“If they respect you, respect them. If they disrespect you, still respect them. Do not allow the actions of others to decrease your good manners, because you represent yourself, not others.”
“Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.” ...
“Respect yourself and others will respect you.” ...
“When we treat people merely as they are, they will remain as they are. ...
“Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized.” ...
“Men are respectable only as they respect.”