Respect cannot be learned, purchased or acquired - it can only be earned (Quote by - 'Bits & Pieces')

There was no respect for youth when I was young, and now that I am old, there is no respect for age--I missed it coming and going. (Quote by - J. B. Priestly)

Since when was genius found respectable? (Quote by - Elizabeth Barrett Browning)

Respect for ones parents is the highest duty of civil life. (Quote by - Chinese Proverb)

Only those who respect the personality of others can be of real use to them. (Quote by - Albert Schweitzer)

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. (Quote by - Buddha)

When men and women are able to respect and accept their differences then love has a chance to blossom. (Quote by - John Gray)

Respect commands itself and it can neither be given nor withheld when it is due. (Quote by - Eldridge Cleaver)

This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him (Quote by - William Lyon Phelps)

If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or music, then in that respect you can call me that I believe in what I do, and I'll say it. (Quote by - John Lennon)

One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself. (Quote by - Ed Howe)

To be sensual, I think, is to respect and rejoice in the force of life, of life itself, and to be present in all that one does, from the effort of loving to the making of bread. (Quote by - James Arthur Baldwin)

Men are respectable only as they respect (Quote by - Ralph Waldo Emerson)

I don't know what a scoundrel is like, but I know what a respectable man is like, and it's enough to make one's flesh creep. (Quote by - Joseph De Maistre)

We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart. (Quote by - John Gay)

When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you. (Quote by - Lao-Tzu)

I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me All I ask is that you respect me as a human being. (Quote by - Jackie Robinson)

Probably no greater honor can come to any man than the respect of his colleagues. (Quote by - Cary Grant)

Respect for the fragility and importance of an individual life is still the mark of an educated man. (Quote by - Norman Cousins)

A youth is to be regarded with respect. How do you know that his future will not be equal to our present? (Quote by - Confucius)

We must build a new world, a far better world - one in which the eternal dignity of man is respected. (Quote by - Harry S. Truman)

If you are killed because you are a writer, that's the maximum expression of respect, you know. (Quote by - Mario Vargas Llosa)

He who does not have the courage to speak up for his rights cannot earn the respect of others. (Quote by - Rene G. Torres)

Love and respect woman. Look to her not only for comfort, but for strength and inspiration and the doubling of your intellectual and moral powers. Blot out from your mind any idea of superiority; you have none. (Quote by - Giuseppe Mazzini)

If Miss means respectably unmarried, and Mrs. respectably married, then Ms. means nudge, nudge, wink, wink. (Quote by - Angela Carter)