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“And as husbands and fathers and brothers, we have to step up - because every girl’s life matters. Every daughter deserves the same chance as our sons. Every woman should be able to go about her day - to walk the streets or ride the bus - and be safe, and be treated with respect and dignity. She deserves that.”

“There is something to be said for anyone who sits alone with dignity and silently begs for God.”

Book:The Purity of Desire: 100 Poems of Rumi

Source: The Purity of Desire: 100 Poems of Rumi

“I like to photograph people who have strength and dignity in their faces. Whatever life has done to them, it hasn’t destroyed them.”

People Done Faces Dignity Photograph Destroyed Having Strength

Author:Paul Strand

“I just remember that disturbing feeling of walking into that prison, the complete loss of privacy, the complete loss of stimulation, dignity.”

Feelings Remember Loss Walking Dignity Prison Privacy Disturbing Stimulation

Author:Cybill Shepherd

“Never succumb to the temptation of becoming bitter. As you press for justice, be sure to move with dignity and discipline, using only the instruments of love.”

Moving Hate Justice Becoming Discipline Dignity Blame Instruments Presses Bitter Temptation

Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.

“We will stand against violence and intimidation. We will stand for the rights and dignity of all human beings.”

Humans Human Beings Rights Violence Dignity Intimidation Against Violence

Author:Barack Obama

“Gather the five virtues (Dignity, Confidence, Courage, Compassion, and Faith). Then you are a man.”

Men Compassion Virtue Five Dignity

Author:Kofi Annan

“[Humans'] capacity to intervene, to compare, to judge, to decide, to choose, to desist makes them capable of acts of greatness, of dignity, and, at the same time, of the unthinkable in terms of indignity.”

Humans Term Greatness Judging Capable Capacity Dignity Compare Unthinkable Indignity

Book:Pedagogy of Freedom: Ethics, Democracy, and Civic Courage

Source: Pedagogy of Freedom: Ethics, Democracy, and Civic Courage

“Guarding your heart and protecting your dignity are a little bit more important than clarifying the emotions of someone who's only texting you back three words. I've learned that from trying to figure out people who don't deserve to be figured out. When someone seems mysterious, we like to romanticize that he's "deep" or "complicated." But a lot of the time, things are exactly as they seem....”

People Trying Heart Littles Important Seems Three Bits Emotion Relationship Figures Little Bit Deserve Dignity Complicated Mysterious I've Learned Texting Guarding Three Words Clarifying

Author:Taylor Swift

“Ernie Banks was a great great player and when he no longer could play, he became a great ambassador for the game. He represented the game with the highest of class and dignity. Everybody loved Ernie Banks. He enjoyed baseball, life and people. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family. We have truly lost a baseball giant.”

People Play Games Lost Prayer Class Player Highest Dignity Baseball Enjoyed Giants Our Thoughts Ambassadors Thoughts And Prayers Baseball Life Our Thoughts And Prayers

Author:Tommy Lasorda

“The dignity of a woman's life is infinite, her status immeasurable, her capacity unbounded, her role divine...In the fast changing world of today her vision penetrates into the reality of the far beyond, the reality which endures beyond change.”

World Reality Today Life Is Vision Roles Divine Capacity Dignity Infinite Endure Penetrate

Author:Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

“The world has lost a visionary leader, a courageous voice for justice, and a clear moral compass. By showing us that the path to freedom and human dignity lies in love, wisdom and compassion for one another, Nelson Mandela stands as an inspiration to us all.”

“Everything on earth is beautiful, everything -- except what we ourselves think and do when we forget the higher purposes of life and our own human dignity.”

Thinking Humans Earth Beautiful Purpose Nature Forget Beauty Higher Dignity Purpose Of Life Human Dignity Higher Purpose Creating Beauty

Book:The Collected Works of Anton Chekhov: Novellas, Short Stories, Plays, Letters & Diary: Three Sisters, Seagull , The Shooting Party, Uncle Vanya, Cherry Orchard, Chameleon, Tripping Tongue, On The Road, Vanka, Ward No. Six, Swedish Match, Nightmare, Bear, Reluctant Hero, Joy…

Source: The Collected Works of Anton Chekhov: Novellas, Short Stories, Plays, Letters & Diary: Three Sisters, Seagull , The Shooting Party, Uncle Vanya, Cherry Orchard, Chameleon, Tripping Tongue, On The Road, Vanka, Ward No. Six, Swedish Match, Nightmare, Bear, Reluctant Hero, Joy…

“Any child who is self-sufficient, who can tie his shoes, dress or undress himself, reflects in his joy and sense of achievement the image of human dignity which is derived from a sense of independence.”

