional American values of restraint and empathy, not on military might. Theodore C. Sorensen
If I respect myself and believe in what I'm doing, no one can touch me. Fiona Apple
Men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way to them. Thucydides
I really hope my peers appreciate and respect what I'm doing. Shania Twain
Society as a whole benefits immeasurably from a climate in which all persons, regardless of race or gender, may have the opportunity to earn respect, responsibility, advancement and remuneration based on ability. Sandra Day O'Connor
Today's consumers are eager to become loyal fans of companies that respect purposeful capitalism. They are not opposed to companies making a profit indeed, they may even be investors in these companies - but at the core, they want more empathic, enlightened corporations that seek a balance between profit and purpose. Simon Mainwaring
I don't have any respect at all for the scum-bags who went to Canada to avoid the draft or to avoid doing their fair share. R. Lee Ermey
A blank wall of social and professional antagonism faces the woman physician that forms a situation of singular and painful loneliness, leaving her without support, respect or professional counsel. Elizabeth Blackwell
At the time of Polaroid - and I did a couple of other commercials just before I stopped doing that stuff - at that point I was at the level where they respect you and your opinion and all that sort of thing. Jim Henson
I respect the astute and rigorously unsentimental David Horowitz as one of America's most original and courageous political analysts. He has the true 1960s spirit - audacious and irreverent, yet passionately engaged and committed to social change. Camille Paglia
You demand respect and you'll get it. First of all, you give respect. Mary J. Blige
I think the most important thing in life is self-love, because if you don't have self-love, and respect for everything about your own body, your own soul, your own capsule, then how can you have an authentic relationship with anyone else? Shailene Woodley
Anglo-Saxon civilization has taught the individual to protect his own rights American civilization will teach him to respect the rights of others. William Jennings Bryan
Part of our essential humanity is paying respect to what God gave us and what will be here a long time after we're gone. William J. Clinton
I was lucky enough to be the lady that was asked to be Maria in the Sound Of Music, and that film was fortunate enough to be huge hit. The same with Mary Poppins. I got terribly lucky in that respect. Julie Andrews
At sea a fellow comes out. Salt water is like wine, in that respect. Herman Melville
Another thing that's pathetic is this rule that you have to look ugly to get respect as an actress. Jessica Lange had to make herself look really bad to prove that she had amazing talent. Kevyn Aucoin
Ardent love or desire introduced, as passionately longing to please and glorify the Divine Being, to be in every respect conformed to him, and in that way to enjoy him. David Brainerd
I want to be with someone who wants to work as much as I do and who respects me like I respect him. Ashley Tisdale