Quotes about Dignity
Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
Above all, we must have great respect for these people who also suffer and who want to find their own way of correct living. On the other hand, to create a legal form of a kind of homosexual marriage, in reality, does not help these people.
— Pope Benedict XVI
We must have great respect for these people who also suffer and who want to find their own way of correct living. On the other hand, to create a legal form of a kind of homosexual marriage, in reality, does not help these people.
— Pope Benedict XVI
Practice radical humility. He (or she)who masters the art of humility cannot be humiliated...
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Honor is venerable to us because it is no ephemeris. It is always ancient virtue. We worship it today because it is not of today.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Let not a man guard his dignity, but let his dignity guard him
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
We have the same interest in condition and character. We honor the rich, because they have externally the freedom, power, and grace which we feel to be proper to man, proper to us.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted" (Matthew 23:12).
— Randy Alcorn
Once it is acceptable to kill unborn children, no one who is weak or vulnerable can be safe. Is a handicapped person fully human? Is his life meaningful? How about the elderly? If those who cannot think do not deserve to live, what about those who think the wrong way?
— Randy Alcorn
In diminishing the other we devalue ourselves. Respect and dignity are an intrinsic part of valued relationships.
— Ravi Zacharias
She was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled.
— Joseph Heller
Treat everyone you meet as if they have infinite value because in God's eyes they do.
— Joyce Meyer