Quotes about Dignity

Honor is venerable to us because it is no ephemeris. It is always ancient virtue. We worship it today because it is not of today.

Let not a man guard his dignity, but let his dignity guard him

We have the same interest in condition and character. We honor the rich, because they have externally the freedom, power, and grace which we feel to be proper to man, proper to us.

Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted" (Matthew 23:12).

Once it is acceptable to kill unborn children, no one who is weak or vulnerable can be safe. Is a handicapped person fully human? Is his life meaningful? How about the elderly? If those who cannot think do not deserve to live, what about those who think the wrong way?

In diminishing the other we devalue ourselves. Respect and dignity are an intrinsic part of valued relationships.

She was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled.

Treat everyone you meet as if they have infinite value because in God's eyes they do.

Nobody is profane or unclean. Nobody can be discounted. Nobody is second-class. Nobody is subject to dismissal. Nobody should be cheap labor. Nobody should suffer systems of violence. Old living is contradicted by the truth of the Spirit. The superstition of superiority is broken. The old distinction of chosenness is placed in question.

Maxim for life: You get treated in life the way you teach people to treat you.

One of the most important resources that a garden makes available for use, is the gardener's own body. A garden gives the body the dignity of working in its own support. It is a way of rejoining the human race

Respect a man, he will do the more.