Dignity Quotes - Page 18

• In love swallow your pride but never your dignity.

  Carlos Salinas

  Love, Pride

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• If we can say with Seneca, "This life is only a prelude to eternity," then we need not worry so much over the fittings and furnishings of this ante-room; and more than that, it will give dignity and purpose to the fleeting days to know they are linked with the eternal things as prelude and preparation.

  Minot Judson Savage

  Life, Giving, Worry

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• Mathematical economics is old enough to be respectable, but not all economists respect it. It has powerful supporters and impressive testimonials, yet many capable economists deny that mathematics, except as a shorthand or expository device, can be applied to economic reasoning. There have even been rumors that mathematics is used in economics (and in other social sciences) either for the deliberate purpose of mystification or to confer dignity upon common places as French was once used in diplomatic communications.

  James R Newman

  Respect, Powerful, Communication

  "The World of Mathematics".

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• Americans are a very backward people, with all the real virtues of a backward people; the patriarchal simplicity and human dignity of a democracy, and a respect for labor uncorrupted by cynicism.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Respect, Real, People

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• We are all one family in the world. Building a community that empowers everyone to attain their full potential through each of us respecting each other's dignity, rights and responsibilities makes the world a better place to live.

  Pope John Paul II

  Respect, Responsibility, Rights

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• Humanity, its dignity and its balance, will depend at every moment and on every place on the globe,on who man is for woman and who woman is for man.

  Pope John Paul II

  Faith, Inspiration, Men

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• Christ assigns as a duty to every man the dignity of every woman: and simultaneously... He also assigns to every woman the dignity of every man.

  Pope John Paul II

  Faith, Inspiration, Men

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• Every moment think steadily as a Roman and a man to do what thou hast in hand with perfect and simple dignity, and feeling of affection, and freedom, and justice; and to give thyself relief from all other thoughts. And thou wilt give thyself relief, if thou doest every act of thy life as if it were the last, laying aside all carelessness and passionate aversion from the commands of reason, and all hypocrisy, and self-love, and discontent with the portion which has been given to thee.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Simple, Men, Thinking

  馬可•奧里略 (Marcus Aurelius) (2014). “沉思錄:讀了一百年還要再讀一百年的不朽鉅著”, p.49, 德威國際文化

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• In an age of interdependence, global citizenship - based on trust and sense of shared responsibility - is a crucial pillar of progress. At a time when more than one billion people are denied the very minimum requirements of human dignity, business cannot afford to be seen as the problem. Rather, it must work with governments and all other actors in society to mobilize global science, technology and knowledge to tackle the interlocking crises of hunger, disease, environmental degradation and conflict that are holding back the developing world.

  Kofi Annan

  Responsibility, Technology, Government

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• We create an environment where it is alright to hate, to steal, to cheat, and to lie if we dress it up with symbols of respectability, dignity and love.

  Whitney M. Young

  Love, Hate, Lying

  Whitney M. Young (1964). “To be equal”

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• Freedom is one of the deepest and noblest aspirations of the human spirit. People, worldwide, hunger for the right of self-determination, for those inalienable rights that make for human dignity and progress. America must remain freedom's staunchest friend, for freedom is our best ally and it is the world's only hope to conquer poverty and preserve peace. Every blow we inflict against poverty will be a blow against its dark allies of oppression and war. Every victory for human freedom will be a victory for world peace.

  Ronald Reagan

  Determination, War, Dark

  Second Inaugural Address, delivered 21 January 1985, Rotunda of the Capitol, Washington D.C.

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• Often war is waged only in order to show valor; thus an inner dignity is ascribed to war itself, and even some philosophers have praised it as an ennoblement of humanity, forgetting the pronouncement of the Greek who said, 'War is an evil in as much as it produces more wicked men than it takes away.'

  Immanuel Kant

  War, Men, Order

  Immanuel Kant (2007). “Perpetual Peace”, p.36, Filiquarian Publishing, LLC.

