Dignity Quotes

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Let us have the courage to defy the consensus, the courage to stand for principle. Courage, not compromise, brings the smile of Godâ€™s approval. Courage… — Thomas S. Monson
Death is not a curse to be outwitted no matter the cost. Death is the natural pivot on which life turns, without which life as… — Forrest Church
The question isn't whether you have a good master or a bad master. It's to be your own master. That is the dignity of humanity. — Alan Keyes
If we did not bring to the examinations of our instincts a knowledge of their comparative dignity we could never learn it from them. — C.S. Lewis
On my recent trip to Israel, I had the opportunity to visit Yad Vashem, Israel's national Holocaust memorial, and reaffirm our collective responsibility to confront… — Barack Obama
The Torah is the foundational text for Jewish law, but the Haggadah is our book of living memory. We are not merely telling a story… — Jonathan Safran Foer
I believe all Americans are born with certain inalienable rights. As a child of God, I believe my rights are not derived from the constitution.… — Joe Biden
No one can dub you with dignity. That's yours to claim. — Odetta
The Catholic Church has a dignity far surpassing that of every merely human society, for it was founded by Christ the Lord. It is altogether… — Pope John XXIII
Perhaps propriety is as near a word as any to denote the manners of the gentleman; elegance is necessary to the fine gentleman; dignity is… — William Hazlitt
Human dignity is more precious than prestige.... — Claude McKay
Without dignity our lives are only blinks of duration. But if we manage to lead a good life well, we create something more. We write… — Ronald D Dworkin
You have suffered grievously and I am truly sorry. I know that nothing can undo the wrong you have endured. Your trust has been betrayed… — Pope Benedict XVI
Connect the dots between individual roles and the goals of the organization. When people see that connection, they get a lot of energy out of… — Ken Blanchard
Human life cannot be formless. We live by patterns. We move in comradeships. Conformity is evil when it distorts, flattens, and erases fruitful ways, strong… — Herman Wouk
The breakage and agony rending us today will be our salvation if they drive us by new routes to meet it. . . . As… — Helen Keller
The visual impact of the stupa on the observer brings a direct experience of inherent wakefulness and dignity. Stupas continue to be built because of… — Chogyam Trungpa
In a very real sense, we are shipwrecked passengers on a doomed planet. Yet, even in a shipwreck, human decencies and human values do not… — Norbert Wiener
I wish you all the pleasurable excitement one can have without hurting others and one's own dignity. — Norbert Elias
There are credentials for admission to our democratic society [...]. You have to be educated in order to be a participant in our conversation So… — Richard Rorty

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