Don't be disquieted in time of adversity. Be firm with dignity and self-reliant with vigor.

Don't be disquieted in time of adversity. Be firm with dignity and self-reliant with vigor.

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.

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

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

Dignity consists not in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them.

Dignity consists not in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them.

Religion is an insult to human dignity. With or without it, you'd have good people doing good things and evil read more

Religion is an insult to human dignity. With or without it, you'd have good people doing good things and evil people doing bad things, but for good people to do bad things, it takes religion.

I believe in human dignity as the source of national purpose, human liberty as the source of national action, the read more

I believe in human dignity as the source of national purpose, human liberty as the source of national action, the human heart as the source of national compassion, and in the human mind as the source of our invention and our ideas

The friendships which last are those wherein each friend respects the other's dignity to the point of not really wanting read more

The friendships which last are those wherein each friend respects the other's dignity to the point of not really wanting anything from him

Our dignity is not in what we do, but what we understand.

Our dignity is not in what we do, but what we understand.

When an individual is protesting society's refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest read more

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.