Quotes by deference

Quotes 1 till 5 of 5.

• 

  Francis Maitland Balfour
  British biologist 1851-1882

  

  - +

  +6
  The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity.
• 

  Nicolas Chamfort
  French writer, journalist and playwright 1741-1794

  

  - +

   0
  Eminence without merit earns deference without esteem.
• 

  Henry Ward Beecher
  American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker 1813-1887

  

  - +

   0
  Giving The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men.
• 

  Walter Savage Landor
  British poet 1775-1864

  

  - +

   0
  Great men always pay deference to greater.
• 

  Angelo Scola
  

  

  - +

   0
  We show deference to the civil authorities when they respect the divine origin of their power and when they serve the people with objective reference to the law of God.