Dignity Quotes

“How much of our independence is and has always been
the exploitation of others,
the abuse of others?

Today I'm in awe of
how women of color are leading the way
to not accepting it anymore”
― Shellen Lubin

“As várias formas hodiernas de dissolução do matrimónio, como as uniões livres e o "matrimónio de prova", até ao pseudomatrimónio entre pessoas do mesmo sexo, são, pelo contrário, expressões de uma liberdade anárquica que se faz passar indevidamente por verdadeira libertação do homem. Uma tal pseudoliberdade funda-se numa banalização do corpo que inevitavelmente inclui a banalização do homem. O seu pressuposto é que o homem pode fazer de si o que quer: o seu corpo torna-se assim numa coisa secundária, manipulável sob o ponto de vista humano, a ser utilizado como se deseja. O libertinismo, que se faz passar por descoberta do corpo e do seu valor, é na realidade um dualismo que torna o corpo desprezível, colocando-o por assim dizer fora do ser autêntico e da dignidade da pessoa.”
― Bento XVI

“Like a fighter pilot that goes full throttle,
Like a bullet train that wants to lead,
Like an inspiring game of spin the bottle,
I desired creativity and its unique speed.

Like a lady who walks with dignity and pride,
Like a gentleman who stands by justice and truth,
Like a loose cannon with a constructive attitude,
I treasured the power of gratitude.”
― Aida Mandic, On The Edge of Town

“Amidst cruelty arrogance has its role, but you gotta tread with extreme caution. Arrogance laid on the wrong person is an appalling human rights violation.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Amantes Assemble: 100 Sonnets of Servant Sultans

“Jeg tror at jeg er først og fremst et menneske, jeg, likså vel som du, - eller iallfall at jeg skal forsøke på å bli det.”
― Henrik Ibsen, Et dukkehjem

“Death with character has dignity, without it, every breath is burden.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Amantes Assemble: 100 Sonnets of Servant Sultans

“All humans share a deep desire to be treated as something of value. Everyone wants to be seen, heard, listened to, and treated fairly.”
― Jessica Speer, Middle School - Safety Goggles Advised: Exploring the WEIRD Stuff from Gossip to Grades, Cliques to Crushes and Popularity to Peer Pressure

“Giving laws, bettering, making things easier, has all become wrong and evil. May each one seek out his own way. The way leads to mutual love in community. Men will come to see and feel the similarity and commonality of their ways. Laws and teachings held in common compel people to solitude, so that they may escape the pressure of undesirable contact, but solitude makes people hostile and venomous. Therefore give people dignity and let each of them stand apart, so that each may find his own fellowship and love it. Power stands against power, contempt against contempt, love against love. Give humanity dignity, and trust that life will find the better way. The one eye of the Godhead is blind, the one ear of the Godhead is deaf, the order of its being is crossed by chaos. So be patient with the crippledness of the world and do not overvalue its consummate beauty.”
― C.G. Jung, The Red Book: Liber Novus

“The wise man evaluates your dignity the ignorant evaluates your appearance.”
― Kamaran Ihsan Salih

“Playing hide-and-seek under the table? Crouching in the dirt? Typical of your kind, but far beneath my dignity.' He laughs unsteadily, like he expects I am going to laugh, too.

I don't. I ball up my fist and punch him in the stomach, right where I know it will hurt. He staggers to his knees. The goblet drops to the dirt, making a hollow clanking sound. 'Ow"' he shouts, and lets me tug him under the table.

'We'll get out of here without anyone noticing,' I tell him. 'We stay under the tables and make our way to the steps to the upper levels of the place. And don't tell me it's beneath your dignity to crawl. You're so drunk you can barely stand anyway.'

