More quotations tagged with “respect”
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
Crime is a logical extension of the sort of behavior that is often perfectly respectable in legitimate business.
—Robert Rice
Truly powerful people don’t explain why they want respect. They simply don’t engage someone who doesn’t give it to them.
—Sherry Argov in Why Men Love Bitches
Some people have so much respect for their superiors they have none left for themselves.
—Peter McArthur
The whiter my hair becomes, the more ready people are to believe what I say.
—Bertrand Russell