Quotes about Dignity

Don't work for recognition but do work worthy of recognition.

A person is a person because he recognizes others as persons.

I believe that everyone, regardless of their beliefs, deserves the dignity of being called by their name.

When God says to me, "obey," then I humbly bow my head, without compromising in the least my personal dignity, as a man.

All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.

The Gospel of life must be proclaimed and human life defended in all places and all times.

Those that deem politics beneath their dignity are doomed to be governed by those of lesser talents.

All men bear the image of God. They have value not because they are redeemed, but because they are God's creation in God's image.

I felt that the Church was the Church of the poor,... but at the same time, I felt that it did not set its face against a social order which made so much charity in the present sense of the word necessary. I felt that charity was a word to choke over. Who wanted charity? And it was not just human pride but a strong sense of man's dignity and worth, and what was due to him in justice, that made me resent, rather than feel pround of so mighty a sum total of Catholic institutions.

Character is how you treat people when they can do nothing for you.

I have to remember that giving honor reveals more about my character than the character of the other person.

We need to decide how we want to be treated. Then we need to begin treating others in that manner.