Dignity Quotes - Page 2

• Non-cooperation is an attempt to awaken the masses, to a sense of their dignity and power. This can only be done by enabling them to realise that they need not fear brute force, if they but know the soul within.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Struggle, Soul, Done

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• Creating a world that is truly fit for children does not imply simply the absence of war... It means having primary schools nearby that educate children, free of charge... It means building a world fit for children, where every child can grow to adulthood in health, peace and dignity.

  Carol Bellamy

  Education, Children, War

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• All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Rights, Born Free, Equal

  Eleanor Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Steve Neal (2002). “Eleanor and Harry: The Correspondence of Eleanor Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman”, p.277, Simon and Schuster

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• Democracy cannot survive overpopulation. Human dignity cannot survive it. Convenience and decency cannot survive it. As you put more and more people into the world, the value of life not only declines, but it disappears. It doesn't matter if someone dies.

  Isaac Asimov

  People, Democracy, Population

  Interview with Bill Moyers on PBS miniseries "A World of Ideas" with Bill Moyers, www.pbs.org. October 17, 1988.

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• They are eloquent who can speak low things acutely, and of great things with dignity, and of moderate things with temper.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Speak, Lows, Temper

  Marcus Tullius Cicero (1871). “The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero”, p.410

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• To me, my feelings and pride are important. Although I like you it's not enough to be used like that.

  Kim Do-Jin

  I Like You, Pride, Feelings

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• I miss her, but I don't want to see her.

  Kim Do-Jin

  Missing, Want

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• I think the tragic feeling is invoked in us when we are in the presence of a character who is ready to lay down his life, if need be, to secure one thing -- his sense of personal dignity.

  Arthur Miller

  Character, Thinking, Feelings

  Arthur Miller (2016). “Collected Essays: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.23, Penguin

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• Dignity of manner always conveys a sense of reserved force.

  Amos Bronson Alcott

  Force, Reserved

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• The nearer we approach great men, the clearer we see that they are men.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Men, Great Men, Approach

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• Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Home, Rights, Community

  Eleanor Roosevelt, Allida Mae Black (2013). “Courage in a Dangerous World: The Political Writings of Eleanor Roosevelt”, p.190, Columbia University Press

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• The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.

  Coco Chanel

  Strength, Inspiring, Courage

  "Believing in Ourselves" by Armand Eisen, (p. 39), 1992.

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• Without dignity, identity is erased.

  Laura Hillenbrand

  Identity

  Laura Hillenbrand (2010). “Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption”, p.183, Random House

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  Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.

  Herbert Hoover

  Inspiring, Freedom, 4th Of July

  Herbert Hoover, Ruth Dennis (1995). “The Wit and Wisdom of Herbert Hoover: A Compilation of Many of His Quotations”, Vantage Pr

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

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Motivational, Attitude, Character

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1976). “Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume XII: 1835-1862”, p.69, Harvard University Press

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• I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living.

  John D. Rockefeller

  Inspirational, Believe, Opportunity

  John D. Rockefeller (2015). “John D. Rockefeller on Making Money: Advice and Words of Wisdom on Building and Sharing Wealth”, p.32, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• Dignity is as essential to human life as water, food, and oxygen. The stubborn retention of it, even in the face of extreme physical hardship, can hold a man's soul in his body long past the point at which the body should have surrendered it.

  Laura Hillenbrand

  Men, Past, Oxygen

  Laura Hillenbrand (2010). “Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption”, p.183, Random House

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• True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn.

  Philip Massinger

  Honor, Lost

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• We must build a new world, a far better world - one in which the eternal dignity of man is respected.

  Harry S. Truman

  Respect, Peace, Men

  Harry S. Truman (2014). “1945: Year of Decision”, p.118, New Word City

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• Relationships based on obligation lack dignity.

  Wayne Dyer

  Love, Relationship, Inspiring

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• ...if we want to meet the obligations of our civilization and our culture which are to create communities for our children that provide them with the same opportunities for dignity and enrichment as the communities that our parents gave us, we've got to start by protecting that infrastructure; the air that we breathe, the water that we drink, the landscapes that enrich us.

  Robert Kennedy

  Children, Opportunity, Air

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• The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others.

  Dag Hammarskjold

  Anorexia, Eating Disorder, Apathy

  "Markings". Book by Dag Hammarskjöld, 1963.

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• Dignity is like a perfume; those who use it are scarcely conscious of it.

  Christina, Queen of Sweden

  Use, Sweden, Conscious

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• The most important human endeavor is the striving for morality in our actions. Our inner balance and even our very existence depend on it. Only morality in our actions can give beauty and dignity to life.

  Albert Einstein

  Life, Self Esteem, Giving

  Albert Einstein (2015). “Bite-Size Einstein: Quotations on Just About Everything from the Greatest Mind of the Twentieth Century”, p.15, St. Martin's Press

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• That's one of the things I hope that the book can do, is to restore some dignity to Joe Cinque.

  Helen Garner

  Book, Can Do

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