Quotes about Dignity

Being humble matters.

The Lord only knows how many times I let my children go hungry rather than take secretly the bread I liked not to ask for.

What are others worth that they have the nerve to sneer at any human being?

Our choices matter. Much hangs in the balance. Our freedom is God's risk and our dignity.

What makes a human being human? When does a human being become a person? When does a human being cease to be a person? What is the significance of being human? Is there an inherent value with inherent rights that go along with being human? These

Salary matters shouldn't be told to everyone. It's a matter of respect for my teammates.

Do not call any work menial until you have watched a proud person do it.

In order to preserve your self-respect, it is sometimes necessary to lie and cheat.

Oh, it makes SUCH a difference. It LOOKS so much nicer. When you hear a name pronounced can't you always see it in your mind, just as if it was printed out? I can; and A-n-n looks dreadful, but A-n-n-e looks so much more distinguished. If you'll only call me Anne spelled with an E I shall try to reconcile myself to not being called Cordelia.

never write a line you'd be ashamed to read at your own funeral.

Cissy Gay is dying,' she said, 'and it's a shame and disgrace that she is dying in a Christian community with no one to do anything for her. Whatever she's been or done, she's a human being.

Living so that you beautify your name, even if it wasn't beautiful to begin with … making it stand in people's thoughts for something so lovely and pleasant that they never think of it by itself.