Respect your elders all if they deserve; <br />Respect your servants too who you well serve; <br />Respect your father for tilling the soil; <br />Respect your mother for her love and toil. <br /> <br />Respect all teachers who gave you knowledge; <br />Respect your friend who saved you from the ledge; <br />Respect all good minds who advised you good; <br />Respect the man of God who gave soul’s food. <br /> <br />Respect all strangers who were all Godsends; <br />Respect your foes who taught you self-defense; <br />Respect those evil men who you troubled; <br />Respect the tempter who well you misled. <br /> <br />Respect your conscience which tells you what’s right; <br />Respect your God who is your Friend and Guide.<br /><br />Dr John Celes<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/sonnet-respect/
