Dignity Quotes
1666 quotes by 1060 authors
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I'm a black American, I am proud of my race. I am proud of who I am. I have a lot of pride and dignity.
— Michael Jackson
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By a lie, a man... annihilates his dignity as a man.
— Immanuel Kant
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If one does not understand a person, one tends to regard him as a fool.
— Carl Jung
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Homophobia is like racism and anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry in that it seeks to dehumanize a large group of people, to deny their…
— Coretta Scott King
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All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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The struggle for democracy and human rights in Burma is a struggle for life and dignity. It is a struggle that encompasses our political, social…
— Aung San Suu Kyi
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Frankly, if you do politics, you should not be thinking about your dignity.
— Aung San Suu Kyi
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I'm not the only one working for democracy in Burma - there are so many people who have worked for it because they believe that…
— Aung San Suu Kyi
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The people of England have been led in Mesopotamia into a trap from which it will be hard to escape with dignity and honor.
— T.E. Lawrence
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Nothing succeeds like address.
— Fran Lebowitz
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The reason there are two senators for each state is so that one can be the designated driver.
— Jay Leno
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Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny.
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.
— Malcolm X
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It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.
— W. Somerset Maugham
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Men do not fight for flag or country, for the Marine Corps or glory or any other abstraction. They fight for one another. And if…
— William Manchester
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Any man or institution that tries to rob me of my dignity will lose.
— Nelson Mandela
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We live in a society of victimization, where people are much more comfortable being victimized than actually standing up for themselves.
— Marilyn Manson
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Life is not a matter of place, things or comfort; rather, it concerns the basic human rights of family, country, justice and human dignity.
— Imelda Marcos
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Other famous men, those of much talk and few deeds, soon evaporate. Action is the dignity of greatness.
— Jose Marti
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To busy oneself with what is futile when one can do something useful, to attend to what is simple when one has the mettle to…
— Jose Marti
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