Quotes about Dignity
True peace must be anchored in justice and an unwavering commitment to universal rights for all humans, regardless of ethnicity, religion, gender, national origin or any other identity attribute.
— Desmond Tutu
Better have men reproach you for being good, than have God damn you for being wicked. Be not laughed out of your religion. If a lame man laugh at you for walking upright, will you therefore limp?
— Thomas Watson
Religion, by teaching man his relationship to God, gives the individual a sense of his own dignity and teaches him to respect himself by respecting his neighbors.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
To be true to one's own freedom is, in essence, to honor and respect the freedom of all others.
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
Deal with yourself as a individual, worthy of respect and make everyone else deal with you the same way.
— Nikki Giovanni
Don't beg anybody for anything, especially love.
— Toni Morrison
Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right.
— John Milton
Only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.
— Fyodor Dostoevsky
Respect me, or put me to death.
— Malcolm X
Men are respectable only as they respect.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
. . . we should be men first, and subjects afterward.
— Henry David Thoreau
Respect is intended to operate on a two-way street.
— James Dobson