Courtesy and Respect Quotes

… with a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and when I have to do with a pirate, I try to be a pirate and a half.

My family's big on discipline, respect, manners, make sure that we respect our elders. So that's kind of what the military is. You have to say, 'Yes sir,' 'No ma'am,' 'Yes ma'am.' All that stuff. That's kind of the mold my dad has for my brothers and I.

Respect me at all means. No halfway disrespect.

I come from a profession which has suffered greatly because of the lack of civility. Lawyers treat each other poorly and it has come home to haunt them. The public will not tolerate a lack of civility.

I'm not going to disrespect you, don't disrespect me.

I don't wait for people to give me respect. I always give them respect.

Respect a man, he will do it the more.

I know that if I want to be respected, I have to show respect.

We do not accost a physician as we do any mere nobody; nor a magistrate as we do a private individual. We try to get some advantage from the skill of the one and the position of the other. Walk in the sun, and your shadow will follow you, whether you will or not.

I will say that I never had a more respectful hearing or fewer interruptions.

I got taught respect because if not, somebody's gonna make you respect them.

Show respect to all people, but grovel to none.

I'd just like to be treated like a regular customer.

The thing I always demand is respect. I respect everybody and have a history in the sport, and I believe people need to respect me.

Respect and mutual respect are important. I, for instance, often show my latest work so that people can see how I work.

Be as polite to the custodian as you are to the chairman of the board.

Pay respect to your opponent.

The staff, stage managers, ushers all behaved as if they respected the actors.

Respecting people is an important part of life, whether it's the person doing janitorial work or the person above you. It doesn't matter who you are: I'm going to respect you.

People can smell a lack of respect from a mile away.

I am a person who believes in giving due respect to everyone.

Britons are very respectful - if they want to take a photo, they ask politely.

The only thing I command is respect.

I always show great respect for everyone, including Manchester United.

It is certainly for the interest of the service that a cordial interchange of civilities should subsist between superior and inferior officers, and therefore, it is bad policy in superiors to behave towards their inferiors indiscriminately, as though they were of a lower species.