What does RESPECT mean to you?

Answer 1

Treating people like people, and trying to be fair and compassionate towards them.

Not treating folks like roadkill just because you've been taught to not like them...

Going into an interaction with someone from a position of giving and not taking, from a position of love and not hatred.

And yeah, as much as I rant against the Evangelicals, I am likely the last one to get Biblical here, but this isn't about the zealots--except in reference to what they so often *do not* do:

"...as you treat the least of these/ so too you shall treat Me."

Not recalling the exact chapter or verse, sorry....but I think folks know who the quote is from. :) As to what it's about, the answer is simple enough.

If you believe in a loving God, then you must know that the way you treat the "least of these", the people you see as beneath you: the beggars, the perverts, the liars and cheats, the old and weak, the crippled and disabled, the weak of heart and feeble of mind, the orphaned children who yet see their parents live (but only to inflict more horror upon them)....the way you treat the ones you either *despise* or have contempt for....this is how you are treating God itself, for this is how you are treating the expression of God within them, for they are as human and as part of creation as *you are*.

And yeah, it's not easy to have that caliber of respect. *Everyone* slips up, loses it, gets angry and gets mean. I do it, you do it, everyone does it. And that too is a part of the point, that at some level, when we see "the enemy" or the ones we "don't care for", we should see ourselves in there, and not just assume the presence of evil or ill will where there may not be any.

But yeah....that is Respect for you. Loving others as you love yourself.

(and before you ask, no, I am not all that keen on myself, ok? I recognize this though and know where it comes from....loving yourself and others isn't the picnic it ought to be when you have trouble knowing *what love literally IS*)

Answer 2

Respect means understanding.

To respect someone you must first understand them. Because people are so different, you can show respect to one person, but to another, it may be disrespectful. For example, in America, giving some a thumbs up after they did something good is a sign of acknowledgment and respect. However, in the Philipines, giving a person a thumbs up means the same as giving them the middle finger....not so respectful.

SO what I mean is that to respect someone, you must know them and must have an understanding of their moral compass.

Answer 3

To me Respect, if you are talking of someone respecting you, is treating you like you have the right the to make your own decisions, hold your own beliefs, treating you with decency, that you are treated as an equal, instead of simply being ignored or dismissed or treating as though you are inferior.

Respect also means appreciating in a way someone else's point of view if it is put to you and hold that person in some regard, that someone who respected, has some valuable to say or something to add and worth thinking about because of this.

While you Respect someone whatever they have to give is worth some time or consideration, that of course does not mean you ultimately agree or their opinion is correct just simply that respecting someone means they are still worth paying attention to.

Regards

Armand

Answer 4

sometimes in life, its already been said...i just concur:

Eldridge Cleaver: Quotes on Respect
Respect commands itself and it can neither be given nor withheld when it is due.

Henri Frederic Amiel: Quotes on Respect
There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.

Jackie Robinson:
“I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.”

author unknown:
“To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.”

“In the end we are all separate: our stories, no matter how similar, come to a fork and diverge. We are drawn to each other because of our similarities, but it is our differences we must learn to respect.”

Buddha quotes (Hindu Prince Gautama Siddharta, the founder of Buddhism, 563-483 B.C.)
“You should respect each other and refrain from disputes; you should not, like water and oil, repel each other, but should, like milk and water, mingle together.”

“Respect is love in plain clothes.”

Frankie Byrne quotes

“We can really respect a man only if he doesn't always look out for himself”

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quotes (German Playwright, Poet, Novelist and Dramatist. 1749-1832)


there are so many more....

Answer 5

there are many ways. Here are some.

1. You address a person with miss or mister before their name.
2. Do not interrupt them when they're talking to someone. wait for your turn
3. Do not block the telivision while they're watching.
4. Do not look on thier personal things.
5. Do not scan thier mobile phone.
6. Do not shout to anybody, speak politely.
you want some more no problem, just contact me

Answer 6

When people respect me, I think of myself as a persone with class.

Answer 7

Respect is giving a person all that is intitled to them. Meaning: if you act like a whore, don't expect a call in the morning.

Answer 8

Respect mean like treat other da want u would want to be treated

Answer 9

repect is when someone treats me like i am an equal to them. You understand where that person is coming from and dont frowm or judge what they have done, but the person they are. you can get father with respect than you can with money or ruling someone.

Answer 10

I willl put it the the other way around - what you give - you get it back.

All depends on how and what you give to others - what you get back will be equal and n same quantity at many times.