Dignity Quotes

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It has always been my view that terrorism is not spawned by the poverty of money; it is spawned by the poverty of dignity. Humiliation… — Thomas Friedman
The desire for high status is never stronger than in situations where "ordinary" life fails to answer a median need for dignity and comfort. — Alain de Botton
Any intelligent woman would have made a dignified retreat, but this was New Jersey, where dignity always runs a poor second to the pleasure of… — Janet Evanovich
Good night.' Diana summoned all the dignity that she could manage in her bedraggled state and began to move back up the beach. Her dress… — Anna Godbersen
It will be hard James but you come from sturdy peasant stock men who picked cotton and dammed rivers and built railroads and in the… — James A. Baldwin
Somehow I had come to believe that because a person is in need, they are candidates for sympathy, not just charity. It was not that… — Donald Miller
Everyone in the world worth being nice to. Because God never creates inferior human beings, each person deserves respect and dignity. — Benjamin Carson
originality and a feeling of one's own dignity are achieved only through work and struggle. — Fyodor Dostoevsky
When the will loves anything that is below it in dignity, it degrades itself. — Fulton J. Sheen
Whoever has experienced the power and the unrestrained ability to humiliate another human being automatically loses his own sensations. Tyranny is a habit, it has… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
In a dating and courtship relationship, I would not have you spend five minutes with someone who belittles you, one who is constantly critical of… — Jeffrey R. Holland
True hospitality is marked by an open response to the dignity of each and every person. Henri Nouwen has described it as receiving the stranger… — Kathleen Norris
Religious belief is without reason and without dignity, and its record is near-universally dreadful. — Martin Amis
Poverty has its advantages. When you're that poor what would you have that anyone would want? Except your peace of mind. Your dignity. Your heart.… — Ana Castillo
I began to understand that suffering and disappointments and melancholy are there not to vex us or cheapen us or deprive us of our dignity… — Hermann Hesse
Fundamentally, therefore, any man can, even under such circumstances, decide what shall become of himâ€”mentally and spiritually. He may retain his human dignity even in… — Viktor E. Frankl
Never be ruled by possessions, and never, ever make wealth more important to you than your self-respect and your dignity." - Lady Taylor — Julie Garwood
It was a life, she eventually concluded, that had been lived in the middle ground, where contentment and love were found in the smallest details… — Nicholas Sparks
The great majority of us are Muslims. We follow the teachings of the Prophet Mohammed (may peace be upon him). We are members of the… — Muhammad Ali Jinnah
The way in which a man accepts his fate and all the suffering it entails, the way in which he takes up his cross, gives… — Viktor E. Frankl

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