"I cannot compromise my respect for your love. You can keep your love, I will keep my respect."
- Amit Kalantri
"All my problems bow before my stubbornness."
"Live your life in such a way that you'll be remembered for your kindness, compassion, fairness, character, benevolence, and a force for good who had much respect for life, in general."
- Germany Kent
"The average adult hates being treated like a child, unless it suits them."
- Mokokoma Mokhonoana
"Nothing humbles a beautiful woman better than not being wanted by a man whose girlfriend or wife is ugly (or not as beautiful as she is)."
"The ladder of leadership can only stand firm on the grounds of integrity. Any other ground makes it unstable till it falls."
- Israelmore Ayivor
"No matter how knowledgeable you are, respect your parents for their experience and your children for their curiosity."
"Speak graciously to young men as you would to your brothers."
- Lailah Gifty Akita
"Appeal with respect to elderly people as you would to the members of your own family."
"She (my mother) stood always prepared in herself to challenge the world in our place. She did indeed tend to make the world look dangerous, and so it had been to her. A way had to be found around her ..."
- Eudora Welty