Humans Children Self Joy Achievement Dignity Dresses Independence Shoes Ties Sufficient Human Dignity Self Sufficient

Book:The child in the family

Source: The child in the family

“Every religion has its dignity ... in freedom of expression there are limits.”

Expression Limits Dignity Freedom Of Expression

Author:Pope Francis

“I love the dignity in the name Philadelphia, but at heart, we're Philly.”

Heart Names Dignity Philadelphia

Author:Lisa Scottoline

“His Holiness brings a wealth of experience to this exalted office. The United Nations and the Holy See share a strong commitment to peace, social justice, human dignity, religious freedom and mutual respect among the world's religions.”

“If we estimate dignity by immediate usefulness, agriculture is undoubtedly the first and noblest science.”

Ifs Firsts Dignity Agriculture Usefulness

Book:The Rambler

Source: The Rambler

“In order that she may be able to give her hand with dignity, she must be able to stand alone.”

Giving May Hands Able Order Dignity Individuality Stand Alone

Author:Margaret Fuller

“Compassion is an act of tolerance where kindness and forgiveness reign. When we make the compassionate choice, we enhance the dignity of each individual, which is the very essence of loving them.”

Choices Individual Compassion Kindness Dignity Essence Tolerance Compassionate Reign

Author:Leo Buscaglia

“When we deny the poor and the vulnerable their own human dignity and capacity for freedom and choice, it becomes self-denial. It becomes a denial of both our collective and individual dignity, at all levels of society.”

Humans Self Choices Individual Poor Levels Capacity Dignity Deny Vulnerable Denial Collectives Human Dignity Self-denial Poor And Vulnerable

Author:Jacqueline Novogratz

“The faces and the tactics of the leaders may change every four years, or two, or one, but the people go on forever.”

“One of the greatest dignities of humankind is that each successive generation is invested in the welfare of each new generation.”

Generations Dignity Welfare Humankind New Generation Greatest Generation

Book:Wisdom from the World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember

Source: Wisdom from the World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember

“No fear or shame in the dignity of your experience, language, and knowledge.”

Language Loss Accepting Forever Love You Listening Dignity Shame No Fear Submissive

Author:Jack Kerouac

“The people in Tacloban have great dignity and deserve better than what they have gotten”

People Deserve Dignity Deserve Better

Author:Anderson Cooper

“I thank God that America still has one party that reaches out their hands in love to lift up all of God's children - born and unborn, and says that each of us has dignity and all of us have the right to live the American Dream.”

Children Stills Dream Hands America Born Party Dignity Lifts Thank God Reach Out American Dream Unborn

Author:Rick Santorum

“No power on this earth can destroy the thirst for human dignity”

Humans Earth Dignity Thirst Human Dignity

Author:Nelson Mandela

“The more dignity is widely and freely available in a society, the less people want to be famous.”

People Want Dignity Available

Author:Alain de Botton

“Confidence breeds confidence and negativity breeds negativity. Treat those around you with respect and dignity and they will thrive.”

Dignity Treats Thrive Negativity Dignity And Respect

Author:Richard Branson

“Enslavement to your own weakness - be it an addiction to alcohol, or to a woman or to fame - it's degrading, and it means losing your dignity and your freedom.”

Mean Fame Losing Weakness Dignity Addiction Alcohol Climbing Degrading Enslavement Your Freedom

Author:Wojciech Kurtyka

“Closeness to power heightens the dignity of all men.”

Men Power Dignity Closeness

Book:The Making of the President 1960

Source: The Making of the President 1960

“Racial pride and self-dignity were emphasized in my family and community.”

Self Community Pride Dignity My Family

Author:Rosa Parks

“There is a lot of dignity in having the ability to confront the inconsequence of reality.”

Reality Ability Dignity

Author:Martin Esslin

“In this role my wish is to build our understanding of what it means to protect the rights and human dignity of all Australians. Upholding human rights is about looking out for each other, taking the idea of fairness seriously. And it goes to the heart of who we are as a nation.”

Humans Heart Mean Ideas Nations Wish Understanding Community Roles Rights Protect Dignity Human Rights Who We Are Fairness Human Dignity My Wish

Author:Mick Dodson

“We need to realize that poverty doesn't only consist of being hungry for bread, but rather it is a tremendous hunger for human dignity. We need to love and to be someone for someone else”

Needs Humans Realizing Poverty Dignity Hunger Hungry Bread Human Dignity

Author:Mother Teresa

“Every economic...acti on must set about providing each inhabitant of the planet with the minimum wherewithal to live in dignity and freedom, with the possibility of supporting a family, educating children, praising God and developing one's own human potential.”