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• The dignity of man requires obedience to a higher law, to the strength of the spirit.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Self Esteem, Men, Law

  Mahatma Gandhi (1980). “All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections”, p.95, A&C Black

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• If our free society is to endure, those who govern must recognize human dignity and accept the enforcement of constitutional limitations on their power conceived by the Framers . . . . Such recognition will not come from a technical understanding of the organs of government, or the new forms of wealth they administer. It requires something different, something deeper-a personal confrontation with the wellsprings of our society.

  William J. Brennan

  Government, Understanding, Different

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

  Ronald Reagan

  Family, People, Foundation

  1980 Republican National Convention Acceptance Address, delivered 17 July 1980, Detroit, MI

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• The dissident does not operate in the realm of genuine power at all. He is not seeking power. He has no desire for office and does not gather votes. He does not attempt to charm the public, he offers nothing and promises nothing. He can offer, if anything, only his own skin - and he offers it solely because he has no other way of affirming the truth he stands for. His actions simply articulate his dignity as a citizen, regardless of the cost.

  Vaclav Havel

  Truth, Power, Office

  "Living in Truth". Book by Vaclav Havel, 1986.

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• There are two kinds of pride, both good and bad. 'Good pride' represents our dignity and self-respect. 'Bad pride' is the deadly sin of superiority that reeks of conceit and arrogance.

  John C. Maxwell

  Leadership, Self Esteem, Pride

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• It means abandoning being a poet, abandoning your careerism, abandoning even the idea of writing any poetry, really abandoning, giving up as hopeless - abandoning the possibility of really expressing yourself to the nations of the world. Abandoning the idea of being a prophet with honor and dignity, and abandoning the glory of poetry and just settling down in the muck of your own mindYou really have to make a resolution to write for yourself, in the sense of not writing to impress yourself, but just writing what your self is saying.

  Allen Ginsberg

  Giving Up, Writing, Mean

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• To be acknowledged for who and what I am, no more, no less. Not for acclaim, not for approval, but, the simple truth of that recognition. This has been the elemental drive of my existence, and it must be achieved, if I am to live or die with dignity.

  Robin Williams

  Simple, Approval, Recognition

  "Fictional character: Andrew Martin". "Bicentennial Man", www.imdb.com. 1999.

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• You will have the highest of highs and the lowest of lows, just remember to always handle yourself with grace and dignity.

  Kristin Chenoweth

  Grace, Remember, Lows

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• Suffering, if you're a Christian, suffering is a part of life. And it's not a bad thing, it is an essential thing in life... There are all different ways to suffer. One way to suffer is through lack of food and shelter and there's another way to suffer which is lack of dignity and hope and there's all sorts of ways that people suffer and it's not just tangible, it's also intangible and we have to consider both.

  Rick Santorum

  Christian, Things In Life, People

  "Rick Santorum calls for low-income children to suffer". Rick Santorum's speech in Ottumwa, Iowa, www.dailykos.com. November 18, 2011.

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• I would like to be remembered, well... the Mexicans have a phrase, 'Feo fuerte y formal'.
  Which means; he was ugly, strong and had dignity.

  John Wayne

  Strong, Mean, Phrases

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• Among the Indians, as among other nations, some people are born artists, but most are not. I am a born artist. I have as much interest in my people as any anthropologist, and I have studied our culture and lore. My aim is to reassemble the pieces of a once proud culture, and to show the dignity and bravery of my people.

  Norval Morrisseau

  Artist, People, Bravery

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• I guess the sacrifice of my dignity is the only thing that will save us now. The things I endure for love. The Fates laugh at my torment.

  Julie Kagawa

  Fate, Sacrifice, Laughing

  Julie Kagawa (2010). “The Iron King”, p.89, Harlequin

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• As long as you are still fighting in defense of your dignity and for your occupied land, all is well.

  George Habash

  Fighting, Land, Long

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