Famous Quotes

"That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong."

William J. H. Boetcker 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 William J. H. Boetcker

• "You cannot build character and courage by destroying men's initiative and independence."

• "True religion... is giving and finding one's happiness by bringing happiness into the lives of others."

• "True religion... is giving and finding one's happiness by bringing happiness into the lives of others."

• "Never mind what others do do better than yourself, beat your own record from day to day, and you are a success."

• "Your success depends mainly upon what you think of yourself and whether you believe in yourself."