#respect

Responsibility to yourself means refusing to let others do your thinking, talking, and naming for you; it means learning to respect and use your own brains and instincts; hence, grappling with hard work." (Claiming an Education, 1977) ↗

— Adrienne Rich

#empowerment #feminism #independent-thought #responsibility #self-determination

A woman's experience is different from a man's in virtually every respect, including how she is treated by the media. ↗

— Carly Fiorina

#every #experience #how #including #man

My mission, I guess, has always been the kind of world where lesbian and gay people can celebrate who we are with equal freedom, dignity, and respect. ↗

— John Fisher

#been #celebrate #dignity #equal #freedom

I don't want people losing respect for me as a player. I want to go out in every game and perform to the highest level. I have no retirement plans. I've had a lot of injuries but I want to continue playing. ↗

— Robbie Fowler

#every #game #go #had #highest

I have great respect for President Bush, Secretary Powell and Secretary Ridge. ↗

— Elton Gallegly

#great #great respect #i #powell #president

I think that both men, Bush and Blair, will be damned in history. Both men have made their respective countries the two most hated countries in the world. ↗

— George Galloway

#both #bush #countries #damned #hated

President Obama has made it his mission that we welcome our troops home with care and concern and the respect they deserve. That is how an exceptional nation says thank you to its most exceptional men and women. ↗

— John F. Kerry

#concern #deserve #exceptional #his #home

There is no tragedy in missing a putt, no matter how short. All have erred in this respect. ↗

— Walter Hagen

#how #matter #missing #putt #respect

Self-respect is the cornerstone of all virtue. ↗

— John Herschel

#self-respect #virtue

It is grievous to read the papers in most respects, I agree. More and more I skim the headlines only, for one can be sure what is carried beneath them quite automatically, if one has long been a reader of the press journalism. ↗

— Mary Ritter Beard

#automatically #been #beneath #carried #grievous