“Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and to have her nonsense respected.”— Charles Lamb, amazon.com
“With a woman he's crazy about, he'll put in all the overtime in the world. He'll be doing things for you, he'll be considerate, he'll want to please you.”— Sherry Argov, amazon.com
“You need to have a value for yourself. Guys see how you present yourself, how you take care of yourself and how you respect yourself. They base their view of you from your view of yourself.”— Kristina Zias, thoughtcatalog.com
“The guy who does not respect you, your boundaries or your physical space. He’s the guy who does not leave your dorm/apartment/home when you’ve asked him to. The same goes for the guy who shows up to your home when you have explicitly asked him not to.”— Christina Berchini, elitedaily.com
“You lose a strong woman by disrespecting her. She knows what silence means and she knows backhanded comments. She knows how to respect herself, and she won’t tolerate anyone else that can’t.”— Liz Rae, thoughtcatalog.com
“Remember that kindness is power. It cultivates respect from the right people and turns away the wrong ones. Being kind gives strength.”— Jordan Lueder, thoughtcatalog.com
“Learn to deal with the fact that you are not a perfect person but you are a person that deserves respect and honesty.”— Pandora Poikilos, amazon.com
“I cannot compromise my respect for your love. You can keep your love, I will keep my respect.”— Amit Kalantri, amazon.com
“I believe when we love someone, we respect them, and we listen to them; we feel that their voice matters. And — and we let them dictate the terms of who they are and what their story is.”— Laverne Cox, youtube.com
“The whole "good girl vs. hoes" mentality is nothing but misogynistic. It's denying a woman simple respect just (because) she's not "modest." If you only respect a woman when she's "modest", you don't actually respect women. That's not how this works. You respect a woman regardless of how she present…”— @delafro_, mysharona1987.tumblr.com
“‘Have some self respect’ literally has nothing to do with me. It’s about you rating and weighing my behaviour against a 2 dimensional caricature of a women that you think deserves basic decency. I respect myself. What you mean is ‘please conform to my personal, rigid beliefs of what I deem acceptabl…”— iamatinyowl, iamatinyowl.tumblr.com
“Why should a woman have to be modest in order to be respected?”— Unknown, letitcome--letitbe.tumblr.com
“Expressing sexuality in art is not an invitation for disrespect! Just like wearing a short skirt is not asking for assault.”— Ariana Grande, twitter.com
“A woman knows very well that, though a wit sends her his poems, praises her judgment, solicits her criticism, and drinks her tea, this by no means signifies that he respects her opinions or admires her understanding.”— Virginia Woolf, amazon.com
“Don’t break yourself to mend someone else. Mend yourself, take care of yourself and look for the person that feels right, for the person who wouldn’t want to break you, but put you back together, cherish and respect you.”— Nataliia Totka, thoughtcatalog.com
“I will not try to convince you to love me, to respect me, to commit to me. I deserve better than that. I am better than that... Goodbye.”— Steve Maraboli, amazon.com