Dignity Quotes - page 9

Collective freedom provides the basic conditions for people to narrate their own lives, hold power accountable, and embrace a capacious notion of human dignity. (Henry Giroux)
A fact must be assimilated with, or discriminated fromm, some other fact or facts, in order to be raised to the dignity of a truth, and made to convey the least knowledge to the mind. View quote
Henry Mayhew
There will always be a place for us somewhere, somehow, as long as we see to it that working people fight for everything they have, everything they hope to get, for dignity, equality, democracy, to oppose war and to bring to the world a better life. View quote
Harry Bridges
John the Baptist was supposed to point the way to the Christ. He was just the voice, not the Messiah. So everybody's calling has dignity to it and God seems to know better than we do what is in us that needs to be called forth. View quote
James Green
Elizabeth Keckley was a woman of remarkable strength, courage, perseverance, and dignity. She was exceptionally talented, but also very diligent and ambitious, and together those qualities enabled her to deliver herself from slavery and become a successful businesswoman. View quote
Jennifer Chiaverini
The jobs crisis has reached a boiling point, which is why we see Occupy Wall Street protestors crying out for an America that lets all of us reach for the American Dream again - a dream that says if you work hard and play by the rules, you can have a good life and retire with dignity. View quote
John Garamendi
When we deny the poor and the vulnerable their own human dignity and capacity for freedom and choice, it becomes self-denial. It becomes a denial of both our collective and individual dignity, at all levels of society. View quote
Jacqueline Novogratz
I had been thinking for a while about how bored and tired I was of playing straight-down-the-middle everymanish characters that have what I call white guy problems. And I missed playing characters who lacked dignity and more importantly, lacked social skills. View quote
Justin Long
Femininity is not just lipstick, stylish hairdos, and trendy clothes. It is the divine adornment of humanity. It finds expression in your qualities of your capacity to love, your spirituality, delicacy, radiance, sensitivity, creativity, charm, graciousness, gentleness, dignity, and quiet strength. View quote
James E. Faust
Terrorism is contempt for human dignity. View quote
Kjell Magne Bondevik
Human dignity is independent of national borders. We must always defend the interests of the poor and the persecuted in other countries. (Kjell Magne Bondevik)
This is our lives. The way to give it dignity is to tell the truth. View quote
Lee Grant
America was born out of a desire for self-determination, a longing for the human dignity that only independence can bring. View quote
Maurice Saatchi
We need to give each other the space to grow, to be ourselves, to exercise our diversity. We need to give each other space so that we may both give and receive such beautiful things as ideas, openness, dignity, joy, healing, and inclusion. View quote
Max de Pree
I emphasize self-esteem, self-confidence, and dignity, not as an ideal, but as a real test of community organization. Without leadership development, community organizations do not have staying power. View quote
Paul Wellstone
Our moral, religious, and political traditions are united in their respect for the dignity of human life. View quote
Robert Casey
The door of conciliation and compromise is finally closed by our adversaries, and it remains only to us to meet the conflict with the dignity and firmness of men worthy of freedom. View quote
Robert Toombs
Because we should always respect other nationalities, I have always tried to play them with dignity. View quote
Ricardo Montalban
I have always been a person who is concerned with the dignity of jazz music and the way jazz musicians have been treated and are treated, and the fact that the music has not been given the kind of due that it deserves. View quote
Sonny Rollins
Care for life and physical health, with due regard for the needs of others and the common good, is concomitant with respect for human dignity. View quote
Salvatore J. Cordileone
There's nothing that can match Broadway for stature and dignity. (Sammy Davis, Jr.)
Maturity is the ability to think, speak and act your feelings within the bounds of dignity. The measure of your maturity is how spiritual you become during the midst of your frustrations. View quote
Samuel Ullman
Do we talk about the dignity of work? Do we give our students any reason for believing it is worthwhile to sacrifice for their work because such sacrifices improve the psychological and mental health of the person who makes them? View quote
Sargent Shriver
For the next century, the Republicans have agreed that we will promote the dignity and future of every individual by building a free society under a limited, accountable government that protects liberty, security and prosperity for a brighter American dream. View quote
Todd Tiahrt
Tragedy in life normally comes with betrayal and compromise, and trading on your integrity and not having dignity in life. That's really where failure comes. View quote
Tom Cochrane