Keith Craft: Don't make people have to earn your respect. Respect is one of the greatest…
Don't make people have to earn your respect. Respect is one of the greatest gifts you can give another.
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The thought behind the quote
In my 1828 Webster’s Dictionary Respect is defined as:
To look towards a person with esteem, honor and favor To view or consider others with some degree of reverence To see the worth in others by focusing on their substantial good qualities
A few thoughts on Respect:
Respect is a gift of worth you can give others. You will Respect yourself more, when you give others more Respect. Respect is what you give someone when YOU CHOOSE TO SEE THE BEST...when their worst has been displayed. The precursor to GIVING RESPECT is the choice to be POSITIVE. The precursor to DIS-RESPECT is the choice to be negative.
I want to encourage you to give the Gift of Respect. Seek to not make people EARN from you, what only YOU have to GIVE...to them.
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