Quotes about Dignity

I don't take roles I can't respect. If I can't find a reason to be respectful of the character, I won't do it because I couldn't do it justice.

I was always myself and was respectful to anybody I was around in this business.

I try to be respectful.

Respect is not a feeling. It is how we treat another person.

Regardless of how we might feel about another human being, they are made in God's image and of infinite value and worth.

A man who lives right, and is right, has more power in his silence than another has by his words.

I don't eat with beautiful women alone.

We would communicate a far more compassionate message to those who are terminally ill and dying—and to be honest, even to those for whom dying is a long way off—if we focused our energies on helping people die right. To die right. That's what it's all about. Unfortunately, euthanasia has become a popular topic because people are led to believe that death by suicide or homicide is more dignified than dying naturally.

Self-respect is the root of discipline: The sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.

A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children. But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.

When God says to me, "obey," then I humbly bow my head, without compromising in the least my personal dignity, as a man.

I feel just like the boy who stubbed his toe—too damned badly hurt to laugh and too damned proud to cry!