Quotes About Dignity

The Founders believed liberty came directly from God. With their knowledge of Scripture, they knew each child was made in the image of God. That is why everyone had dignity, value and worth.

Maybe the Snowy Heron is going to come off pretty badly when the planes come together. Maybe. But he's still proud and beautiful. His head is high, and he's got this sharp beak that's facing out to the world. He's okay for now.

The word euthanasia literally means "good death.

We can no more justify using nonhumans as human resources than we can justify human slavery. Animal use and slavery have at least one important point in common: both institutions treat sentient beings exclusively as resources of others. That cannot be justified with respect to humans; it cannot be justified with respect to nonhumans—however "humanely" we treat them.

Whatever characteristic we identify as possessed only by humans will not be possessed by all humans. Some humans will have the exact same deficiency that we attribute to animals, and although we may not allow such humans to drive cars or attend universities, most of us would shut out the prospect of enslaving such humans, using them as unconsenting subjects in biomedical research, or otherwise using them exclusively as a means to an ends.

The ability to communicate may be relevant to whether we make you the host of a talk show, or give you a job teaching in a university, but it is not relevant to whether we should kill you and remove your organs for transplant into another human, or whether we should enslave you so that you may labor for those without your particular disability.

el honor no es pasivo sino activo. Honramos a nuestras esposas demostrándole nuestra estima y respeto: halagándola en público; ratificando sus dones, habilidades y logros y declarando nuestro aprecio por todo lo que hacen. El honor que no se expresa no es honor».

Giving respect is an obligation, not a favor; it is an act of maturity, birthed in a profound understanding of God's good grace.

Aim to always be humble. Never boast about your achievements. It's so much more appealing to others when they find out that you have achieved something incredible without you telling them about it first!

We only live once, but once is enough if we do it right. Live your life with class, dignity, and style so that an exclamation, rather than a question mark signifies it!

When we honor someone we give that person a highly respected position in our lives. Honor goes hand in glove with love, a verb whose very definition is doing worthwhile things for someone who is valuable to us.

Never complain, never explain. Resist the temptation to defend yourself or make excuses.

She laughed and said not to confuse pride with nobleness.

Don't condescend to unskilled labor. Try it for half a day first.

But that was not the Royal Way; the King's servants didn't have to stoop.

As if true pride Were not also humble!

No sex, age, or condition is above or below the absolute necessity of modesty but without it one vastly beneath the rank of man.

Sometimes," Trumbo said to me once, "I think what a terrible state we're in when a man can be considered honorable simply because he isn't a shit.

Knowledge earns you power, character earns you respect.

The good man wins a victory and then stops; he will not go on to acts of violent winning, he boasteth not, he will not triumph, he shows no arrogance. He wins because he cannot choose. After his victory he will not be overbearing.

Knowledge can get you power. But character can get you respect.

Knowledge will give you power, but character respect

our work - is to do the part assigned to us in order to inherit the glory and honor and dignity of which I speak.

Privacy is an inherent human right, and a requirement for maintaining the human condition with dignity and respect. It is about choice, and having the power to control how you present yourself to the world.