Mahatma Gandhi Quotes

Leave the poor Some time for self-improvement. Let them not Be forced to grind the bones out of their arms For bread, but have some space to think and feel Like moral and immortal creatures.

It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honoured by the humiliation of their fellow beings.

You've got to have something to eat and a little love in your life before you can hold still for any damn body's sermon on how to behave.

No one can disgrace us but ourselves.

No sex, age, or condition is above or below the absolute necessity of modesty; but without it one vastly beneath the rank of man.

No age, sex, or condition is above or below the absolute necessity of modesty; but without it one is vastly beneath the rank of man.

My dad has worked so hard his whole life. He doesn't deserve to see his daughters going out embarrassing themselves and flashing their knickers. I want to make my parents proud.

Let us be absolutely clear about one thing: we must not confuse humility with false modesty or servility.

Honour is the inner garment of the Soul; the first thing put on by it with the flesh, and the last it layeth down at its separation from it.

It is an insult to a starving people to offer them religion; it is an insult to a starving man to teach him metaphysics.

The government is not best which secures mere life and property -- there is a more valuable thing -- manhood.

People have a right to certain non-negotiable demands of human dignity.

What is at stake is human dignity. If a man is not accorded respect he cannot respect himself and if he does not respect himself, he cannot demand it.

Self-respect is a commodity worth cleaving to.

I believe no matter who you are, respect yourself, respect others.

I'm a human being and I'm a man, so don't disrespect me.

The most important thing is to be proud of the work that you put into something, and put the ego aside.

You need to have dignity towards how you are, how you dress, how you behave. Very important.

Self-respect to be nourished in the mind of the pupil, is one of the most valuable results of a well conducted education.

I think that's deeply rooted in Muslim consciousness, the idea of not submitting to anything other than God. "You can abuse me, but you're not going to win me over. But if you treat me with respect and dignity, I'm going to fall in love with you. I'm going to sing your praises all over the world because you're powerful and you treated me with human dignity."

Self-respect cannot be hunted. It cannot be purchased. It is never for sale.

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

Love says respect the other as an end unto himself or herself; never use the other as a means. Nobody is a means for you, everybody is an end. But then ambition will flop, and our whole educational system depends on ambitiousness, our politics depends on ambition, our religions depend on ambition.

Pride is both a virtue and a vice.

To yield to the threat or actual use of violence is a surrender of one's self respect and religious conviction.