RESPECT - (HONOR)
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“But sanctify the Christ as Lord in your hearts, always ready to make a defense before everyone who demands of you a reason for the hope you have, but doing so with a mild temper and DEEP RESPECT.” – Apostle Peter – 1 Pet. 3:15– HOLY SCRIPTURES
If we have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants. – Isaac Newton
“Miss Jean Louise…Miss Jean Louise, stand up, your father’s passin’.” – Reverend Sykes to Scout (in the courtroom balcony, as Atticus leaves courthouse) – TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD – Horton Foote (Screenplay)
Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires that same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle. – Helen Keller
Kind words do not cost much. They never blister our tongue or lips. They make others good-natured. They also produce their own image on men’s souls—and a beautiful image it is. – Blaise Pascal
Nobody cares how much you know until they know how much you care. – Theodore Roosevelt
I have learned not to worry about love; but to honor its coming with all my heart. – Alice Walker
I’ve learned that the best classroom in the world is at the foot of some elderly person. – Andy Rooney
To believe in something and not live it is dishonest. – Mohandas Gandhi
My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could ever give a person; he believed in me. – (Coach) Jim Valvano
Appreciation is a wonderful thing: it makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well. – Voltaire
Attempt the impossible to improve your work. – Bette Davis
Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. – Aristotle
A rose atones for its thorns by its beauty just as a bee atones for its sting by making honey. – Victor Hugo
Sooner or later we all quote our mothers. – Paula Poundstone
This is the final test of a gentleman; his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him. – William Lyon Phelps
It is a full time job being honest one moment at a time, remembering to love, to honor, to respect. It is a practice, a discipline, worthy of every moment. – Jasmine Guy
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“Honor your father and mother, so that you may live a long time in the land that Jehovah your God is giving you.” – Moses – Ex. 20:15 – HOLY SCRIPTURES
Silent gratitude isn’t much use to anyone. – G. B. Stern
The day people stop bringing you their problems, is the day you’ve stopped leading them. – Colin Powell
The only way you can control how you are seen is by being honest all the time. –Tom Hanks
We can’t all be heroes, somebody has to sit on the curb and clap as they walk by. – Will Rogers
You know your children are growing up when they stop asking you where they came from and refuse to tell you where they are going. – P. J. O’Rourke
As I would not be a slave, I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. – Abraham Lincoln
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and 5 minutes to ruin it. – Warren Buffett.
Man who says it cannot be done should not interrupt man doing it. – Chinese Proverb
“You never really understand a person until you consider things from their point of view.” – Harper Lee – TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
I’ve never met an interesting person with a foul mouth. – Marilyn Von Savant
Beware of the woman who thinks much of her glory, but little of her reputation. – Victor Hugo
Low self-esteem group will meet Thursday at 7:00 P.M. Please use back door. – Sign on an Australian church bulletin board
There is no exercise better than reaching down and lifting people up. – John Andrews Holmes
While we have the gift of life, it seems that the only tragedy is to allow part of us to die—whether it is our spirit, our creativity, or our glorious uniqueness. – Gilda Radner
Three things that children must know—who’s the boss, what the rules are, and who is going to enforce them. – Lew Powers
Don’t confuse fame with success. Madonna is one—Helen Keller is the other. – Erma Bombeck
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. – Eleanor Roosevelt
One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself. – E.W. Howe
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“Now we request you, brothers, to show respect for those who are working hard among you and who are presiding over you in the Lord and admonishing you.” – Apostle Paul – 1 Thess. 5:12– HOLY SCRIPTURES
Is anybody at Time Warner embarrassed by these by these lyrics? Will the executives at Time Warner stand up and say these things in public? We’re not talking about censorship—we’re talking about citizenship. – (Referring to Ice T’s rap record COP KILLER) – William Bennett – Former Secretary of Education. – 1995
I do not agree with what you have to say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it. – Voltaire
‘They’ insisted that our schools must boot God out, and rely on ‘Junior’s’ intelligence. So we graduated a generation of juniors with refined intellects and undisciplined emotions—so school age suicides soared 92% in the last two years! – Paul Harvey
I really like human beings that have suffered. They’re kinder. – Emma Thompson
He who is not a good servant will not be a good master. – Plato
It has been my experience that folks with no vices have very few virtues. – Abraham Lincoln
I’ve learned that being kind is more important than being right. – Andy Rooney
When high-profile celebrities make political statements at award shows or in public in front of millions of viewers, they contribute to the confusion, chaos, divisiveness, and, yes, even anarchy that inevitably follows. – Gary Pulliam
Never pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel. – Bill Clinton
Praise is like champagne—it should be served while it is still bubbling. – ROBIN’S READER
Those who stand for nothing will fall for anything. – Alexander Hamilton
Real courage is when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway, and see it through, no matter what. – Harper Lee – TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
An unexamined life is not worth living. –Socrates
Just remember, I know a whole lot more about being young than you know about being old. – A father to his teenage son
A person is a person, no matter how small. – Dr. Suess
The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be. – Socrates
No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave. – Calvin Coolidge
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“Concerning all the things of which I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa, I consider myself happy that it is before you I am to make my defense this day, especially because you are an expert on all the customs as well as the controversies among the Jews. Therefore, I beg you to hear me patiently.” – Apostle Paul – Acts 26:2,3 – Written by Luke – The HOLY SCRIPTURES
“I simply want to tell you there are some men in this world who are born to do our unpleasant jobs for us. Your father is one of them.” – Miss Maudie (neighbor) to Jem – TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD – Harper Lee
Respect – If we lose self-respect for each other, this is how we finally die. – Maya Angelou
Who sows virtue reaps honor. – Leonardo da Vinci
Knowledge will give you power, but character respect. – Bruce Lee
The greatest honor history can bestow is that of a peacemaker. – Richard M. Nixon
We treat our people like royalty. If you honor and serve the people that work for you, they will honor and serve you. – Mary Kay Ash
I’ve learned that you should never say “no” to a gift from a child. – Andy Rooney
“O, Great spirit, Maker of all life. A warrior goes to you, swift and straight as an arrow shot into the sun. Welcome him and let him take his place at the counsel fire of my people. He is Uncas, my son. Tell him to be patient and ask death for speed; for they are all there but one—I, Chingachgook—last of the Mohicans.” –THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS – Russell Means (Chingachgook) – Conclusion – (Michael Mann & Christopher Crowe - Screenplay)
By immersing ourselves in something loving, we don’t lose ourselves. We keep our identity. – Gary Pulliam
Respect for ourselves guides our morals – respect for others our manners. – Laurence Sterne
Dignity is not negotiable. Dignity is the honor of family. – Vartan Gregorian
Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts? – Confucius
I’m not concerned about you liking me or disliking me…All I ask is that you respect me as a human being. – Jackie Robinson
To the living we own respect, but to the dead we owe the truth. – Voltaire
Honor is simply the morality of superior men. – H. L. Mencken
Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing. – Johan Goethe
Gay activists claim that because I don’t subscribe to their political agenda, I am a homophobe, meaning I have a mental disorder—because that is what phobias are. - Dr. Laura Schlesinger
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“Nevertheless, each one of you must love his wife as he does himself; on the other hand a wife should have deep respect for her husband.” – Apostle Paul – Eph. 5:33 – The HOLY SCRIPTURES
