Dignity Quotes

"It pains me physically to see a woman victimized, rendered pathetic, by fashion."

"We do not celebrate the death of our enemies."

"There is nothing wrong in losing with dignity, it is a part of the game."

"By a lie, a man throws away and, as it were, annihilates his dignity as a man."

Immanuel Kant

"The best revenge is not to be like your enemy."

"Peace, to have meaning for many who have known only suffering in both peace and war, must be translated into bread or rice, shelter, health and education, as well as freedom and human dignity."

Ralph Bunche

"Guard your dignity, Rahim, for without it nothing remains; once it is lost, neither pearl, nor man, nor flour can be restored."

Rahim

"The only tired I was, was tired of giving in."

"Lack of good fortune is no disgrace; the disgrace is to lack knowledge and effort."

Thiruvalluvar

"Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye."

"I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it."

"I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me. All I ask is that you respect me as a human being."

Jackie Robinson

"Each of us is more than the worst thing we've ever done."

Bryan Stevenson

"To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity."

"I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being."

Jackie Robinson

"Old age is not a disease – it is strength and survivorship, triumph over all kinds of vicissitudes and disappointments, trials and illnesses."

Maggie Kuhn

"Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them."

"Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man whom you may have seen, and ask yourself if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him."

"Self-respect is the noblest garment with which a man may clothe himself."

Samuel Smiles

"Dignity is as essential to human life as water, food, and oxygen."

Laura Hillenbrand

"Act in such a way that you treat humanity, whether in your own person or in that of another, always as an end and never merely as a means."

Immanuel Kant

"Each person possesses an inviolability founded on justice that even the welfare of society as a whole cannot override."

John Rawls

"A person's a person, no matter how small."

Dr. Seuss

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

Herbert Hoover

“A life of dignity should not be reserved for a fortunate few.”