Humans Children Economic Possibility Planets Dignity Praise Developing Providing Minimum Human Potential Praise God Educating Children

Author:Pope Francis

“When you recognize the sacredness, the beauty, the incredible stillness and dignity in which a flower or a tree exists, you add something to the flower or the tree. Through your recognition, your awareness, nature too comes to know itself. It comes to know its own beauty and sacredness through you.”

Knows Tree Awareness Flower Dignity Add Incredibles Recognition Stillness Sacredness

Book:Stillness Speaks

Source: Stillness Speaks

“What my eyes seek in these encounters is not just the beauty traditionally revered by wildlife photographers. The perfection I seek in my photographic composition is a means to show the strength and dignity of animals in nature.”

Mean Shows Eye Animal Dignity Perfection Photographer Encounters Composition Wildlife Animals In Nature

Author:Frans Lanting

“In our families we learn to love and to recognise the dignity of all, especially of the elderly”

Dignity Our Family Inspirational Love Elders Elderly Recognise Family Love Inspirational Family

Book:The Blessing of Family: Inspiring Words from Pope Francis

Source: The Blessing of Family: Inspiring Words from Pope Francis

“Each of us has a mission . . . each of us is called to change the world, to work for a culture of life, a culture forged by love and respect for the dignity of each human person.”

World Humans Persons Culture Dignity Missions Changing The World Love And Respect Forged

Author:Pope Benedict XVI

“How I wish everyone had decent work! It is essential for human dignity.”

Humans Wish Essentials Dignity Decent Working It Human Dignity Dignity Of Work Decent Work

Author:Pope Francis

“I decided long ago, never to walk in anyone's shadows. If I fail, if I succeed...At least I live as I believe. No matter what they take from me, They can't take away my dignity. Because the greatest love of all is happening to me. I found the greatest love of all inside of me. The greatest love of all is easy to achieve. Learning to LOVE YOURSELf...It is the GREATEST love of all”

“We must learn to live the African way. It's the only way to live in freedom and with dignity”

Way Dignity Way To Live

Author:Thomas Sankara

“I want to suggest some of the things that should begin your life's blueprint. Number one...should be a deep belief in your own dignity. Your worth and your own somebodiness... Always feel that you count. Always feel that you have worth, and always feel that your life has ultimate significance.”

Want Feels Should Belief Numbers Dignity Ultimate Significance Blueprints

Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.

“A person who has not been completely alienated, who has remained sensitive and able to feel, who has not lost the sense of dignity, who is not yet 'for sale', who can still suffer over the suffering of others, who has not acquired fully the having mode of existence - briefly, a person who has remained a person and not become a thing - cannot help feeling lonely, powerless, isolated in present-day society.”

Feels Persons Stills Helping Feelings Able Suffering Lost Existence Dignity Lonely Sensitive Isolated Powerless Present Day Feeling Lonely Suffering Of Others

Book:The art of being

Source: The art of being

“When who you are and what you are is not decided by any external forces, then you are in dignity.”

Force Dignity Decided Who You Are External Forces

Author:Jaggi Vasudev

“Meditation practice begins by sitting down and assuming your seat cross-legged on the ground. You begin to feel that by simply being on the spot, your life can become workable and even wonderful. You realize that you are capable of sitting like a king or queen on a throne. The regalness of that situation shows you the... dignity that comes from being still and simple.”

Source: The Sanity We Are Born With: A Buddhist Approach to Psychology

“Sometimes I wonder what it's gonna take to find dignity.”

Sometimes Wonder Dignity Sometimes I Wonder

Author:Bob Dylan

“I asked myself, 'Am I going to withdraw from the world, like most people do, or am I going to live?' I decided I am going to live - or at least try to live - the way I want, with dignity, with courage, with humor, with composure.”

People World Way Want Trying Dignity Decided Composure

Book:Tuesdays With Morrie: An old man, a young man, and life's greatest lesson

Source: Tuesdays With Morrie: An old man, a young man, and life's greatest lesson

“Self-respect is the root of discipline”

Self Discipline Dignity Roots Self Respect Self Control Disciple Self Discipline Willpower Power And Control Dignity And Respect Self Power Discipline And Self Control Controlling Power Self Respect And Dignity

Author:Abraham Joshua Heschel