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Dignity Quotes

"Work is not man's punishment. It is his reward and his strength, his glory and his pleasure"
George Sand
"The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune."
Plutarch
"Sports for me is when a guy walks off the court, and you really can't tell whether he won or lost, when he carries himself with pride either way"
Jim Courier
"I would always rather be happy than dignified."
Charlotte Bronte
"The soul that is within me no man can degrade"
Frederick Douglass
"We cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own "
Chinua Achebe
"Though you are poor, do not behave in a servile manner"
Democritus
"The essence of human rights is the right to have rights."
Hannah Arendt
"The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief."
William Shakespeare
"I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights."
Desmond Tutu
"It is essential to the happiness of a nation that it should have an efficient and dignified system of justice."
Bertrand Russell
"There's a big difference between kneeling down and bending over"
Frank Zappa
"Dignity is more important to the human spirit than wealth"
Jacqueline Novogratz
"The antidote to humiliation is dignity"
Jacqueline Novogratz
"Religion in its humility restores man to his only dignity, the courage to live by grace."
George Santayana
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