When an individual is protesting society’s refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him. – Bayard Rustin
The horror of a death without dignity has so much implications for the people who are left behind. – Brendan Gleeson
Throughout history, ambassadors have always been symbolic incarnations of the sovereignty of their nations and the dignity of their leaders. – Camille Paglia
Official dignity tends to increase in inverse ratio to the importance of the country in which the office is held. – Aldous Huxley
All people have dignity. There’s nobody who was born without a soul and a spirit. – Binyavanga Wainaina
There is no dignity without work. You can’t tell someone who has nothing to eat to stay patient. – Beji Caid Essebsi
Further, the dignity of the science itself seems to require that every possible means be explored for the solution of a problem so elegant and so celebrated. – Carl Friedrich Gauss
The honor of about 30 million votes remains with the Iranian nation and no enemy scheme would take away this dignity and honor from the Iranian nation. – Ali Khamenei
To retain his dignity, an artist must live in opposition. He must be critical of his country. If not, then he is worthless. – Bruno Dumont
To possess dignity is to be worthy of respect. Worthy of high esteem. Absorb this: you are worthy of respect. – Beth Moore
We must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy. – Arthur Ashe
Fairs are beneath the dignity of art. To stand there in a booth and hawk your wares – it is just not how you sell art. – Arne Glimcher
What we need to do is understand that we have to love each other, that we have to see each other have worth and dignity and value. – Cory Booker
No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem. – Booker T. Washington
Dignity does not float down from heaven it cannot be purchased nor manufactured. It is a reward reserved for those who labor with diligence. – Bill Hybels
Both villains and heroes are a bit boring, really, unless they’re flawed and broken somehow. If they’re not flawed and broken, then clearly they need to be broken and made flawed. That’s what an author does if he or she has any dignity. – Ben Peek
No person with a sense of the dignity of mankind can condone the persecution of the Jewish race in Germany. – Charles Lindbergh
I think that whether someone is a Christian or not, the idea that a human life has dignity and intrinsic worth should be clear enough. – Mike Huckabee
The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one’s word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a proof of the priest’s inner maturity; it is the expression of his personal dignity. – Pope John Paul II
After a lifetime of working, raising families, and contributing to the success of this nation in countless other ways, senior citizens deserve to retire with dignity. – Charlie Gonzalez