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Quotes About Dignity

Malu kepada diri sendiri lebih hebat daripada malu kepada orang lain. Malu kepada orang lain boleh juga melarikan diri, tetapi malu kepada diri sendiri, ke kuburlah habis riwayat.
~ Shahnon Ahmad
Of all people, we Christians should be building friendships and protecting the dignity of human beings, even those of other faiths. I loved seeing Christians in Iraq stand guard as peacekeepers outside the mosques while Muslims gathered for prayer, and Muslims doing the same for Christians.
~ Shane Claiborne
Dear God, this was awful. She's been kidnapped by a repressed part of her subconscious, her body taken over by a wanton nympho with no dignity who was sexually aroused by bad behaviour.
~ Shannon McKenna
The class laughed. I can tell the difference between people making fun of us and people being nice to us.
~ Sharon M Draper
I hate that word, by the way. Retarded. I
~ Sharon M. Draper
Then let us pray," Pastor Patton said firmly. Stella noticed a few townspeople slowing down as they passed by; none of the faces looked pleasant. She closed her eyes. "Dear Lord," said the pastor, we bow down before you as we stand up for dignity. Be with us and protect us both morning, noon and night. Amen.
~ Sharon M. Draper
On Lee as commander: "He had a cheerful dignity and could praise them (his men) without seeming to court their favor.
~ Shelby Foote
The ongoing falsification of history has greater objectives than erasing the Palestinian people and their collective claim to human rights and dignity. It also aims at normalizing Israeli military occupation, apartheid, and colonialism. It provides a historical amnesty for all the crimes that Israel has committed and will continue to commit.
~ Sheldon Richman
An open and (semi-) free society cannot realistically expect to eliminate the risk of indiscriminate violence. The cost in liberty and dignity would be way too high — and the attempt would fail. Moreover, the risk of violence perpetrated by our guardians would not be eliminated but augmented.
~ Sheldon Richman
If a woman were about to proceed to her execution, she would demand a little time to perfect her toilet.
~ Nicolas Chamfort
I've seen time and time again the way that the process of trying to say something dignifies and improves a person.
~ George Saunders
Mrs LINDE: When you've sold yourself once for the sake of others, you don't do it second time.
~ Henrik Ibsen
I have pretty thick skin. I've been in the arena a long time, and that means that I am not going to get down with [Donald Trump] and go insult for insult.
~ Hillary Clinton
Loyalty in time of need is possibly one of the noblest of victories a courtier can win over himself.
~ Honore de Balzac
he might have one bite left.
~ Never tease an old dog
Today it is time for every child to have a right to life, right to freedom, right to health, right to education, safety, the right to dignity, right to equality, and right to peace.
~ Kailash Satyarthi
As time goes by and you're getting older and stuff like that - getting older sucks. You know, I hear all this crap about, 'Oh, you can age with dignity.' Really?
~ Mickey Rourke
Judges don't age time decorates them.
~ Enid Bagnold
There is a core independence and dignity you get when you control your own time.
~ Travis Kalanick
My mom has always just been one of those people who handle adversity and challenges, and really everything, with so much grace and elegance. I saw it all the time.
~ Jillian Hervey
From the depth of need and despair, people can work together, can organize themselves to solve their own problems and fill their own needs with dignity and strength.
~ Cesar Chavez
Regardless of the name a person uses for the Infinite Force that holds us together, it is the source of our miraculous, unpredictable creativity and our dignity.
~ Ashok Gangadean
Love and dignity do not dwell together.
~ Ovid
Love him she might, but she was not foolish or degraded enough to want to resume a relationship in which she had been treated with such contempt.
~ Mary Balogh