If you steal something small you are a petty thief, but if you steal millions you are a gentleman of society.
In his private heart no man much respects himself.
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.
It's so clear that you have to cherish everyone. I think that's what I get from these older black women, that every soul is to be cherished, that every flower Is to bloom.
Men are respectable only as they respect.
My life has been one long descent into respectability.
No place in England where everyone can go is considered respectable.
Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear.
Now that I'm over sixty I'm veering toward respectability.
One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself.
Prestige is the shadow of money and power. Where these are, there it is. Like the national market for soap or automobiles and the enlarged arena of federal power, the national cash-in area for prestige has grown, slowly being consolidated into a truly national system.
Respect a man, he will do it the more.
Respect commands itself and it can neither be given nor withheld when it is due.
Respect for ones parents is the highest duty of civil life.
Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.
Respect is love in plain clothes.
Respect starts with yourself.
Respect the burden.
Reverence is one of the signs of strength, irreverence one of the surest indications of weakness. No man will rise high who jeers at sacred things. The fine loyalties of life must be reverenced or they will be fore sworn in the day of trial.
Self-respect is the cornerstone of all virtue.
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