Act with Honor & Respect Quotes

“Masculinity ought to be defined in terms of relationships and lived out in being able to love and be loved.”

“Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.”

“The truest greatness lies in being kind, the truest wisdom in a happy mind.”

“No matter who says what, you should accept it with a smile and do your own work.”

“The measure of a man is what he does with power.”

“With integrity, you have nothing to fear, since you have nothing to hide. With integrity, you will do the right thing, so you will have no guilt.”

“The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.”

“The high road is always respected. Honesty and integrity are always rewarded.”

“A good name is got by many actions and lost by one.”

“Show class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself.”

“Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.”

“It's easy to have principles when you're rich. The important thing is to have principles when you're poor.”

“And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall give you that which is your own? (Luke 16:12)”

“Speak ill of no man, but speak all the good you know of everybody.”

“Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.”

“Speak with honesty, think with sincerity, and act with integrity.”

“Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.”

“A person of integrity says what he means and means what he says.”

“Good intentions are not good enough. Ultimately we are measured by our actions.”

“Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.”

“If you have to demand respect, you don't deserve it.”

“No one has ever made himself great by showing how small someone else is.”

“If nothing goes forth from you that can hurt, nothing can return to you that can harm.”

“The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.”

“Character is a set of dispositions, desires, and habits that are slowly engraved during the struggle against your own weakness.”

“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”

“Show me the man you honor and I will know what kind of man you are.”

“Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.”

“We can do more good by being good than in any other way.”

“What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.”

“In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit.”

“Success is the ability to get what you want from life without interfering with another person's ability to get what they want from life.”

“A man's character is his fate.”

“Honest hearts produce honest actions.”

“Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.”

“A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones.”

“Work on your character, let life fall into place.”

“I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do. That is character.”

“He who loses honor can lose nothing else.”

“I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.”

“Personal integrity is the most valuable currency that a person can own.”

“Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them.”

“Confidence on the outside begins by living with integrity on the inside.”

“It takes more courage to reveal insecurities than to hide them, more strength to relate to people than to dominate them, more 'manhood' to abide by thought-out principles rather than blind reflex. Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles and an immature mind.”

“He that cannot obey, cannot command.”

“Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are.”

“Fame and success and titles stay with you, but they wear out eventually. In the end, all that you are left with is your character.”

“What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.”

“The biggest lesson I've learned is that hurt people hurt people, and kindness is just as contagious. So if you can focus your efforts on engineering kindness, it will prevail.”

“When people feel respected, they are more likely to respect others.”

“If we all lived eye for an eye, we'd all be blind.”

“Never interrupt someone doing something you said could not be done.”

“You will never have lasting prosperity if you don't first have integrity.”

“Good actions ennoble us; we are the sons of our own deeds.”

“Lack of loyalty is one of the major causes of failure in every walk of life.”

“Speech is the mirror of the soul; as a man speaks, so he is.”

“Always be a little kinder than necessary.”

“The strength of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts.”

“If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it, write it in the sand near the water's edge.”

“If you can maintain your standards and your integrity and you fail, it's OK. It's when you sell out and you fail that you feel pretty sick inside.”

“Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.”

“If you judge people, you have no time to love them.”

“You can't force respect, but you can inspire it.”

“Trust, but verify.”

“The first thing is character before money or anything else. Money cannot buy it. A man I do not trust could not get money from me on all the bonds in Christendom.”

“The best portion of a good man's life is the little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.”

“Loyalty is not a word, it's a lifestyle.”

“To belittle is to be little.”

“Integrity is choosing courage over comfort; it's choosing what's right over what's fun, fast, or easy.”

“Always remember that every person you meet is afraid of something, loves something, and has lost something.”

“Be strong, but not rude. Be kind, but not weak. Be bold, but not a bully.”

“Being a male is a matter of birth. Being a man is a matter of choice.”

“Your reputation is more important than your paycheck, and your integrity is worth more than your career.”

“You can stand tall without standing on someone. You can be a victor without having victims.”

“Success without honor is like an unseasoned dish. It will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good.”

“Instead of condemning people, let's try to understand them. Let's try to figure out why they do what they do. That's a lot more profitable and intriguing than criticism; and it breeds sympathy, tolerance and kindness.”

“Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.”

“Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.”

“Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.”

“People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.”

“Give a good deed the credit of a good motive, and give an evil deed the benefit of the doubt.”

“Character is built through one's deeds and in no other way.”

“When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.”

“All doors are open to courtesy.”

“The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.”

“I'm nice to everybody, I respect other people. If you respect me, I respect you”

“The world is good natured to people that are good natured.”

“When you are able to maintain your own highest standards of integrity regardless of what others may do, you are destined for greatness.”

“Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.”

“You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.”

“Few things are harder to put up with than a good example.”

“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.”

“Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.”

“I will laud mine enemies and they will become friends.”

“Nothing is ever lost by courtesy. It is the cheapest of pleasures, costs nothing, and conveys much.”

“I praise loudly; I blame softly.”

“My true religion is kindness.”

“Do all things with love.”

“Money and success don't change people; they merely amplify what is already there.”

“The best way to get rid of an enemy is to make a friend of him.”

“People may doubt what you say, but they will believe what you do.”

“If we could look into each other's hearts and understand the unique challenges each of us faces, I think we would treat each other much more gently, with more love, patience, tolerance, and care.”

“You can't act like a loser and expect to win.”

“Treat everyone with politeness and kindness, not because they are nice, but because you are.”

“Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.”

“The stronger a man is, the more gentle he can afford to be.”

“Resolve to be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and the wrong. Sometime in life you will have been all of these.”

“To understand all is to forgive all.”

“But as for you, O man of God, flee evil. Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness.”

“If you're not proud of it on the front page, don't do it.”

“Always recognize that human individuals are ends, and do not use them as means to your end.”

“Personality can open doors, but only character can keep them open.”

“Character, not circumstances, makes the man.”

“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.”

“Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.”

“Image is what people think we are; integrity is what we really are.”

“True religion is the life we lead, not the creed we profess.”

“The great ones are always courteous and kind.”

“Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind.”

“He should sweep streets so well that all the host of heaven and earth will pause to say, 'Here lives a great street-sweeper who did his job well.'”

“It's better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.”

“Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do. But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving.”

“Respect is how to treat everyone, not just those you want to impress”

“Integrity is what we do, what we say and what we say we do.”

“The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty.”

“Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.”

“Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”

“Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.”

“The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.”

“In this life we cannot always do great things, but we can do small things with great love.”