Dignity Quotes - page 31

Two words guided the making of 'Babel' for me: 'dignity' and 'compassion.' These things are normally forgotten in the making of a lot of films. Normally there is not dignity because the poor and dispossessed in a place like Morocco are portrayed as mere victims, or the Japanese are portrayed as cartoon figures with no humanity. (Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu)
Maintaining my dignity is so important for me. View quote
Amanda Lindhout
Fairs are beneath the dignity of art. To stand there in a booth and hawk your wares - it is just not how you sell art. View quote
Arne Glimcher
All people have dignity. There's nobody who was born without a soul and a spirit. View quote
Binyavanga Wainaina
To retain his dignity, an artist must live in opposition. He must be critical of his country. If not, then he is worthless. View quote
Bruno Dumont
You have to be a cop-out or a wash-out or a dropout to come to our college. You have to work with your hands. You have to have a dignity of labor. You have to show that you have a skill that you can offer to the community and provide a service to the community. So we started the Barefoot College, and we redefined professionalism. View quote
Bunker Roy
The U.S. military has done a phenomenal job of creating these facilities almost over-night and dealing with these sworn enemies of America with more respect and dignity than they ever would have considered according our officers had they captured any. View quote
Charles Bass
I see a New York where people who are down on their luck can get back on the road to responsibility, a job and dignity. View quote
Carl Paladino
I'm a working woman of 80 trying to work out what the image I can project is. How I can do it with, you know, dignity. View quote
Carmen Dell'Orefice
I write for myself, and I write for my friends and people who I have a connection with. I try to give some dignity to peoples' lifestyles that tend to be ignored. View quote
Cass McCombs
Given the fact that we are in a capitalist society, we still do not want to overlook not only what a corporation produces and its profitability but also how it impacts the environment, touches human life and whether it protects or undermines the dignity of the human person. (Dean Smith)
Social Security is not just the foundation of America's retirement dignity and security, it ensures the economic stability and strength of our families and our state's economy. View quote
Debbie Stabenow
To hide feelings when you are near crying Is the secret of dignity. View quote
Dejan Stojanovic
My father taught me respect for quality as well as a sense of dignity - great values as we face a world going in a different direction. I try to teach my children to stay close to the real things. View quote
Diego Della Valle
A mouse slid out from under his hat and scrambled down his sleeve, across his lap, and down to the floor. Nothing,' said Fenworth, 'should distract from a wizard's dignity. View quote
Donita K. Paul
We had people of all backgrounds coming together - all races, all creeds, all colors, all status in life. And coming together there was a kind of quiet dignity and a kind of sense of caring and a feeling of joint responsibility. View quote
Dorothy Height
Von Linden really should know me well enough by now to realise that I am not going to face my execution without a fight. Or with anything remotely resembling dignity. View quote
Elizabeth Wein
Education can give you a skill, but a liberal education can give you dignity. View quote
Ellen Key
Al Qaeda's message that violence, terrorism and extremism are the only answer for Arabs seeking dignity and hope is being rejected each day in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Bahrain and throughout the Arab lands. View quote
Elliott Abrams
It was natural to see the struggle for dignity for black people in America as a sister struggle of the Jewish struggle. So growing up, it was always a part of my breakfast cereal to think of myself as someone who was part of a larger struggle. View quote
Eugene Jarecki
The whole concept of treating people with dignity and respect is a concept that isn't a business concept, it's a life concept. It's who you are at the end of the day. (Gregory D. Brenneman)
The Founders believed liberty came directly from God. With their knowledge of Scripture, they knew each child was made in the image of God. That is why everyone had dignity, value and worth. View quote
Gary Bauer
If Republicans are aiming for the heart, for compassion, the last thing they should do is abandon the sanctity of life. Instead, they should tell Americans that they believe in the dignity and value of every human being, from the defenseless unborn child, to the newborn with a disability, to the 90-year-old dealing with dementia. View quote
Gary Bauer
If a person goes to his job with a firm determination to give of himself the best of which he is capable, that job no matter what it is takes on dignity and importance. View quote
Hortense Odlum
As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti, to share in their suffering, help rebuild the country, moving from misery to poverty with dignity. View quote
Jean-Bertrand Aristide