Simple Sundays

Simple Sunday- Respect

“We have tolerance, respect, and equality in our written laws but not in the hearts of some of our people.”-Ruby Bridges

“Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized.”-Albert Einstein

“What is home? My favorite definition is “a safe place,” a place where one is free from attack, a place where one experiences secure relationships and affirmation. It’s a place where people share and understand each other. Its relationships are nurturing. The people in it do not need to be perfect; instead, they need to be honest, loving, supportive, recognizing a common humanity that makes all of us vulnerable.”
― Gladys Hunt, Honey for a Child’s Heart: The Imaginative Use of Books in Family Life

“Love can often be misguided and do as much harm as good, but respect can do only good. It assumes that the other person’s stature is as large as one’s own, his rights as reasonable, his needs as important.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt, You Learn by Living: Eleven Keys for a More Fulfilling Life

“Fight only in direst need
Not for lust or petty greed
Honor those that do give birth
Respect them well for their full worth” ― Anne McCaffrey, Dragon Harper

“Respect is a close relative of tolerance, and both go a long way to prevent and alleviate the negative interactions between and among people. Respect was a member of each Lakota household during the free-roaming buffalo-hunting days on the northern plains.”― Joseph M. Marshall III, The Lakota Way: Stories and Lessons for Living

Simple Sundays

Simple Sunday

“The living owe it to those who no longer can speak to tell their story for them.” -Czeslaw Milosz

“All we have of freedom, all we use or know – This our fathers bought for us long and long ago.” -Rudyard Kipling

“”Remember upon the conduct of each depends on the fate of all.” -Alexander the Great

“Dignified and respectful quietude speaks much louder than pomp and circumstance when it comes to remembering those who died.” Alan Colmes