Quotes About Dignity

No human pursuit achieves dignity until it can be called work, and when you can experience a physical loneliness for the tools of your trade

What came from him, if emanate is not the better word, was a force that bore inspiration, spread confidence in the dignity of life, and even gave sometimes a presence to silence.

Sacrifice is a necessary response to evil. You can only shame evil by showing them honor.

Beloved, we are safe with God—free to believe He is who He says He is and can do what He says He can. Neither His dignity nor ours is at stake. We are safe with Him because we are His priority.

Do not let the oppressed turn away in shame; let the poor and needy praise Your name. Psalm 74:21

I would not do anything to besmirch my reputation any further than it has already been.

I have enjoyed an impeccable reputation and have always maintained professionalism.

For a long time trans people have always been a joke. Our reputation has always been the bottom of the barrel and it's not fair.

I never thought I'd have to be fighting for my reputation and the poor horse's reputation.

I have never lied on anyone to disrepute or sully their reputation for the sake of revenge.

Work requirements offer opportunities to lifting individuals out of poverty, empower them with the dignity of work and self-reliability while also allowing states to control the costs of their Medicaid programs. They also assist people to gain the skills necessary for long-term independence and success.

I hate it. I resent it. I refuse to tell anybody that I am a Medal of Honor recipient. I hate it.

Human material seems to have one major defect: it does not like to be considered merely as human material. It finds it hard to endure the feeling that it must resign itself to passive acceptance of changes introduced from above.

Before the word 'resignation' became a euphemism for being fired, it connoted a sense of public integrity and personal honor.

I did not resign from politics because of Bofors. I resigned because I do not know how to play petty politics. I did not know back then and I don't know now either.

My first job, which I had to take when not more than fifteen, was assistant to a fruit peddler. It seemed all right to me until a little girl told me snootily, 'We never deal with peddler!' Thereupon I resigned, ashamed of what I was doing.

If you have nothing to say for yourself then kindly keep your mouth shut!

When someone says, 'Shut up, farmer,' it hurts. It's difficult to explain, but it hurts.

No, I'm not going to shut up and dribble. I don't care if you take my contract, I don't care if you say that I'm this or that, I'm human. I have a heart. I have a pulse. I have emotions. I'm a man. I have kids. I'm a father. I have a wife. I have friends. I have loved ones.

I feel sick if I have to do something for the money. I can't breathe. I'm not proud of myself.

I kept my head; I mean, I've never been one of those people who ended up in the gutter with sick in my hair.

There is a fun, flippant side to me, of course. But I would much rather be known as the Ice Queen.

The flip side of humiliation is pride.

Never lower your sight - always look at people at eye-level.