Dignity Quotes · Page 27

Only yield when you must, never "give up the ship," but fight on to the last "with a stiff upper lip!

— Phoebe Cary

“Once you embrace your value, talents and strengths, it neutralizes when others think less of you.”

— Rob Liano

Human rights rest on human dignity. The dignity of man is an ideal worth fighting for and worth dying for.

— Robert C. Maynard

As long as you are still fighting in defense of your dignity and for your occupied land, all is well.

— George Habash

My life has been devoted to the upliftment of the Filipino by reestablishing his identity and dignity.

— Ferdinand Marcos

When we achieve human rights and human dignity for all people - they will build a peaceful, sustainable, and just world.

— Antonio Guterres

I too shall lie in the dust when I am dead, but now let me win noble renown.

— Homer

I believe work is good. There is dignity in work. I also believe that a hard-work ethic forges strong leaders.

— Mike Krzyzewski

We Catholics have been in the forefront in defending the dignity of the human person. Clericalism is a direct violation of human…

— Blase J. Cupich

That’s a pretty lame superhero name,” I told him. “Scooby-Doo is already taken,” he said with dignity. “Anything else sounds lame in…

— Patricia Briggs

The supreme belief of our society is the dignity and freedom of the individual. To the respect of that dignity, to the…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

I know my destiny is moksh or liberation. I will not die for money or success. I am satisfied living the life…

— Sonu Nigam

What people regard as vanity—leaving great works, having children, acting in such a way as to prevent one's name from being forgotten—I…

— Paulo Coelho

Without question, purity is beautiful. We're not talking about repression or prudishness, but about having a confident and serene sense of your…

— Jason Evert

I find men's clothing fascinating because sometime between, say, 1930 and 1936 a handful of basic shapes were created and still prevail…

— Yves Saint Laurent

There is a concept which corrupts and upsets all others. I refer not to Evil, whose limited realm is that of ethics;…

— Jorge Luis Borges

There are credentials for admission to our democratic society [...]. You have to be educated in order to be a participant in…

— Richard Rorty

I think I could be a perfectly decent cat. I've been around cats long enough to know what the rules of being…

— Neil Gaiman

Take the life issue. This issue requires a president and an administration leading our nation to understand the importance of life. This…

— George W. Bush

Real education enhances the dignity of a human being and increases his or her self-respect. If only the real sense of education…

— A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

By default, we have created a "system" of nursing-home care for the aged in which middle-class people pay exorbitant rates to for-profit…

— Robert Kuttner

Poverty arises and persists where corruption is endemic and enterprise is stifled, where basic fairness provided by the rule of law is…

— Colin Powell

It should be pointed out for our own guidance in the West that the continual signing of manifestoes and protests is one…

— Albert Camus

You should be able to afford health care for your family. You should be able to retire with dignity and respect. And…

— Cory Booker

Why God has instituted Prayer:— To communicate to his creatures the dignity of causation.

— Blaise Pascal

Chan Ho had a great career and was the exemplification of class, dignity and character.

— Tommy Lasorda

There is dignity in being a celebrity. Let us not lose that dignity.

— Sanjay Leela Bhansali

If you want to dig, if you want to pry, do it on your time, but I'm going to be a woman…

— Sandra Bernhard

It did not last: the devil howling "Ho! Let Einstein be!" restored the status quo.

— J. C. Squire

The reward for doing right is mostly an internal phenomenon: self-respect, dignity, integrity, and self-esteem.

— Laura Schlessinger

“If you want to keep your dignity intact, stay away from tequila.”

— Alida Nugent

I did a little bit to raise the dignity and recognition of the greatness of African-American music.

— Ahmet Ertegun

“What is love, if not the abandonment of all sanity, all dignity?”

— Coco J. Ginger

Freedom ultimately is dignity. And dignity, not income, is the opposite of poverty.

— Jacqueline Novogratz

I've always kept my dignity, my morals and my perspective because God always had my back.

— Keyshia Cole

“A country overwhelmed by evil has more dignity than one tripped up by fools.”

— Ian Parker

Courage is not the absence of fear but the ability to carry on with dignity in spite of it.

— Scott Turow

People need to have 'the dignity of risk' and 'the right to fail'.

— Anonymous

You should never sacrifice three things in life your family, your heart, your dignity.

— Anonymous

There are two great gifts which God, in his love for man, has granted from on high: the priesthood and the imperial…

— Justinian I