Dignity Quotes

“When the prison gates slam behind an inmate, he does not lose his human quality; his mind does not become closed to ideas; his yearning for self-respect does not end.”

“My father had a flat rule. He believed that every man's house was his castle: no man could come in his house without his permission.”

“Guarding your heart and protecting your dignity are a little bit more important than clarifying the emotions of someone who's only texting you back three words.”

“There is not a woman born who desires to eat the bread of dependence.”

“I'm tired of being treated like a second-class citizen.”

“I did not get on the bus to get arrested. I got on the bus to go home.”

“I have been refused entrance on the buses because I would not pay my fare at the front and go around to the rear door to enter.”

“Whites would accuse you of causing trouble when all you were doing was acting like a normal human being instead of cringing.”

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

“Any man or institution that tries to rob me of my dignity will lose.”

“Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all.”

“All labour that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.”

“Self-respect knows no considerations.”

“If you want to be respected by others, the great thing is to respect yourself.”

“Dignity does not consist in possessing honours, but in deserving them.”

“The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.”

“I would permit no man, no matter what his colour might be, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.”

"You matter because you are you, and you matter to the end of your life."

Cicely Saunders

"We will do all we can not only to help you die peacefully, but also to live until you die."

Cicely Saunders

"A man's a man for a' that."

Robert Burns

"In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute."

"No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem."

"Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him."

Romain Gary

“All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.”

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”