Quotes about Dignity

Ah, if only one had work of one's own, proper work, decent work—not forced upon one by the griping of one's belly!

It is people who are important, not the masses.

I felt that the Church was the Church of the poor,... but at the same time, I felt that it did not set its face against a social order which made so much charity in the present sense of the word necessary. I felt that charity was a word to choke over. Who wanted charity? And it was not just human pride but a strong sense of man's dignity and worth, and what was due to him in justice, that made me resent, rather than feel pround of so mighty a sum total of Catholic institutions.

There are two things you should know about the poor: they tend to smell, and they are ungrateful.

We should strive to treat each other with common Human Decency

A person's a person, no matter how small! And you very small persons will NOT have to die If you make yourselves heard! So come on, now, and TRY!

I try to spend a little bit of time on my knees every day, but it all begins for me with cherishing the dignity, the worth, the value of every human life.

There is purpose and worth to each and every life.

Sweetest Lord, make me appreciative of the dignity of my high vocation, and its many responsibilities. Never permit me to disgrace it by giving way to coldness, unkindness, or impatience.

Self-respect is the fruit of discipline.

The depth of a person's character is not measured by his or her physical strength, but by the depth of his or her nobility.

The right to life does not depend, and must not be declared to be contingent, on the pleasure of anyone else, not even a parent or sovereign.