Quotes about Dignity

Respect is essentially a yes to others, not to their demands, but rather to their basic humanity. In this sense, respect is indivisible. When we give respect to others, we are honoring the very same humanity that exists in us. When we acknowledge the dignity of others, we are acknowledging our own dignity. We cannot truly respect others without respecting ourselves at the same time.

Spare the conquered and confront the proud.

We seek no treasure, we seek no territorial gains, we seek only the right of man to be free; we seek his rights to worship his god, to lead his life in his own way, secure from persecution. As the humble labourer returned from his work when the day is don, and sees the smoke curling upwards from his cottage home in the serene evening sky, we wish him to know that no rat-a-tat of the secret police upon his door will disturb his leisure or interrupt his rest.

Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.

honor begins in the heart and works its way out until it is expressed through our actions.

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.

The greatness of work is inside man.

Work and family are at the center of our lives, the foundation of our dignity as a free people.

Work, which makes a man free, and thought, which makes him worthy of freedom.

No work is insignificant. All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.

Ladies, you do not have to submit yourself to any man abusing you.

A creditor is worse than a slave-owner; for the master owns only your person, but a creditor owns your dignity, and can command it.