Quotes About Dignity

I want to be indifferent to vengeance. It's degrading. Not having a spirit of vengeance protects me, internally.

Marginalized Americans should not be defined by the verbal and physical violence that looms over our heads. We have a right to exist, to live as we choose and to be free to pursue our happiness without the fear of others demonizing us or harming us just because of who we are.

In the second place, this is the only theory that endows man with any dignity, and the only one that does not turn him into an object.

If God goes in search of man, created in His own image and likeness, He does so because He loves him eternally in the Word, and wishes to raise him in Christ to the dignity of an adoptive son. God therefore goes in search of man who is His special possession in a way unlike any other creature. Man is God's possession by virtue of a choice made in love: God seeks man out, moved by His fatherly heart. – Blessed John Paul II

the idea of sex is no idea at all. Imagine doing those things—How can you? Where's your sense of dignity?

Is that really a good idea?" I asked. He tilted his head at Vince's conga line, which was collapsing in a heap of spastic hilarity. "Is that?" he said. And of course he had a point, although in terms of sheer lethal pain and terror a conga line on the floor couldn't really compete with Dr. Danco. Still, I suppose one has to consider human dignity, if it truly exists somewhere.

I come from parents who are big on respect and also who are big on treating everyone with love. No race, no religion, no culture—none of that matters. You're a person: you deserve respect. I was in a position to make people feel good and welcome and loved. Why wouldn't I act on that?

Katrs var k??t par labu uzvar?t?ju. Par cilv?ka dižumu liecina tas, k? vi?š prot pie?emt zaud?jumu.

He that filches from me my good name, robs me of that which not enriches him, and makes me poor indeed.

No American must be allowed to die because he cannot afford to live.

Lincoln turned away from her husband with a look of offended dignity, but before

I want to live in a world where people are judged by who they are instead of what size they wear.

My parents aren't cruel to them. They pay them well. It's more that they treat them like they're pets.

aliment of philosophic pride: the hope of honour and reputation at the

Being poor is a mere trifle. It is being known to be poor that is the sting.

I do like cats. They are so unconsciously amusing. There is such a comic dignity about them, such a How dare you! Go away, don't touch me sort of air.

No, there is nothing at all funny in poverty—to the poor. It is hell upon earth to a sensitive man; and many a brave gentleman who would have faced the labors of Hercules has had his heart broken by its petty miseries.

You don't get to pick which parts of me you find acceptable and throw away what you don't.

You may sell your work, but not your soul.

You have a right to be treated professionally at work, and it's your supervisor's job to make sure all their employees can perform their duties comfortably and safely.

I believe that dignified work is a value in itself.

We learned about dignity and decency - that how hard you work matters more than how much you make... that helping others means more than just getting ahead yourself.

I understand that people might be poor if they don't have any work, but I don't accept that someone is poor if they've worked really hard.

I can spare a dime, brother, but in these morally inflationary times, a dime goes a lot farther if it's demanding work rather than adding to the indignity of relief.