Dignity Quotes - Page 9

• The truly good and wise man will bear all kinds of fortune in a seemly way, and will always act in the noblest manner that the circumstances allow.

  Aristotle

  Life, Gratitude, Courage

  "Nicomachean Ethics". Book by Aristotle, I, 1101a, www.perseus.tufts.edu.

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• I would say that the surest measure of a man's or a woman's maturity is the harmony, style, joy, and dignity he creates in his marriage, and the pleasure and inspiration he provides for his spouse.

  Benjamin Spock

  Love, Marriage, Husband

  "Older & Wiser". Book edited by G. B. Dianda and B. J. Hofmayer, 1995.

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• Right now I think censorship is necessary; the things they're doing and saying in films right now just shouldn't be allowed. There's no dignity anymore and I think that's very important.

  Mae West

  Thinking, Important, Censorship

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• Decent work is at the heart of the search for dignity for the individual, stability for the family and peace in the community

  Juan Somavia

  Work, Heart, Community

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• It is my hope and my belief that you will be able to report that I died with dignity, without animal fear and without bravado. I owe that much to myself.

  Caryl Chessman

  Animal, Able, Belief

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• It's up to us to take pop culture back and to express quality and dignity for both boys and girls.

  Ashley Judd

  Girl, Boys, Quality

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• 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.

  Robert Toombs

  Men, Doors, Compromise

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• And each of us can practice rights ourselves, treating each other without discrimination, respecting each other's dignity and rights.

  Carol Bellamy

  Rights, Practice, Discrimination

  "Praeger Handbook on Understanding and Preventing Workplace Discrimination". Book edited by Michele A. Paludi,‎ Eros R. DeSouza and‎ Carmen A. Paludi, Jr., 2010.

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• originality and a feeling of one's own dignity are achieved only through work and struggle.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Self Esteem, Struggle, Adversity

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  The most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity.

  Jackie Robinson

  Treasure, Possession, Luxurious

  Jackie Robinson, Alfred Duckett (2013). “I Never Had It Made: An Autobiography of Jackie Robinson”, p.33, Harper Collins

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• A woman who surrenders her freedom need not surrender her dignity.

  Wally Lamb

  Needs, Surrender

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• Take care of your common sense, and your dignity will take care of itsself

  Carolyn Wells

  Common Sense, Care, Common

  Carolyn Wells (2007). “Patty at Home”, p.42, 1st World Publishing

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• The one who fights back retains his dignity and his self-respect.

  Jeff Cooper

  Fighting, Self, Defense

  Jeff Cooper (2006). “Principles of Personal Defense: Revised Edition”, p.9, Paladin Press

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• Dignity of human nature requires that we must face the storms of life.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Life, Storm, Faces

  Mahatma Gandhi, Anand T. Hingorani, Ganga Anand Hingorani (1985). “The Encyclopaedia of Gandhian Thoughts”

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• It is only people of small stature who have to stand on their dignity.

  Arnold Bennett

  People, Stature

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• You cannot have dignity or social justice or freedom without women.

  Nawal El Saadawi

  Justice, Social Justice, Social

  Source: progressive.org

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• There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as living within your means.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Money, Freedom, Mean

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• After a lifetime of working, raising families, and contributing to the success of this nation in countless other ways, senior citizens deserve to retire with dignity.

  Charlie Gonzalez

  Senior, Citizens, Way

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• Official dignity tends to increase in inverse ratio to the importance of the country in which the office is held.

  Aldous Huxley

  Country, Sea, Office

  Beyond the Mexique Bay (1934) p. 34

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• In the 21st Century I believe the mission of the United Nations will be defined by a new, more profound, awareness of the sanctity and dignity of every human life, regardless of race or religion.

  Kofi Annan

  Believe, Race, Profound

  Kofi Annan's Nobel Lecture in Oslo, Norway, www.nobelprize.org. December 10, 2001.

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• To busy oneself with what is futile when one can do something useful, to attend to what is simple when one has the mettle to attempt what is difficult, is to strip talent of its dignity.

  Jose Marti

  Simple, Talent, Busy

  "Martí : Thoughts/Pensamientos" edited by Carlos Ripoll, 1994.

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• America and Islam are not exclusive and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles of justice and progress, tolerance and the dignity of all human beings.

  Barack Obama

  America, Justice, Mind Blowing

  A New Beginning: Speech at Cairo University, delivered 4 June 2009, Cairo, Egypt

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• Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home - so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world ... Such are the places where every man, woman and child seeks equal justice, equal opportunity, equal dignity without discrimination. Unless these rights have meaning there, they have little meaning anywhere.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Inspiring, Children, Home

  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 love of liberty and the sense of human dignity are the basic elements of the Anarchist creed.

  Federica Montseny

  Liberty, Elements, Anarchist

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• I asked myself, 'Am I going to withdraw from the world, like most people do, or am I going to live?' I decided I am going to live - or at least try to live - the way I want, with dignity, with courage, with humor, with composure.

  Mitch Albom

  People, Trying, World

  Mitch Albom (2007). “Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson”, p.21, Broadway Books

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