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• The ultimate is not to win, but to reach within the depths of your capabilities and to compete against yourself to the greatest extent possible. When you do that, you have dignity. You have the pride. You can walk about with character and pride no matter in what place you happen to finish.

  Billy Mills

  Character, Pride, Winning

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• Our choice is not between war and peace but between life with dignity or without

  Subcomandante Marcos

  War, Choices, Our Choices

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• When it’s all said and done I would like to look back and think that I help to make modelling a possibility for a greater number of people. I don’t do things that I will regret in the future. I tend to err on the side of caution. Not to mention the fact that the present world I reside in would not have been possible without my past. I am most proud of being able to represent my family and community with honour and dignity.

  Alek Wek

  Regret, Past, Thinking

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• Nature has made a mistake in the choice of my sexuality and I must do a life-long penance for it, for the moral power to suffer the unavoidable with dignity is lost.

  Richard von Krafft-Ebing

  Mistake, Long, Choices

  Richard Von Krafft-Ebing (2013). “Psychopathia Sexualis: A Medico-Forensic Study”, p.418, Butterworth-Heinemann

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• Propriety was a rigid master, but one that must be obeyed if one wanted to keep a sterling reputation.

  Lawana Blackwell

  Reputation, Masters, Wanted

  Lawana Blackwell (2007). “Courtship of the Vicar's Daughter, The”, p.173, Bethany House

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• A most insidious form of fear is that which masquerades as common sense or even wisdom, condemning as foolish, reckless, insignificant or futile the small, daily acts of courage which help to preserve man's self-respect and inherent human dignity.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Men, Self, Common Sense

  Aung San Suu Kyi (1991). “Freedom from fear: and other writings”, Penguin (Non-Classics)

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• Give others their dignity by opening and softening in your heart to them.

  John de Ruiter

  Heart, Giving, Opening

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• Patriarchy is not men. Patriarchy is a system in which both women and men participate. It privileges, inter alia, the interests of boys and men over the bodily integrity, autonomy, and dignity of girls and women. It is subtle, insidious, and never more dangerous than when women passionately deny that they themselves are engaging in it.

  Ashley Judd

  Girl, Integrity, Boys

  "Body Image: Ashley Judd Calls for an End to Body Snarking--Will You Take Her Challenge?" by Sarah Jio, www.glamour.com. April 11, 2012.

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• When it comes to human dignity, we cannot make compromises.

  Angela Merkel

  Compromise, Humans, International Women's Day

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Stories can break the dignity of a people, but stories can also repair that broken dignity.

  Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

  People, Broken, Stories

  "The danger of a single story". TED conference, www.ted.com. July 2009.

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• Going back to a simpler life based on living by sufficiency rather than excess is not a step backward. Rather, returning to a simpler way allows us to regain our dignity, puts us in touch with the land, and makes us value human contact again.

  Yvon Chouinard

  Land, Excess, Way

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• Work is fundamental to the dignity of a person. . . . It gives one the ability to maintain oneself, one's family, to contribute to the growth of one's own nation.

  Pope Francis

  Giving, Growth, Fundamentals

  "Burning the Candle at Both Ends: A Reflection on Work in America" by Zachary Norris and Ai-jen Poo, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 4, 2014.

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• This is the first step toward understanding the process of real, lasting change: simply knowing with certainty that you can do whatever you need to do. This understanding has a dual edge: On the one hand it increases your confidence and dignity. On the other hand, it places full responsibility on you if you fail to make the change you set out to make. But this is a good thing, not a guilt trip.

  Bo Lozoff

  Real, Responsibility, Lasting Change

  Bo Lozoff (2001). “It's a Meaningful Life: It Just Takes Practice”, p.41, Penguin

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• Every human life is precious in God's sight and no effort should be spared in the attempt to promote throughout the world a genuine respect for the inalienable rights and dignity of individuals and peoples everywhere.

  Pope Benedict XVI

  Rights, Sight, Effort

  "Pope Benedict on the 10th Anniversary of 9/11". the-american-catholic.com. September 11, 2011.

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• There is no simple formula for the relationship of art to justice...In the end, I don’t think we can separate art from overall human dignity and hope. My concern for my country is inextricable from my concerns as an artist.

  Adrienne Rich

  Country, Art, Simple

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• The dignity is in the worker, not in the job.

  Howard Fast

  Inspiring, Jobs, Workers

  Howard Fast (1978). “The immigrants”, G K Hall & Co

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• Things have a price and can be for sale. But people have a dignity that is priceless and worth far more than things.

  Pope Francis

  People, Priceless

  "Pope urges Catholic doctors to refuse abortions" by Associated Press, www.theguardian.com. September 20, 2013.

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• Of all the multitudes who throughout history have spoken for human dignity in times of great suffering and loss, no voice is more compelling than that of Anne Frank.

  John F. Kennedy

  Loss, Voice, Suffering

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• 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.

  James E. Faust

  Strength, Love You, Creativity

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• Divine Justice demands that the rights of both sexes should be equally respected since neither is superior to the other in the eyes of Heaven. Dignity before God depends, not on sex, but on purity and luminosity of heart. Human virtues belong equally to all!

  Abdu'l-Bahá

  Sex, Eye, Heart

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• The transformation of nature, a total fusion of science, art and technology in a sublime statement of human dignity and intelligence through the settlements we build for ourselves.

  Paulo Mendes da Rocha

  Art, Technology, Sublime

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• Islam is the only religion that gives dignity to the poor.

  Ramsey Clark

  Giving, Islam, Poor

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• Slavery is the ultimate and greatest evil. For it is based on a denial of the dignity of the human soul.

  Arthur Bryant

  Evil, Soul, Denial

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• Without reason, why bother? Existence needs purpose: to be able to endure the pain of life with dignity; to give us a reason to continue. The meaning must enter our hearts, not our heads. We must understand the meaning of our suffering

  Sarah Winman

  Pain, Heart, Giving

  Sarah Winman (2017). “The Sarah Winman Collection: WHEN GOD WAS A RABBIT and A YEAR OF MARVELLOUS WAYS”, p.19, Hachette UK

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• I don't want to flee, nor do I want to abandon the battle of these farmers who live without any protection in the forest. They have the sacrosanct right to aspire to a better life on land where they can live and work with dignity while respecting the environment.

  Dorothy Stang

  Land, Battle, Want

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