Dignity Quotes

1666 Dignity quotes by 1060 unique authors

A sacred pride should grip us of not being satisfied with the mediocre but to strive (for we can do it, if we want to)… — Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
Awe is an intuition for the dignity of all things, a realization that things not only are what they are but also stand, however remotely,… — Abraham Joshua Heschel
Abortion destroys self-worth and dignity. I bought into the idea that abortion was simply a matter of choice. I used abortion as birth control until… — Star Parker
Jesmyn Ward left her Gulf Coast home for education and experience, but it called her back. It called on her in most painful ways, to… — Natasha Trethewey
By enlivening this most basic level of life, Transcendental Meditation is that one simple procedure which can raise the life of every individual and every… — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Political [or individual] rights do not exist because they have been legally set down on a piece of paper, but only when they have become… — Rudolf Rocker
Such is an actor's life. We must ride the waves of every film, barfing occasionally, yet maintain our dignity, even as the bulk of our… — Bruce Campbell
Well, on the one hand the Turks have the legitimate need to defend their national dignity - and this includes being recognized as a part… — Orhan Pamuk
Successful organizing is not built on self-interest but rather on dignity and a sense of purpose. — Paul Wellstone
It [the State] has taken on a vast mass of new duties and responsibilities; it has spread out its powers until they penetrate to every… — H. L. Mencken
The Jews could be put down very plausibly as the most unpleasant race ever heard of. As commonly encountered they lack any of the qualities… — H. L. Mencken
If everybody would agree that their current reality is A reality, and that what we essentially share is our capacity for constructing a reality, then… — Francisco Varela
I have everything in the world that is necessary to happiness, good faith, good friends and all the work I can possibly do. I think… — Anna Howard Shaw
All of our dignity consists in thought. Let us endeavor then to think well; this is the principle of morality. — Blaise Pascal
The fight against terrorism is also a fight for the rights and dignity of women. — Laura Bush
A woman who surrenders her freedom need not surrender her dignity. — Wally Lamb
Prior to the advent of the civilization of the Third Estate (mercantilism, capitalism), the social ethics that was religiously sanctioned in the West consisted in… — Julius Evola
If we value so highly the dignity of life, how can we not also value the dignity of death No death may be called futile. — Yukio Mishima
We tend to suffer from the illusion that we are capable of dying for a belief or theory. What Hagakure is insisting is that even… — Yukio Mishima
It becomes more necessary to see the truth as it is if you realise that the only vehicle for change are these people who have… — Steven Biko
I have little shame, no dignity – all in the name of a better cause. — A. J. Jacobs
The government I led gave ordinary people peace, security, dignity, and opportunity to progress. — Benazir Bhutto
The belief in the probability of death with dignity is our, and society’s, attempt to deal with the reality of what is all too frequently… — Sherwin B. Nuland
The greatest dignity to be found in death is the dignity of the life that preceded it. This is a form of hope that we… — Sherwin B. Nuland
I have not often seen much dignity in the process by which we die. — Sherwin B. Nuland

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