Quotes About Dignity

but the one thing they'd taught him in the Academy that he already knew from his father was that a man only got as much respect as he gave himself.

Many a crown of wisdom is but the golden chamberpot of success, worn with pompous dignity.

You are never so low that you deserve to be lower.

Ljudsko pravo prekida pravo naroda, ljudsko pravo tako?er prekida pravo kulture.

He who can conceal his joys, is greater than he who can hide his griefs

Ehre verloren, alles verloren." ("Honor lost, all lost.")

Music is either sacred or secular. The sacred agrees with its dignity, and here has its greatest effect on life, an effect that remains the same through all ages and epochs. Secular music should be cheerful throughout.

I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

The questions that are beyond the reach of economics-the beauty, dignity, pleasure and durability of life-may be inconvenient but they are important.

Dignity has no price ... when someone starts making small concessions, in the end life loses all meaning.

I turned down a knighthood. It would be like having to wear a suit every day of your life.

No one is pro-abortion.

Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping - they called it opportunity.

If you must commit suicide ... always contrive to do it as decorously as possible; the decencies, whether of life or of death, should never be lost sight of.

Life without Liberty is far worse than death.

As democracy modifies our conception of life, it constantly raises the value and function of each member of the community, however humble he may be.

Only reverence can restrain violence - reverence for human life and the environment.

If we value so highly the dignity of life, how can we not also value the dignity of death No death may be called futile.

For some of the large indignities of life, the best remedy is direct action. For the small indignities, the best remedy is a Charlie Chaplin movie. The hard part is knowing the difference.

The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it.

We believe in the dignity of every life, the possibility of every mind, the divinity of every soul. This is our true north.

You cannot be in a position of power and destroy the life of another person.

Life is a perspective and for me, if a human being has access to school, clean water, food, proper health care, that is the basis of human rights.

Never let anyone make you feel inferior for being who you are. When you live the life you were meant to live, in freedom and dignity