Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment. Seneca quotes Go into the street and give one man a lecture on morality and another a shilling, and see which will respect you most. Samuel Johnson quotes People seem to lose all respect for the past; events succeed each other with such velocity that the most remarkable one of a few years gone by, is no more remembered than if centuries had closed over it. Marguerite Gardiner quotes We never respect those who amuse us, however we may smile at their comic powers. Marguerite Gardiner quotes There is, nevertheless, a certain respect and a general duty of humanity that ties us, not only to beasts that have life and sense, but even to trees and plants. Michel de Montaigne quotes If you want to be respected, you must respect yourself. Proverb quotes Respect for one's parents is the highest duty of civil life. Proverb quotes In order to preserve your self-respect, it is sometimes necessary to lie and cheat. Robert Byrne quotes In the end we are all separate: our stories, no matter how similar, come to a fork and diverge. We are drawn to each other because of our similarities, but it is our differences we must learn to respect. Anonymous quotes To live content with small means, to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion, to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich, to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly, to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart, to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hurry never, in a word to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common, this is to be my symphony. Anonymous quotes |