Khalil Gibran Quotes

No one loves the man whom he fears.

Great men always pay deference to greater.

A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being himself.

If You are mighty, gain respect through knowledge and gentleness of speech. Do not command except as is fitting.

Seeing Pax get extra-nervous about which shirt he is going to wear when he meets Aung San Suu Kyi, I get very moved. He rightfully doesn't get nervous going to a movie premiere; he gets nervous going to meet her.

I am not scared of anyone except the Almighty.

Every hip-hop artist I have worked with has a respect for higher power, whether that's church, Allah, or any sort of higher being - they all have a humbleness.

Whenever Granny walks into a room, everyone stands up, stops, and just kind of watches her because, obviously, it's huge when she walks into a room. And I find that incredible. I kind of go, 'Ah.'

I mean you have to work hard to earn respect and make people respect you. When I come to the presence of any room or any place, people give me the most high respects and I'm gracious and appreciative of that.

When Kobe talks, I shut up and stay out of his way.

I can't even compare ourselves with the Supremes. I adore the Supremes! I can't set myself up as comparison to people I'm in awe of.

Queens perhaps perform better in the role of monarch because they never take their position for granted. Many kings have failed because they believed that the public would love them whatever they did. Queens knew better.

If we wish ourselves to be high, we should treat that which is over us as high.

When we don’t take God too seriously, others don’t take our leadership too seriously!

It was shepherds who were the first to recognize a king that the rest of the world refused to acknowledge.

Demanding respect is like chasing a butterfly. Chase it, and you'll never catch it. Sit still, and it may light on your shoulder.

A Master who cannot bow to a disciple cannot bow to Buddha.

This job of playing God is a little too big for me. Nevertheless, someone has to do it, so I'll try my best to fake it.

He who obeys with modesty appears worthy of being some day a commander.

When Darius offered him ten thousand talents, and to divide Asia equally with him, "I would accept it," said Parmenio, "were I Alexander." "And so truly would I," said Alexander, "if I were Parmenio." But he answered Darius that the earth could not bear two suns, nor Asia two kings.

Hero-worship is the deepest root of all; the tap-root, from which in a great degree all the rest were nourished and grown . . . Worship of a Hero is transcendent admiration of a Great Man. I say great men are still admirable; I say there is, at bottom, nothing else admirable! No nobler feeling than this of admiration for one higher than himself dwells in the breast of men.

It was never in my heart to slight any man, but only that man should be kept in his place and not sit in the room of God.

But me thought it lessened my esteem of a king, that he should not be able to command the rain.