Quotes about Dignity

Regardless of how we might feel about another human being, they are made in God's image and of infinite value and worth.

A man who lives right, and is right, has more power in his silence than another has by his words.

I don't eat with beautiful women alone.

We would communicate a far more compassionate message to those who are terminally ill and dying—and to be honest, even to those for whom dying is a long way off—if we focused our energies on helping people die right. To die right. That's what it's all about. Unfortunately, euthanasia has become a popular topic because people are led to believe that death by suicide or homicide is more dignified than dying naturally.

Self-respect is the root of discipline: The sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.

A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children. But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.

When God says to me, "obey," then I humbly bow my head, without compromising in the least my personal dignity, as a man.

I feel just like the boy who stubbed his toe—too damned badly hurt to laugh and too damned proud to cry!

Whenever there is a conflict between human rights and property rights, human rights must prevail.

It is deplorable that homosexual persons have been and are the object of violent malice in speech or in action. Such treatment deserves condemnation from the church's pastors wherever it occurs... The intrinsic dignity of each person must always be respected in work, in action and in law.

Euthanasia is a grave violation of the law of God, since it is the deliberate and morally unacceptable killing of a human person

He who has lost honor can lose nothing more.