Top 25 Disrespect Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Silence is the best reply to a fool.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

Also featured in: Silence Quotes, Toxic People Quotes

2. “Dealing with backstabbers, there was one thing I learned. They're only powerful when you got your back turned.”

— Eminem

Also featured in: Haters Quotes, Toxic People Quotes, Trust No One Quotes

3. “If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”

— J.K. Rowling

Also featured in: Personality Quotes, Human Nature Quotes, Quotes About People, Character Quotes

4. “You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I’ll rise!”

— Maya Angelou

Also featured in: Perseverance Quotes, Self-Esteem Quotes, Poetry Quotes, Moving On Quotes

5. “Throughout life people will make you mad, disrespect you and treat you bad. Let God deal with the things they do, cause hate in your heart will consume you too.”

— Will Smith

Also featured in: Short Quotes About Life, Character Quotes, Healing Quotes, Forgiving Quotes

6. “When I say or do something I do it, I don’t give a damn what you think, I’m doing this for me...”

— Eminem

Also featured in: Personality Quotes, Being Yourself Quotes, Artist Quotes, Ego Quotes

7. “If you even dream of beating me you’d better wake up and apologize.”

— Muhammad Ali

Also featured in: Personality Quotes, Athlete Quotes, Fighting Quotes, Being Strong Quotes

8. “Evil begins when you begin to treat people as things.”

— Terry Pratchett

Also featured in: Morality Quotes, Quotes About Humanity, Quotes About People, Respect Quotes

9. “Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.”

— Mark Twain

Also featured in: Sarcastic Quotes, Hilarious Quotes, Crazy Quotes, Witty Quotes

10. “Disrespect is the weapon of the weak.”

— Alice Miller

11. “A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone.”

— Billy Graham

Also featured in: Quotes About Children, Family Quotes, Respect To Be Respected Quotes

12. “Human dignity is the same for all human beings: when I trample on the dignity of another, I am trampling on my own.”

— Pope Francis

Also featured in: Blessed Quotes, Be Kind Quotes, Morality Quotes, Quotes About Humanity, Rights Quotes

13. “A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.”

— Frederick Douglass

Also featured in: Respect To Be Respected Quotes

14. “Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?”

— William Shakespeare

15. “A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person.”

— Dave Barry

Also featured in: Service Quotes, Kindness Quotes, Actions Speak Louder Than Words Quotes

16. “Bullying is not okay. Period.”

— Jim C. Hines

Also featured in: Be Kind Quotes, Encouraging Quotes for Students, Common Sense Quotes, School Quotes, Respect To Be Respected Quotes

17. “Your value doesn’t decrease based on someone’s inability to see your worth.”

— Anonymous

Also featured in: Cheer Quotes, Sunday Quotes, Acceptance Quotes, Recovery Quotes

18. “I don’t care what you say, so don’t even speak.”

— Lil Wayne

Also featured in: Sarcastic Quotes, Hate Quotes

19. “And all those who look down on me I’m tearing down your balcony.”

— Eminem

Also featured in: Revenge Quotes

20. “I won’t be wronged. I won’t be insulted. I won’t be laid a-hand on. I don’t do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.”

— John Wayne

Also featured in: Respect To Be Respected Quotes

21. “It only takes a second for you to call a girl fat and she will starve herself for the rest of her life. Think before you act.”

— Harry Styles

Also featured in: Empathy Quotes, Hurt Quotes

22. “Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.”

— H. L. Mencken

Also featured in: Demotivational Quotes, Ignorance Quotes

23. “I have no time to waste on this planet being told what to do by those who think that God has given them instructions.”

— Christopher Hitchens

Also featured in: Hard Hitting Quotes, Quotes on Liberty, Doubt Quotes, Rejection Quotes

24. “We all need to treat each other with human dignity and respect.”

— Madonna

Also featured in: Make A Difference Quotes, Be Kind Quotes

25. “I am not questioning your honor, I am denying its existence.”

— George R.R. Martin

26. “Stop labeling people just because they’re not like you.”

— Joyce Meyer

Also featured in: Diversity Quotes