“The respect you show to others (or lack thereof) is an immediate reflection on your self respect.”— alex elle Related Quotes “I confess I do not know why, but looking at the stars always makes me dream.”— Vincent van Gogh “As she stared at them, Waringa noted that their skins were indeed red, like that of pigs or like the skin of a black person who has been scalded with boiling water or who has burned himself with acid creams. Even the hair in their arms and necks stood out stiff and straight like the bristle of an aging hog.”— Ng?g? wa Thiong’o “I am so grateful for my troubles. As I reflect back on my life, I have come to realize that my greatest triumphs have been born of my greatest troubles.”— Steve Maraboli