I hear him snort. 'If you insist,' he says.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“DreamMakers believe they are part of something much greater and grander than themselves.”
― Michele Hunt, DreamMakers: Innovating for the Greater Good

“Hope is the Ray that motivates a person to accept any difficult challenge with the belief that he will succeed in achieving his goals.”
― Dr. Khalid Hussain Mir

“You've never known energy like this before
Because your heart was used to wanting more
But a Bosnian beauty will shake your foundations
Cause you to rethink those strong motivations”
― Aida Mandic, A Candid Aim

“She will leave you in a spellbinding trance
And you will be grateful for it
The magic that seems to surround her
Is of a beauty that can blur”
― Aida Mandic, A Candid Aim

“If the thrill of adventure is a turn on
And you hold admiration for intelligence with zeal
Then you may have found your swan
In a Bosnian woman that helped you heal”
― Aida Mandic, A Candid Aim

“Equality begins in the mind. If in our own mind we have a pedestal for the billionaire and royalty, and no place for the janitor and the bartender, then even a thousand policy reforms won't be able to equalize such a cockeyed, internally broken society.”
― Abhijit Naskar, High Voltage Habib: Gospel of Undoctrination

“The horror of unemployment is the final undoing of the worker. When he sees this confronting him he sells himself regardless of the intrinsic worth of his ability. Labor unions and collective bargaining arose to give him some show of power and dignity.”
― Art Young, Art Young: His Life and Times

“There is no blue collar, no white collar, just honor. And honor is defined by character not collar.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Amantes Assemble: 100 Sonnets of Servant Sultans

“I have smoked so much I felt sick. I will not lose my eyesight, I will not lose my hearing, I will not wet myself, I will not forget who I am, I will die first.”
― Édouard Levé, Autoportrait

“Some of the most precious things you possess are your honor, your dignity, and your reputation.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, The Path to a Meaningful Life

“She get a name now, not a title and surname, thought Nancy. That's not right. The dead deserve more dignity, not less. Dignity is all the dead possess.”
― Seanan McGuire, Every Heart a Doorway

“She gets a name now, not a title and surname, thought Nancy. That's not right. The dead deserve more dignity, not less. Dignity is all the dead possess.”
― Seanan McGuire, Every Heart a Doorway

“Who was I to dare to talk to him? In which of Europe's ghettos had my ancestor been huddled when Frederick von Hohenstaufen gave Anno von Hohenfels his bejewelled hand?”
― Fred Uhlman, Reunion

“And if you want the whole truth, I've had to fight for every hour I've spent with you; and the worst of all, I didn't dare talk to you last night because I didn't want to hurt you.”
― Fred Uhlman, Reunion

“Perhaps if you were a Jewess it might be different. He'd suspect you of wanting to hook me. And he wouldn't like that at all. Of course, if you were immensely rich he might, he just might consider a marriage possible — but even so he'd hate to hurt my mother's feelings. You see, he's still very much in love with her.”
― Fred Uhlman, Reunion

“Love brings Faith and Hope back to a person.”
― Kamini Arichandran

“I believe there is a dignity in sorrow simply because it is God’s good pleasure that there should be. He is forever raising up those who are brought low.”
― Marilynne Robinson, Gilead

“God Bless The Queen Mother
Ode to her Majesty

God bless the Queen Mother
Grant her many years of life
We need her in our lives
Show her everlasting love
Cover her with power from Above

God bless the Queen Mother
A descendant of royalty
As she goes in and out of the city
To serve with loyalty and dignity
May she have serenity

God bless the Queen Mother
Whether down the valley or up the hill
On the battlefield, may she win
Please keep her still
As she honours your will

God bless the Queen Mother
Throughout seasons
Wherever she goes
And whatever she does
Let her be favoured

God bless the Queen Mother!”
― Gift Gugu Mona, From My Mother's Classroom: A Badge of Honour for a Remarkable Woman

“In their disfigured semibaldness, something private had been stolen, melding them into a indistinguishable collection, like animals in a herd.”
― Justin Cronin

“When leaders are diligent and prayerful, they will be humble enough to serve with dignity and achieve great results.”
― Gift Gugu Mona, Prayer: An Antidote for the Inner Man