Quotes about Dignity

It feels like people will poke a spear in anyplace they can draw blood these days. It wasn't that way when I was growing up. Even in politics, people had some…" I search for the word, and the best thing I can come up with is "decency.

Faith gives you a concept of the dignity and worth of all work, even simple work, without which work could bore you.

Every woman is a human being-one cannot repeat that too often-and a human being must have occupation if he or she is not to become a nuisance to the world.

Labor disgraces no man unfortunately you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.

So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

Don't waste words with people who deserve your silence, Sometimes the most powerful thing you can say is nothing at all.

Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.

Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.

We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms -- to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.

The ability to take pride in your own work is one of the hallmarks of sanity.

Oftentimes nothing profits more than self-esteem grounded on what is just and right and well-managed.

Courage is a quality so necessary for maintaining virtue that it is always respected even when it is associated with vice.