Quotes about Dignity

We seek no treasure, we seek no territorial gains, we seek only the right of man to be free; we seek his rights to worship his god, to lead his life in his own way, secure from persecution. As the humble labourer returned from his work when the day is don, and sees the smoke curling upwards from his cottage home in the serene evening sky, we wish him to know that no rat-a-tat of the secret police upon his door will disturb his leisure or interrupt his rest.

Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.

honor begins in the heart and works its way out until it is expressed through our actions.

We learned about dignity and decency - that how hard you work matters more than how much you make... that helping others means more than just getting ahead yourself.

The greatness of work is inside man.

Work and family are at the center of our lives, the foundation of our dignity as a free people.

Work, which makes a man free, and thought, which makes him worthy of freedom.

No work is insignificant. All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.

Ladies, you do not have to submit yourself to any man abusing you.

A creditor is worse than a slave-owner; for the master owns only your person, but a creditor owns your dignity, and can command it.

A queen, devoid of beauty is not queen; She needs the royalty of beauty's mien.

The root reason for this is the denial of the human essence, the human equality, the human family—judging people's worth only by how efficiently or intelligently or quickly they function. This is confusing the essence with the nonessential.