#dignity

To busy oneself with what is futile when one can do something useful, to attend to what is simple when one has the mettle to attempt what is difficult, is to strip talent of its dignity. ↗

— Jose Marti

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Joy, rather than happiness, is the goal of life, for joy is the emotion which accompanies our fulfilling our natures as human beings. It is based on the experience of one's identity as a being of worth and dignity. ↗

— Rollo May

#based #being #beings #dignity #emotion

They talk of the dignity of work. The dignity is in leisure. ↗

— Herman Melville

#leisure #talk #work

When it comes to human dignity, we cannot make compromises. ↗

— Angela Merkel

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Love and dignity cannot share the same abode. ↗

— Ovid

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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

#christ #church #dignity #duty #expression

I think we need to treat everybody with dignity. ↗

— Rand Paul

#everybody #i #i think #need #think

I have a very good sense of tone, and it's possible to talk about very personal things and maintain a level of dignity and even privacy - to go to the place, to talk about it, but not get icky. ↗

— Jane Pauley

#dignity #even #get #go #good

It is impossible to forget the sense of dignity which marks the hour when one becomes a wage-earner... I felt that I had suddenly acquired value to myself, to my family, and to the world. ↗

— Elizabeth Stuart Phelps

#becomes #dignity #family #felt #forget

Labor wants pride and joy in doing good work, a sense of making or doing something beautiful or useful - to be treated with dignity and respect as brother and sister. ↗

— Thorstein Veblen

#brother #brother and sister #dignity #doing #doing good