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The ultimate end of all revolutionary social change is to establish the sanctity of human life, the dignity of man, the right of every human being to liberty and well-being.

The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within – strength, courage, dignity.

The generous mind adds dignity to every act, and nothing misbecomes it.

Nothing is more important than empathy for another human being’s suffering. Nothing. Not a career, not wealth, not intelligence, certainly not status. We have to feel for one another if we’re going to survive with dignity.

Enthusiasm is the great hill-climber.

I believe that every American should have stable, dignified housing; health care; education – that the most very basic needs to sustain modern life should be guaranteed in a moral society.

I want to be treated like a human being.

When you accept and appreciate yourself you can handle any situation with class, dignity and respect.

No work is insignificant. All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity.

I take the good with the bad, and I try to face them both with as much calm and dignity as I can muster.

Whenever you can, act as a liberator. Freedom, dignity, wealth – these three together constitute the greatest happiness of humanity. If you bequeath all three to your people, their love for you will never die.

There can be no real growth without healthy populations. No sustainable development without tackling disease and malnutrition. No international security without assisting crisis-ridden countries. And no hope for the spread of freedom, democracy and human dignity unless we treat health as a basic human right.

Migration is an expression of the human aspiration for dignity, safety and a better future. It is part of the social fabric, part of our very make-up as a human family

The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others.

The people of Iran might have suffered, but they haven’t lost their dignity.

Human rights rest on human dignity. The dignity of man is an ideal worth fighting for and worth dying for.

When caring for aging parents, it’s important to remember that dignity is freedom.

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

We may eventually come to realize that chastity is no more a virtue than malnutrition.

A lie is the abandonment and, as it were, the annihilation of the dignity by man.

No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.

Everyone in the world worth being nice to. Because God never creates inferior human beings, each person deserves respect and dignity.

Our true dignity consists — in thought. Thence we must derive our elevation, not from space or duration. Let us endeavor then to think well; this is the principle of morals.

A society that does not recognise that each individual has values of his own which he is entitled to follow can have no respect for the dignity of the individual and cannot really know freedom.

The one who fights back retains his dignity and his self-respect.

The Crown. Place it upon your head and you assume a different post-tranquil yet radiating assurance. Never show doubt, never lose your dignity beneath the crown, or it will not fit. It will seem to be destined for one more worthy. Do not wait for a coronation; the greatest emporers crown themselves.

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

The dignity of the individual demands that he be not reduced to vassalage by the largesse of others.

Human dignity can be achieved only in the field of ethics, and ethical achievement is measured by the degree in which our actions are governed by compassion and love, not by greed and aggressiveness.

Yet there is a dignity in the human spirit which can become most clearly visible in the moment of defeat and disaster.

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.

We must picture Hell as a state where everyone is perpetually concerned about his own dignity and advancement, where everyone has a grievance, and where everyone lives the deadly serious passions of envy, self-importance, and resentment.

I will not trade freedom for beneficence nor my dignity for a handout.

Artillery adds dignity, to what would otherwise be an ugly brawl.

There is a tendency among many shallow thinkers of our day to teach that every human act is a reflex, over which we do not exercise human control. They would rate a generous deed as no more praiseworthy than a wink, a crime as no more voluntary than a sneeze. . . Such a philosophy undercuts all human dignity. . . All of us have the power of choice in action at every moment of our lives.