Ignominy thirsts for respect.

Monsieur' to a convict is a glass of water to a man dying of thirst at sea; ignominy thirsts for respect.

— Victor Hugo

“Each time he uttered the word ‘Monsieur’ in his mild, compassionable voice, the man’s face lighted up. The courtesy, to the ex-convict, was like…

— Victor Hugo

This is what one thirsts for, I realize, after the smallness of the day, of work, of details, of intimacy - even of communication,…

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

He who never thirsts for God here, will thirst for Him before he has been dead a minute.

— Anonymous

“There is in true grace an infinite circle: a man by thirsting receives, and receiving thirsts for more.”

— Thomas Shepard

Finally, there is more genuine joy in climbing the hill of success, even though sweat may be spent and toes may be stubbed, than…

— B. C. Forbes

Whatever ignominy or disgrace we have incurred, it is almost always in our power to reestablish our reputation.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

No people ever yet groaned under the heavy yoke of slavery, but when they deserv'd it. ...The truth is, all might be free if…

— Samuel Adams

Shame, I do believe, is the most powerful emotion known to man; most discoveries and journeys of importance have been accomplished because of the…

— Iain Pears

It took time for the church to come to terms with the ignominy of the cross. Church fathers forbade its depiction in art until…

— Philip Yancey

Though you be sprung in direct line from Hercules, if you show a lowborn meanness, that long succession of ancestors whom you disgrace are…

— Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux

The label of liberalism is hardly a sentence to public ignominy: otherwise Bruce Springsteen would still be rehabilitating used Cadillacs in Asbury Park and…

— Barbara Ehrenreich

What shall I say! And how shall I describe this Birth to you? For this wonder fills me with astonishment. The Ancient of Days…

— Saint John Chrysostom

That toil of growing up; The ignominy of boyhood; the distress Of boyhood changing into man; The unfinished man and his pain.

— William Butler Yeats

You are Insignificant. One of millions, neither special nor unique. I did not ask for this ignominy, and I resent the comparison. Fine. I…

— N.K. Jemisin