Dignity Quotes And Sayings

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“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.”
– Michelle Obama 

“To revolt is a natural tendency of life. Even a worm turns against the foot that crushes it. In general, the vitality and relative dignity of an animal can be measured by the intensity of its instinct to revolt.”
– Mikhail Bakunin

“Freedom, morality, and the human dignity of the individual consists precisely in this; that he does good not because he is forced to do so, but because he freely conceives it, wants it, and loves it.”
– Mikhail Bakunin 

“All great enterprises have a pearl of faith at their core, and this must be ours: that Americans are still a people born to liberty. That they retain the capacity for self-government. That, addressed as free-born, autonomous men and women of God-given dignity, they will rise yet again to drive back a mortal enemy.”
– Mitch Daniels 

“The American culture promotes personal responsibility, the dignity of work, the value of education, the merit of service, devotion to a purpose greater than self, and at the foundation, the pre-eminence of family.”
– Mitt Romney 

“The Cuban people still live in constant fear of a brutal totalitarian regime that has demonstrated time and again its utter disregard for basic human dignity. The fight for a free Cuba has gone on for far too long.”
– Mitt Romney 

“A celebrated people lose dignity upon a closer view.”
– Napoleon Bonaparte 

“Any man or institution that tries to rob me of my dignity will lose.”
– Nelson Mandela 

“Let’s drink to the spirit of gallantry and courage that made a strange Heaven out of unbelievable Hell, and let’s drink to the hope that one day this country of ours, which we love so much, will find dignity and greatness and peace again.”
– Noel Coward 

“People have the right to call themselves whatever they like. That doesn’t bother me. It’s other people doing the calling that bothers me.” 
– Octavia E. Butler

“For us democracy is a question of human dignity. And human dignity is political freedom.”
– Olof Palme 

“Why do the people humiliate themselves by voting? I didn’t vote because I have dignity. If I had closed my nose and voted for one of them, I would spit on my own face.”
– Oriana Fallaci 

“I will remember this, thought Ender, when I am defeated. To keep dignity, and give honor where it’s due, so that defeat is not disgrace. And I hope I don’t have to do it often.” 
– Orson Scott Card, Ender’s Game

“Love and dignity cannot share the same abode.”
– Ovid 

“When boasting ends, there dignity begins.”
– Owen D. Young 

“A free economy and strong communities honor the dignity of every person, rewarding effort with justice, promoting upward mobility, and building solidarity among citizens.”
– Paul Ryan 

“I emphasize self-esteem, self-confidence, and dignity, not as an ideal, but as a real test of community organization. Without leadership development, community organizations do not have staying power.”
– Paul Wellstone 

“What people regard as vanity—leaving great works, having children, acting in such a way as to prevent one’s name from being forgotten—I regard as the highest expression of human dignity.” 
– Paulo Coelho, The Pilgrimage

“I want to age with some dignity.”
– Pete Townshend 

“The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one’s word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a proof of the priest’s inner maturity; it is the expression of his personal dignity.”
– Pope John Paul II

“I think we need to treat everybody with dignity.”
– Rand Paul 

“Scrubbing floors and emptying bedpans has as much dignity as the Presidency.”
– Richard M. Nixon 

“Every life deserves a certain amount of dignity, no matter how poor or damaged the shell that carries it.” 
– Rick Bragg, All Over But the Shoutin’

“I’m worried about that man or woman sitting around – the coffee table tonight or in their kitchen talking about how are we going to get to work. How are we going to have the dignity to take care of our family.”
– Rick Perry 

“Our moral, religious, and political traditions are united in their respect for the dignity of human life.”
– Robert Casey 

“Joy, rather than happiness, is the goal of life, for joy is the emotion which accompanies our fulfilling our natures as human beings. It is based on the experience of one’s identity as a being of worth and dignity.”
– Rollo May 

“Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man’s superiority to all that befalls him.”
– Romain Gary 

“The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within – strength, courage, dignity.”
– Ruby Dee 

“There’s nothing that can match Broadway for stature and dignity.”
– Sammy Davis, Jr. 

“Maturity is the ability to think, speak and act your feelings within the bounds of dignity. The measure of your maturity is how spiritual you become during the midst of your frustrations.”
– Samuel Ullman 

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