Quotes About Dignity

Staring prejudice in the face imposes a cruel discipline: to structure your anger, to achieve a certain dignity, an angry dignity.

The struggle for human rights is at its core a struggle for human dignity.

People who are living in economic struggle are more than their circumstances. They're majestic and creative and beautiful.

It was natural to see the struggle for dignity for black people in America as a sister struggle of the Jewish struggle. So growing up, it was always a part of my breakfast cereal to think of myself as someone who was part of a larger struggle.

I've struggled to get respect and dignity for my profession, and I do it in the way I lead my life as a fighter and as a human being.

For those who support same-sex marriage - and I support it without reservation - the ideal of equality and the belief in the dignity of same-sex relationships necessarily makes the issue seem a great deal like the civil-rights struggles of the past.

I think one of the main reasons I write is to do better than ranting. The ranting is the opinion, and the writing is not the opinion. I always say that people's opinions are the worst things about them. The words demand a dignity.

I don't want my fans to shout any insults at my opponent.

It's always important to respect your opponent.

I never talk about my opponent because I don't think it's my right to judge.

Pay respect to your opponent.

You have to respect your opponent.

I never say bad things about my opponent.

Even if you win, or you lose, you have to respect your opponent.

I'm not an 'opponent.' I don't believe I should be treated as an opponent.

I'm not going to bag on people and make funny jokes about my opponent. I just respect every opponent I go in against.

We will respect all our opponents, as we always do.

I respect all my opponents.

We respect all our opponents.

We have to be humble and respect our opponents who are stronger than us.

When have I ever bad-mouthed any of my opponents? I never have. That's not my style.

Oppression is more easily endured than insult.

Since I'm essentially optimistic, I can't imagine a world in which man is totally decimated or degraded.

In order to be respected, authority has got to be respectable.