Respectful Communication Quotes

Don't Criticize, Condemn, Or Complain.

no person is your friend (or kin) who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow and be perceived as fully blossomed as you were intended. Or who belittles in any fashion the gifts you labor so to bring into the world.

Private matters should be dealt with privately, out of respect for everybody concerned

Argument cannot be answered with insults. Kindness is strength; anger blows out the lamp of the mind.

It's an unwritten rule that you respect people who've given you breaks. You see somebody's body of work before you take a tone with them. I will talk differently to someone with 18 years of experience and someone with 18 months.

Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.

It's so funny because when you're working with an acquaintance or someone else, you're being more polite. I find that I'm a little bit more of a brat when I'm in the studio with my dad, so I feel bad.

Throughout my career, I've never really been a guy who created drama or wanted to deal with drama.

I was raised not to be rude, but I also try to get the best work out of people.

I generally feel that the solution to speech that people find offensive is more speech. You should talk about it, discuss it.

If the chiefs as leaders are going to earn and maintain the respect of the people of Fiji and preserve the uniqueness of the traditional and cultural structures they need to also recognize that the differences that exist between us all cannot and should not be ignored. We must speak with fairness, responsibility and goodwill toward all ethnic groups.

Being honest with the public is how they respect you.

I've never been a believer in the physical punishment of children. I don't think it is necessary.

My mom. Growing up with her, she always taught us to say whatever. Like, 'You think something, say it. Don't bite your tongue for people.' I think there's a fine line with that, but at the same time, I'm a firm believer in speaking your mind.

This rudeness is a sauce to his good wit, Which gives men stomach to digest his words With better appetite.

The people I don't like to work with are people like me. I need people who can complement my skill set, people who can do the nitty gritty with me.

We want to live in a country where the leaders have enough respect for us to tell us the truth

Me and polite have never been on close terms.

I am polite and I usually always consult them [Congressional leaders]. I don't ask their permission. I just consult them.

I like to think I'm like the guy who goes to the office Christmas party Friday night, insults some people, but still has his job Monday morning.

Whoever gives reverence receives reverence.

Missionaries must not ridicule the pagan idols, nor their manner of worship; but calmly reason with them always showing the utmost benevolence; that they ought not to expose the innocent customs of the country, but as far as possible become all things to all men.

Of course, when people work together, there can be tension and disagreement. But policing informal behavior makes it hard for people to speak freely for fear they will say the wrong thing. Even self-aware individuals can doubt their judgement and start to rely on the diversity trainer to judge if something is offensive.

Confrontation is something that I accept as part of the project though not its purpose.

Anyone who comes into your office with an idea, and it may be the silliest idea in the world, listen to them and never ridicule them.