Quotes About Dignity

Our work for human dignity is often lonely, and almost always an uphill climb. At times, our efforts are misunderstood, and we are mistaken for the enemy. There has been a clear erosion of respect for U.N. blue and our impartiality.

I look forward to working with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to restore dignity and humanity to our immigration policies and to respectfully uphold America's legacy as a nation of immigrants.

What's important to me now is to uphold my good name and achieve a fair court decision - the past cannot be recovered anyway.

The roles that I get offered are very good and of serious women who are morally upright, righteous and honest.

Well, I think having your kids see you role model behavior of dignity when it's hard, when you're upset, when you want to confront somebody but you don't want to and you're nervous about it, when you are having moments where abuse of power is coming on to you. I think it's really important for kids to see how you handle that.

If somebody, without knowing me, comes up to me and wants to upset or belittle me, I think that reflects badly on them, not me... if you're ever unsure of what to call me or someone like me, my name always does well.

There is no upside to making a disparaging remark about a colleague. If your remark is accurate, everybody already knows it, so there's no need to point it out. If your remark is inaccurate, you're the one who ends up looking like a jerk.

All ambitions are lawful except those that climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind.

The key to empowerment is no more complicated than what Jesse Jackson said, 'We are somebody.' But the 'We are somebody' I would like to be in the larger sense: not just the urban African-American but homo sapiens in general - We are somebody.

A prostitute is a decent worker like the rest of us, only she can't fake what she is doing.

Nature says to a woman: 'Be beautiful if you can wise if you want to but be respected that is essential.'

A modest woman dressed out in all her finery is the most tremendous object of the whole creation.

Grace was in all her steps heaven in her eye In every gesture dignity and love.

It makes a big difference when men respect women. There are a lot of men who don't, so that's the main quality that would make a good man a great man.

I treat all women with the utmost respect both professionally and personally and would never do anything to disrespect them.

Wrestling is a fraternity, and the boys will work their butts off for you as long as you respect them and don't lie. You can't anyone walk all over you or everybody will walk all over you.

There is no work, however vile or sordid, that does not glisten before God.

Hey, hey, the working man, the working man like me. I ain't never been on welfare, that's one place I won't be.

We must never undervalue any person. The workman loves not that his work should be despised in his presence. Now God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.

No work is insignificant. All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity

Labor wants pride and joy in doing good work, a sense of making or doing something beautiful or useful - to be treated with dignity and respect as brother and sister.

Handouts are not going to end global poverty, but work - real work - just might.

Just as there are no little people or unimportant lives, there is no insignificant work.

It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.