Quotes about Dignity
Be as polite to the custodian as you are to the chairman of the board.
- H Jackson Brown, Jr.
Even the poorest in Israel are looked upon as freemen who have lost their possessions, for they are the sons of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
- Akiva ben Joseph
A man's worth isn't measured by a bank register or diploma... It's about integrity
- Richard Paul Evans
People wrote these stories down because they found in them something that helped restore their dignity; the stories gave them a sense of identity; they helped give voice to their pain.
- Rob Bell
No memory of having starred Atones for later disregard Or keeps the end from being hard. Better to go down dignified With boughten friendship at your side Than none at all. Provide, provide!
- Robert Frost
True peace must be anchored in justice and an unwavering commitment to universal rights for all humans, regardless of ethnicity, religion, gender, national origin or any other identity attribute.
- Desmond Tutu
Better have men reproach you for being good, than have God damn you for being wicked. Be not laughed out of your religion. If a lame man laugh at you for walking upright, will you therefore limp?
- Thomas Watson
Religion, by teaching man his relationship to God, gives the individual a sense of his own dignity and teaches him to respect himself by respecting his neighbors.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
To be true to one's own freedom is, in essence, to honor and respect the freedom of all others.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
Deal with yourself as a individual, worthy of respect and make everyone else deal with you the same way.
- Nikki Giovanni
Don't beg anybody for anything, especially love.
- Toni Morrison
Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right.
- John Milton