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"Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?"

Confucius on Respect

More quotes about Respect

• "An individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law."

  Martin Luther King, Jr. on Respect

• "Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized."

  Albert Einstein on Respect

• "Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized."

  Albert Einstein on Respect

• "Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery."

  Malcolm X on Respect

• "If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem."

  Abraham Lincoln on Respect

More quotes by Confucius

• "Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator."

• "Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors."

• "When anger rises, think of the consequences."

• "Speak the truth, do not yield to anger give, if thou art asked for little by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods."

• "Speak the truth, do not yield to anger give, if thou art asked for little by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods."