Quotes About Dignity

We owe it to our children to give them a dignified and hopeful future.

There is reverence that we owe to everything in human shape.

I owe it to myself to not sell myself short by taking a pay cut just to go to another organization.

I nrver make the front pages or the gossip columns.

Thresholds of pain, indignity and incapacity are entirely personal.

To our Palestinian neighbours, I assure you that we have a genuine intention to respect your right to live independently and in dignity. I have already said that Israel has no desire to continue to govern over you and control your fate.

Palestinians have balked every time their longed-for nationhood has come within grasp. They have seemed to prefer the aggrieved dignity of their resentments to the challenges of nationhood.

I was not going to attack Palin just for being a woman appealing for support from other women.

I've never bribed my way into a restaurant. I've never slipped a C-note or greased a palm. In truth, I've never even considered it. I've assumed, of course, that people do such things.

I had a respected SF writer call me 'girlie' and demand that I get him a coffee, before the panel we were on together.

Personality-wise, I like to avoid putting my pride on parade.

I won't be in gay parades - I don't think they need them. I believe in class - I believe that people should have a bit of class about them.

I'm never going to beg for pardon for exercising fundamental rights.

I think being a mother helps keep your feet on the ground. There's very little dignity in parenthood. It's a great leveller.

None of us want to live in a society where people are forced to sleep in shop doorways, on park benches or in dangerous, run-down buildings.

People with Parkinson's are not some weird people on the edge of human experience.

It is important that the decorum and dignity of the House is upheld at all times. The image of Parliament in the public mind should be one where proceedings, debates and discussions take place with a view to resolve issues through a constructive and co-operative approach.

Parliament is supposed to be serious. It's not a place for jingoistic cheering.

We need to move towards a truly just and equitable society by... making sure that every Canadian - whether they're living in long-term care or they're working part-time or they're students or they're Black or they're Indigenous - whatever their circumstances, can live in dignity and security.

Not all lies are harmful. Sometimes we're willing participants in deception for the sake of social dignity, maybe to keep a secret that should be kept secret, secret. We say, 'Nice song.' 'Honey, you don't look fat in that, no.'

I didn't particularly like being objectified.

Never fight with or disrespect your partner in front of other people.

Some people have so much respect for their superiors they have none left for themselves.

Respect is not a feeling. It is how we treat another person.