Dave is certainly critical of the loss of dignity of the human person and the trivialization of human life in our contemporary culture. That will certainly be a theme in his lecture,

Every life deserves a certain amount of dignity, no matter how poor or damaged the shell that carries it.

Every man — in the development of his own personality — has the right to form his own beliefs and opinions. Hence, suppression of belief, opinion and expression is an affront to the dignity of...

If your love for another person doesn’t include loving yourself then your love is incomplete.

Any foolish boy can stamp on a beetle, but all the professors in the world cannot make a beetle.

Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had adifferent word for burger flipping; they called it opportunity.

Loghain shook his head in disbelief. “Maker’s breath, man, aren’t you suppose to have some dignity? Somewhere?””Me? Dignity?””Being the supposed future King and such.””I think Rowan took my dignity.”She snorted derisively, folding her arms. “There...

Dignity is a value that creates irreplaceability.

Honesty may not bring you success, but it always adds to your dignity.

I also remember being struck by de Sade’s will, in which he asked that his ashes be scattered to the four corners of the earth in the hope that humankind would forget both his writings...

We are a better people than this, … For the sake of our dignity as a nation and a people let us once and for all close the door to this culture of death.

But today’s society is characterized by achievement orientation, and consequently it adores people who are successful and happy and, in particular, it adores the young. It virtually ignores the value of all those who are...

The lesson will always repeat itself, unless you see yourself as the problem–not others.

victimnoun ˈvik-təm 1. The moment you tell everyone you have a mental disorder, in order to excuse your behavior.

Losing your honor in a person’s eye is tantamount losing it for entire humanity.

[I]n the end this shall be for me sufficient, that a marble stone shall declare that a Queen, having reigned such a time, lived and died a virgin.

Because you deserve dignity, beyond anything else in this world. You deserve a God, and a faith, and a belief that finds you dignified at the core.

Nothing is so essential as dignity…Time will reveal who has it and who has it not.

[M]en, though they know full well how much women are worth and how great the benefits we bring them, nonetheless seek to destroy us out of envy for our merits. It’s just like the crow,...

Help us to fully restore Africa’s dignity as together we undertake a journey of hope crowned by the 2010 World Cup.

Respect for the dignity of others includes treating them as rational creatures capable of being persuadad by rational argument, even in the face of frequent evidence to the contrary.

Chasing a person doesn’t give you value or build values in you. You earn your value by chasing morality and practicing dignity.

Purpose! Purposes are for animals with a hell of a lot more dignity than the human race! Just hop on that strange torpedo and ride it to wherever it’s going

walk with kings and keep it’s virtue and talk with crowds and keep the common touch.” Everyone is comfortable with the person who has class because that person is comfortable with himself.If you have class,...

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.

I am anchored on a resolve you cannot shake. My heart, my conscience shall dispose of my hand — they only. Know this at last.

Suffering of the people strengthens their will and determination to struggle as to live in dignity and freedom.

Then he was sorry for the great fish… How many people will he feed?.. But are they worthy to eat him? No, of course, not. There is no one worthy of eating him from the...

She had the experience to suffer with discretion.

I will remember this, thought Ender, when I am defeated. To keep dignity, and give honor where it’s due, so that defeat is not disgrace. And I hope I don’t have to do it often.

[I]f the name of wife appears more sacred and more valid, sweeter to me is ever the word friend, or, if thou be not ashamed, concubine … And thou thyself wert not wholly unmindful of...

Not one word was said by Moses or Aaron as to the wickedness of depriving a human being of his liberty. Not a word was said in favor of liberty. Not the slightest intimation that...

In a world where very few people care if you live or die, there is a light that shines in the distance. It has a name that they call hope and it carries with it...

I have little shame, no dignity – all in the name of a better cause.

There has to be a cut-off somewhere between the freedom of expression and a graphically explicit free-for-all.

I want to write a poem about “Truth,” “Honor,” “Dignity,” and whether the toilet paper should roll over or under when you pull on it.

Equality lies only in human moral dignity. … Let there be brothers first, then there will be brotherhood, and only then will there be a fair sharing of goods among brothers.

Restoring and recognizing the dignity of the human person is at the heart of our efforts, … In the weeks and months to come, this effort will assist families in rebuilding their lives with supportive...

I earnestly wish to point out in what true dignity and human happiness consists. I wish to persuade women to endeavor to acquire strength, both of mind and body, and to convince them that the...

It is time to call down the curtain on the sorry soap opera in the White House and restore dignity to the national stage,

[…] art instills the fundamental moral lesson: That you aren’t the center of the universe. That others weren’t created for your benefit. That they are just as real as you, with equal claimes to dignity...

I have control over how I plan to react, feel, think and believe in the present. No one guides the tone of my life, except me!

The important thing isn’t what other people think you are; it’s who you are.

If we don’t have a policy that allows an immigrant to come across with their dignity and their respect as well as their work ethic, we’re going to pay an awful price. We already are.

[F]rom my years of understanding … I happily chose this kind of life in which I yet live [i.e., unmarried], which I assure you for my own part hath hitherto best contented myself and I...

I’m still the same Chelsea Knot. Bow down, bitches.

Be strong. Live honorably and with dignity. When you don’t think you can, hold on.

Without dignity, identity is erased.

Men were created before women. … But that doesn’t prove their superiority – rather, it proves ours, for they were born out of the lifeless earth in order that we could be born out of...

We are a society that treats people with disabilities with condescension and pity, not dignity and respect.