"Only those who respect the personality of others can be of real use to them."
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"Men are respectable only as they respect."
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"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."
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"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 breaking of bread."
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". . . we should be men first, and subjects afterward."
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"The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even belligerance. It is seldom accepted as an inevitable outcome of the struggle won by survivors, and deserves respect if not enthusiastic acceptance."
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"Respect yourself if you would have others respect you."
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"The still lake without ripples is an image of our minds at ease, so full of unlimited friendliness for all the junk at the bottom of the lake that we don't feel the need to churn up the waters just to avoid looking at what's there."
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"Whoever would be a teacher of men let him begin by teaching himself before teaching others; and let him teach by example before teaching by word. For he who teaches himself and rectifies his own ways is more deserving of respect and reverence than he who would teach others and rectify their ways."
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"My respect for human beings is based not on the colour of a man’s skin nor authority he may wield, but purely on merit."
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"Wise guidance never violates people's Free Will. A superior who demands obedience of his subordinates should show respect for their capacity to understand, and also for their Innate Right to their own Free Will."
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"Having the courage to live within one's means is respectability."
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"I would not speak with disrespect of the Republican Party. I always speak with great respect of the past."
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"There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts he puts on every day."
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"Self-respect is a question of recognizing that anything worth having has a price."
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"If tolerance, respect and equity permeate family life, they will translate into values that shape societies, nations and the world."
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"When you go back to your environment and you deal with employees... do you inspire people or do you make them feel fear? Do you make them feel confident or incompetent? I think that distinction really marks the leader."
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"Self-respect leads to self-discipline."
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"Sing me not a song; let me hear your recital of veneration and respect; this I will listen to over and over when I share your need of pleasing."
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"The greatest difficulty is that men do not think enough of themselves, do not consider what it is that they are sacrificing when they follow in a herd, or when they cater for their establishment."
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