#esp

Words are sacred. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones, in the right order, you can nudge the world a little. ↗

— Tom Stoppard

#playwrighting #theater #tom-stoppard #writing #respect

Could hell be a place where there is no self-respect? A place where people have no pride in their own existence or behavior, and thus would have none for anyone or anything else? ↗

— Neil Peart

#respect

Touching your cap to the squire may be damn bad for the squire, but it's damn good for you. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#tradition #respect

These enthusiasts often like to hang signs that say "Gone Fishin'" or "Gone Huntin'". But what these slogans really mean is "Gone Killing. ↗

— Marc Bekoff

#fishing #hunting #killing #speciesism #respect

It is possible, I think, to say that... a Christian agriculture [is] formed upon the understanding that it is sinful for people to misuse or destroy what they did not make. The Creation is a unique, irreplaceable gift, therefore to be used with humility, respect, and skill. ↗

— Wendell Berry

#christianity #land #stewardship #respect

People need self-respect, but self-respect must be earned -- it cannot be self-respect if it's not earned -- and the only way to earn anything is to achieve it in the face of the possibility of failing. ↗

— Charles Murray

#respect

Taro taught me that people respect spirit, but even cowards don't respect cowards. ↗

— David Mitchell

#respect

Kitu cha kwanza kufanya kama umeamua kuficha ukweli wape watu ukweli mwingine kulinda thamani ya utu wako. ↗

— Enock Maregesi

#truth #untruth #respect

People will think you're courting me.' 'Nonsense, everyone knows I don't court respectable women. ↗

— Julia Quinn

#hyacinth-bridgerton #respect

Respect is primary. ↗