Quotes About Dignity

To affirm that men and women are persons and as persons should be free, and yet to do nothing tangible to make this affirmation a reality, is a farce.

Don't touch me without my permission. Mr. Little Boy

For no life disgraced is life.—

Al Rey la hacienda y la vida Se ha de dar; pero el honor Es patrimonio del alma Y el alma sólo es de Dios.

Clutching the tablecloth tightly under her arm, the Queen felt for the second time that day a wave of dignity that made her lift her head and see everything at the same height as her batlike eyes. And this is why You saw me so calmly, Walking serenely Under the more than blue sky.

I'm open to play for anybody that would give me respect, treat me the right way, and actually going to make me feel comfortable.

In your life, I hope you will never oppress the Weak, that you will oppose Human Bondage in all its guises, that you will bend your Knee to no man.

I want to age with some dignity.

Great leaders not only treat people with respect and dignity, they hold others accountable for doing the same.

Make no mistake about this: destroy the liberty of the least among us and you destroy the principle that guarantees liberty to all.

There was being a whore, and then there was just plain debasing yourself—but it had paid off.

When you are in the company of people who look down upon themselves as though they were animals, you too become like an animal. Or worse, because animals do not despise themselves.

there was nothing really more important other than treating animals and people with decency and respect—

Then Shem and Japheth took a garment and placed it across their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their fatherís nakedness. Their faces were turned away so that they did not see their fatherís nakedness.

But they replied, “Should he have treated our sister like a prostitute?”

Then he washed his face and came back out. Regaining his composure, he said, “Serve the meal.”

And if he knocks out the tooth of his manservant or maidservant, he must let the servant go free as compensation for the tooth.

You must not mistreat any widow or orphan.

You are to rise in the presence of the elderly, honor the aged, and fear your God. I am the LORD.

When a foreigner resides with you in your land, you must not oppress him.

Now if your countryman becomes destitute and cannot support himself among you, then you are to help him as you would a foreigner or stranger, so that he can continue to live among you.

If a countryman among you becomes destitute and sells himself to you, then you must not force him into slave labor.

Because the Israelites are My servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt, they are not to be sold as slaves.

He shall be treated like a man hired from year to year, but a foreign owner must not rule over him harshly in your sight.