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  We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.

  Aldo Leopold

  Inspiring, Nature, Ocean

  A Sand County Almanac foreword (1949)

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  If you don't stand for something, how can anyone respect what you do?

  Miranda Lambert

  Stand For Something, Ifs

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• Just as gold is burnt, cut and rubbed, Examine my words carefully and Do not accept them simply out of respect

  Gautama Buddha

  Buddhist, Truth, Cutting

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• Since when was genius found respectable?

  Elizabeth Barrett Browning

  Genius, Statistics, Found

  'Aurora Leigh' (1857) bk. 6, l. 275

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• I believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of their color.

  Malcolm X

  Believe, Color, Racism

  Malcolm X (1992). “By any means necessary”, Pathfinder Pr

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• There are two sorts of affection - the love of a woman you respect, and the love for the woman you love.

  Arthur Wing Pinero

  Love, Two, Affection

  Sir Arthur Wing Pinero (1917). “The Social Plays of Arthur Wing Pinero”

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• Reverence for life is more than solicitude or sensitivity for life. It is a sense of the whole, a capacity for inspired response, a respect for the intricate universe of individual life. It is the supreme awareness of awareness itself.

  Norman Cousins

  Inspire, Meaning Of Life, Reverence For Life

  Norman Cousins (1991). “The Celebration of Life: A Dialogue on Hope, Spirit, and the Immortality of the Soul”, Bantam

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• To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves - there lies the great, singular power of self-respect.

  Joan Didion

  Lying, Self, Giving

  Joan Didion (2013). “Slouching Towards Bethlehem”, p.108, Zola Books

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• I believe in treating other people with respect. My style is to speak to people, be available to them and willing to answer their questions. This also means being straightforward and honest with them.

  Sanford I. Weill

  Believe, Mean, People

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• You punch me, I punch back. I do not believe it's good for one's self-respect to be a punching bag.

  Ed Koch

  Believe, Self, Bags

  "Ed Koch, mayor who became a symbol of NYC, dies at 88". www.usatoday.com. February 1, 2013.

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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.

  Salvador Dali

  Love, Artist, Order

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• Learning how to be kind to ourselves, learning how to respect ourselves, is important. The reason it's important is that, fundamentally, when we look into our own hearts and begin to discover what is confused and what is brilliant, what is bitter and what is sweet, it isn't just ourselves that we're discovering. We're discovering the universe.

  Pema Chodron

  Inspirational, Life, Spiritual

  Pema Chodron (2000). “When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times”, p.98, Shambhala Publications

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• 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.

  Joseph de Maistre

  Men, Flesh, Enough

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• Go into the street, and give one man a lecture on morality, and another a shilling, and see which will respect you most.

  Samuel Johnson

  Men, Giving, Lectures

  Samuel Johnson, James Boswell (1825). “The Table Talk of Dr. Johnson: Comprising Opinions and Anecdotes of Life and Literature, Men, Manners, and Morals”, p.119

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• Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Funny, Humor, Wish

  The Man WhoWas Thursday ch. 4 (1908)

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• No man who respects his mother or loves his sister, can speak disparagingly of any woman; however low she may seem to have sunk, she is still a woman. I want every man to remember this. Every woman is, or, at some time, has been a sister or daughter.

  Victoria Woodhull

  Sister, Daughter, Mother

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• If you make 10,000 regulations you destroy all respect for the law.

  Winston Churchill

  Not Giving Up, Law, Political

  "Churchill By Himself".

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• Drugs are a waste of time. They destroy your memory and your self-respect and everything that goes along with your self-esteem. They're no good at all.

  Kurt Cobain

  Time, Memories, Self Esteem

  Rolling Stone Magazine, April 16, 1992.

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• In the end we are all separate: our stories, no matter how similar, come to a fork and diverge. We are drawn to each other because of our similarities, but it is our differences we must learn to respect.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Differences, Stories, Matter

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• Self-respect - The secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious.

  H. L. Mencken

  Self, Personality, Feelings

  "A Mencken Chrestomathy: His Own Selection of His Choicest Writing". Book edited by H. L. Mencken, 1949.

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• You should be able to voice your opinion and respect the voice of the other side. You should be willing to educate yourself and know what it is you're dealing with.

  Steve Nash

  Basketball, Voice, Able

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• My great mistake, the fault for which I can’t forgive myself, is that one day I ceased my obstinate pursuit of my own individuality.

  Oscar Wilde

  Mistake, Being Different, Individuality

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• Refusing to gossip is a beautiful decision to make. It not only creates richer friendships but, more importantly, it makes our relationship with the Lord more authentic and believable. We honor God when we honor each other.

  Lysa TerKeurst

  Beautiful, Gossip, Decision

  FaceBook post by Lysa TerKeurst from Sep 28, 2016

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• There can be no failure to a man who has not lost his courage, his character, his self respect, or his self-confidence. He is still a King.

  Orison Swett Marden

  Courage, Kings, Self Esteem

  Orison Swett Marden (1907). “The Optimistic Life”

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• I think I'm a natural-born leader. I know how to bow down to authority if it's authority that I respect.

  Tupac Shakur

  Leadership, Thinking, Born Leaders

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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