Words of Wisdom February 16 to 19

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golden ruleTheme – Respect: The Golden Rule

 

Select one of the quotes from the words of wisdom this week, copy and paste the quote in the response, and then write at least two thoughtful sentences in response. You are welcome to either agree or disagree with the statement. References to your own experiences are welcome.

 

 

“He who judges others, condemns himself.”  (Italian Saying)

“. . . If you have wit, use it to please, and not to hurt.”  (Lord Chesterfield) 

“If you want to be respected by others, the best thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect, will you compel others to respect you. (Dostoevsky) 

27 thoughts on “Words of Wisdom February 16 to 19

  1. Sean

    “If you want to be respected by others, the best thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect, will you compel others to respect you.” (Dostoevsky) I like this quote because it shows if you respect others they will respect you. It also shows that if you treat people the way you want to be treated.

  2. Kiran

    “If you want to be respected by others, the best thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect, will you compel others to respect you.” (Dostoevsky) I like this quote because it tells that you should be nice or respectful so that other people will be nice to you. if you are nice or respectful, that makes other people want to be nice to you.

  3. Tyler

    “He who judges others, condemns himself.” (Italian Saying)

    I agree with this quote because you shouldn’t judge somebody if you haven’t been in their shoes. It is like the the saying, don’t judge a book by its cover.

  4. Leo

    “If you want to be respected by others, the best thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect, will you compel others to respect you.” (Dostoevsky)
    To me this quote means that if you respect yourself you will also get respect from others. Also when you respect yourself you can make new friends.

  5. Keanna

    “If you want to be respected by others, the best thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect, will you compel others to respect you.” (Dostoevsky)
    If you want to be respected you need to be able to respect yourself. You also need to respect others if you want to be respected.

  6. Arcel

    “He who judges others, condemns himself.” (Italian Saying)
    I think what this means is that whoever judges others digs themselves into a pit of regret. Whoever judges others only does it to please themselves.

  7. Mikayla

    “. . . If you have wit, use it to please, and not to hurt.” (Lord Chesterfield) If you have the gift of being witty, then don’t take advantage of it. Do something useful with it.

  8. mb0149

    If you want to be respected by others, the best thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect, will you compel others to respect you.” (Dostoevsky)
    I chose this quote because it tells you to respect yourself for who you are. It also says people will respect yourself to be respected.

  9. jenna

    “If you want to be respected by others, the best thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect, will you compel others to respect you.” (Dostoevsky) . I think that this means that if you respect yourself than other people will respect you too. People should start to respect each other.

  10. Bradley

    “He who judges others, condemns himself.” (Italian Saying)
    You shouldn’t think about what other people think of you because they have something else wrong with them.
    People are rude no matter what but if it is a stranger or someone you know it shouldn’t matter what they think.

  11. Jarrett

    “. . . If you have wit, use it to please, and not to hurt.” (Lord Chesterfield)
    I agree with this quote because if you have intelligence then use it to help the people around you. However you could use it to hurt people but that is wrong and you shouldn’t take advantage of them but try and help them. If you help people little at a time then you are helping the world.

  12. km2368

    “He who judges others, condemns himself.” (Italian Saying)
    I think this quote is true . If you judge others your only hurting your self. another saying “takes one to know one”. your not helping your self by criticizing others.

  13. Caleb

    “If you want to be respected by others, the best thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect, will you compel others to respect you.” (Dostoevsky)

    I disagree with this quote. I do because there are a lot of people who can respect you, even if you do not respect yourself.

  14. Bryan

    “He who judges others, condemns himself.” (Italian Saying)

    Everybody is a critic I think it’s in our nature. But some people go to far and make other’s sad, people don’t know what other people are going through. Everybody needs a break ,so don’t judge them unless you walk in their shoes.

  15. Trishaal

    “. . . If you have wit, use it to please, and not to hurt.” (Lord Chesterfield) It means to not hurt other people. You should make friends of help other people.

  16. Cody

    He who judges others, condemns himself.” (Italian Saying)

    I chose this statement because it tells you that judging is wrong. Another saying about this is don’t throw stones in a glass house.

  17. Azul

    “If you want to be respected by others, the best thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect, will you compel others to respect you.” (Dostoevsky)
    Treat people how you want people to treat you. Don’t judge people by how they look.

  18. Zach

    “. . . If you have wit, use it to please, and not to hurt.” (Lord Chesterfield) I agree with this quote. If you are going to do anything, you should do something positive, not negative.

  19. DAVID

    “If you want to be respected by others, the best thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect, will you compel others to respect you.” (Dostoevsky)

    While respecting others is important, respecting yourself is just as much so. Things like good hygiene and an effort to look good are some examples of self respect.

  20. *-{Emma}-*

    “He who judges others, condemns himself.” (Italian Saying)
    This quote is saying that if you judge other people you are hurting yourself. If you judge other people you are not helping yourself.

  21. Eddie

    “If you want to be respected by others, the best thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect, will you compel others to respect you.” (Dostoevsky)

    I choose this quote because I think it is saying that if you want to be respected by others you should respect yourself first. Also that only respecting yourself will have others to respect you.

  22. eu3718

    He who judges others, condemns himself.” (Italian Saying)
    I think this means that if you judge other people you will get punished.You shouldn’t judge people because you think they aren’t perfect and you are nobody is perfect.

  23. Kiran

    If you want to be respected by others, the best thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect, will you compel others to respect you.” (Dostoevsky) I like this quote because it tells that you should be nice or respectful so that other people will be nice to you. If you are nice or respectful, that makes other people want to be nice to you.

  24. brynna

    “He who judges others, condemns himself.” (Italian Saying).Never judge yourself or others.If you judge others just think”is that how I want to be treated.”

  25. KARDALE

    “He who judges others, condemns himself.” (Italian Saying)
    It means that if you judge someone about something that your feeling the same way about yourself.Or it could be that your just tired of feeling the same way and your trying to hide it.

  26. Chris

    “He who judges others, condemns himself.” (Italian Saying) I like this quote because it is true. If you are judging a friend in a mean way,then they would probably not want to be friends with you anymore.

  27. ayden

    If you want to be respected my others, the best thing is to respect yourself. Only by self-respect, will you compel others to respect you,” I fink this means that if you want people to start to respect you.But more importantly you should respect yourself.

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