Quotes About Dignity

Only a heathen would bring a gun to a swordfight.

No fear or shame in the dignity of yr experience, language & knowledge

You ever stop to think they can't rob you of knowledge? They can strip you and you've still got it.

Self-command is the main elegance.

The Founders believed liberty came directly from God. With their knowledge of Scripture, they knew each child was made in the image of God. That is why everyone had dignity, value and worth.

You can disagree with someone on issues, but you should never get personal. Joe Biden has never gotten personal, to my knowledge, with a fellow senator.

If I take care of my character, my reputation will take care of me.

You have to see human rights as an all-embracing concept. It could be something that would unite the world, if it could only be seen in that light.

Why do we value leadership, connection and grace? Because it's scarce, and that scacity creates value.

I don't yell at people, I don't mistreat people. I don't talk down to people, so no one else in this building, in this vicinity, has the right to do it.

Well-fed people can enhance their dignity, their health and their learning capacity. Putting resources into social programs is not expenditure. It is investment.

Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any stand against good wit.

If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.

The ultimate test of your greatness is the way you treat every human being.

You matter because you are you, and you matter to the end of your life. We will do all we can not only to help you die peacefully, but also to live until you die.

A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.

Justice is never advanced in the taking of human life.

I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.

The truly good and wise man will bear all kinds of fortune in a seemly way, and will always act in the noblest manner that the circumstances allow.

I began to understand that suffering and disappointments and melancholy are there not to vex us or cheapen us or deprive us of our dignity but to mature and transfigure us.

Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the right to dignity and a decent life . . .

Life is an unanswered question, but let's still believe in the dignity and importance of the question.

In a dating and courtship relationship, I would not have you spend five minutes with someone who belittles you, one who is constantly critical of you, one who is cruel at your expense and may even call it humor. Life is tough enough without the person who is supposed to love you leading the assault on your self-esteem, your sense of dignity, your confidence, and your joy. In this person's care, you deserve to feel physically safe and emotionally secure.

I believe we have all been created for greater things than we can comprehend. The times call for great things, but great things in the noblest and most redemptive sense are predicted upon tolerance, love, respect, understanding, dignity, prayer, God.