Quotes about Dignity

The ultimate test of your greatness is the way you treat every human being.

I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.

Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the right to dignity and a decent life . . .

I shall not stand to be laughed at. I shall not bear it!

Don't degrade yourself into an abject reptile — don't.

Consider at what price you sell your integrity; but please, for God's sake, don't sell it cheap.

He didn't care; it was not his skin he wanted to save, but the man of honour and integrity. These things are not open to compromise or negotiation.

No amount of ability is of the slightest avail without honor.

For me, getting on a knee and praying is a very special deal for me. A very special moment. For me, it was honoring that and not letting people go out there and make a mockery of it and do a lot of different things and just kind of keeping it safe.

And every human being is precious.

In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free - honorable alike in that we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth.

Respect is not a feeling. It is how we treat another person.