Quotes About Dignity

If we despond, public confidence is destroyed, the people will no longer yield their support to a hopeless contest, and American liberty is no more. Through the darkness which shrouds our prospects, the ark of safety is visible. Despondency becomes not the dignity of our cause, nor the character of those who are its supporters.

I think the world consists of yin and yang. There should be a balance, and it's important to coexist peacefully, with respect and dignity, and whenever those lines are crossed I think it's important for people to speak up for what they believe in.

The black man has become a shell, a shadow of man, completely defeated, drowning in his own misery, a slave, an ox bearing the yoke of oppression with sheepish timidity.

It is imperative that we set the national example and make it clear that companies seeking to do business in New York City cannot be allowed to treat their workers like second-class citizens.

If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.

Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell people you are, you aren't.

When I was young and getting bullied at school and really not feeling like I would amount to much and staying isolated, my mom used to say to me a lot about how you treat people and always having dignity and respect.

My mother always said to carry yourself with dignity and pride, and I just think Audrey Hepburn totally epitomizes that, you know? From such a young age, she was dancing ballet. There was a lot going on in her life... that was during the time of the Nazis.

The Queen is not supposed to have a favourite or prefer anything. From a very young age, they are taught that if you fall down, you don't make a face; you keep your emotions under control, and you don't let other people know what you're feeling. That's a very different kind of way of thinking from how I was brought up.

Labour parades compassion for the poor, but it practised casual cruelty by consigning millions to benefits. Yet there's nothing compassionate about being trapped on benefits, being robbed of the dignity of work, and shut out from the choices that brings.

I'm not one to trash talk my opponents. If the talk is on, then let's go, I'll say the truth - nothing more or less. But it doesn't affect me in my competition.

I always tell people, 'I have more respect for somebody with no money and class than somebody who is trash and makes $1 billion.'

I'm blue collar, which means white trash with a job. But it also means people who take pride in what they do.

Let's be clear about what an oik is, it is somebody from humble circumstance who behaves like trash. I am friends with many people from humble circumstances.

You can't always expect us to trash our opponents.

A girl's girl doesn't trash another girl's career.

I don't think you should go around talking trash about people because I think that's how you get your hat handed to you.

I'm not a trash talker. I respect my opponents.

It's not my style to talk trash to my opponents.

Honestly, I don't like trash talk, because we gonna fight anyways, right? We don't need to trash talk.

I think everyone knows that I keep myself to myself and I don't get involved in trash talk or anything else.

I never liked to say any trash talk about anyone, and I never go low on that level.

I haven't done no trash talking. And, I don't do trash talking.

Wrestling background, you never talk trash.