Indignity Quotes

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It's not the cost (although that pinches), or the time (though that grinds). After a while, it's the sheer galling indignity of being asked to… — Scott Simon
Lord, please restore to us the comfort of merit and demerit. Show us that there is at least something we can do. Tell us that… — Robert Farrar Capon
I am a Catholic. As far as possible I go to Mass every day. This is a rosary. As far as possible, I kneel down… — Hilaire Belloc
If there is a purpose in life at all, there must be a purpose in suffering and in dying. But no man can tell another… — Gordon Allport
We must not let the actions or words of others determine our responses. Magnanimous people make the choice to respond to the indignities of others… — Stephen Covey
There are real indignities and real problems when all facets of life are controlled â€“when to get up, to eat, to shower-and chemicals are put… — Judi Chamberlin
What you accomplish in life is limited only by your imagination and the fear of reprisal. Life is too fleeting and unrewarding to have to… — Jim Goad
Thresholds of pain, indignity and incapacity are entirely personal. — Polly Toynbee
[Humans'] capacity to intervene, to compare, to judge, to decide, to choose, to desist makes them capable of acts of greatness, of dignity, and, at… — Paulo Freire
We now undertake that we cannot rest while millions of our people suffer the pain and indignity of poverty in all its forms. — Nelson Mandela
The small irritations or indignities that we experience are nothing compared to what a previous generation experienced. It's one thing for me to be mistaken… — Barack Obama
Indignation must always be the answer to indignity. Reality is not destiny. — Eduardo Galeano
The masculine imagination lives in a state of perpetual revolt against the limitations of human life. In theological terms, one might say that all men,… — Wystan Hugh Auden
When you are insulted by someone or humiliated, guard against angry thoughts, lest they arouse a feeling of irritation, and so cut you off from… — Maximus the Confessor
There has been enough suffering in our country, there has been enough of children whose dreams die before they have a chance to grow and… — John Kufuor
These small indignities and minor cruelties take a toll. They add to the burden of stress and fatigue that is already present in the workplace… — P. M. Forni
To the proud the slightest repulse or disappointment is the last indignity. — William Hazlitt
I don't want to be ordinary. I'm willing to do the work. I'm willing to suffer the indignities of comedy because I want to be… — Judd Apatow
There is a touch of divinity even in brutes, and a special halo about a horse, that should forever exempt him from indignities. — Herman Melville
What is the natural reaction when told you have a hopeless mental illness? That diagnosis does you in; that, and the humiliation of being there.… — Kate Millett

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