Respectful Relationships Quotes:

Be modest, be respectful of others, try to understand.

- Lakhdar Brahimi

topic: Respect, Understanding, Tolerance, Be Respectful, Great Respect

We're never going to have respectful and reverential relationships with the planet- and sensible policies about what we put in the air, the soil, the water - if very young children don't begin learning about these things literally in their houses, backyards, streets and schools. We need to have human beings who are oriented that way from their earliest memories.

- Elise M. Boulding

topic: Respect, Children, Memories, Young Children, Respectful Relationships

I have tried to maintain civil relationships with everyone I meet - and, even if I violently disagree with them, try to be respectful.

- Robert M. Gates

topic: Trying, Respectful, Be Respectful, Respectful Relationships

Next to blood relationships, come water relationships.

- Stanley Crawford

topic: Blood, Water, Next, Respectful Relationships

Plays are always about intense relationships, whether they're intense love relationships or family relationships or existential relationships.

- David Ives

topic: Play, Love Relationship, Existentialism, Family Relationship, Intense Love

I'm outgoing. I like being social. But when I think I should be quiet, I am. And I don't think quiet is the right word. Respectful is more accurate. I want to be respectful of people and their space.?

- Jose Bautista

topic: Thinking, Space, People, Outgoing, Respectful Relationships

Every life lesson that trickled its way into my being came from a mutually respectful relationship between the environment and my family. We were raised to appreciate the teachings of animals and the untouched magnificence of raw natural beauty. This understanding of our precious and complex ecosystem has carried me throughout every chapter of my life and is a significant column of my identity.

- Ian Somerhalder

topic: Life Lesson, Teaching, Animal, Respectful Relationships

I've always had a very positive relationship with the municipal labor unions - a respectful relationship.

- Bill de Blasio

source: "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

topic: Unions, Positive Relationship, Respectful, Respectful Relationships

The logical conclusion to a compassionate and respectful relationship to sentient animals is that we stop eating them.

- Jonathan Balcombe

topic: Animal, Eating, Respectful, Respectful Relationships

Through developing trusting and respectful relationships with the boys in our lives, we can help boys to value and acknowledge their relational capabilities, which they may otherwise learn to discount or overlook. We can also offer and model for them definitions of maturity, masculinity, health and success that will enable them to remain grounded in their self-knowledge (e.g. as they encounter societal pressures to conform to group and cultural norms), and to form relationships that will sustain rather than constrain them.

- Judy Chu

topic: Maturity, Boys, Self, Respectful Relationships, Constrain

Growing up in rural Louisiana, the ecosystem around our home wove harmoniously into our family and into our daily life. Every life lesson that trickled its way into my being came from a mutually respectful relationship between the environment and my family.

- Ian Somerhalder

source: "Interview with United Nations Goodwill Ambassador Ian Somerhalder". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. May 01, 2014.

topic: Growing Up, Life Lesson, Home, Respectful Relationships

Wise woman healing teaches the importance of excellent nutrition during pregnancy, understanding that your form your child and yourself from the nourishment you receive in the forty weeks of pregnancy. Excellent nutrition includes pure water, controlled breath, abundant light, loving and respectful relationships, beauty and harmony in daily life, positive, joyous thoughts, and vital foodstuffs.

- Susun Weed

topic: Wise, Children, Pregnancy, Pure Water, Respectful Relationships