Dignity Quotes · Page 103

...I will not be a sight gag for anybody. I will not do anything degrading to myself or other fat people.

— Darlene Cates

Hurting a man in his dignity is a crime.

— Dale Carnegie

Let us never cease to feel compassion for those in want. Let us never tire of helping victims of injustice and oppression.…

— Anonymous

“Be warned: If you allow yourself to see dignity in someone, you have doomed yourself to wanting to understand and help whoever…

— Kurt Vonnegut Jr

Means must be subsidiary to ends and to our desire for dignity and value.

— Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

I did take the blows [of life], but I took them with my chin up, in dignity, because I so profoundly love…

— Josephine Baker

[The woman] paused and seemed to take a deep breath. 'You see,' she declared. 'I am Tom Mallow's aunt.' Catherine's first instinct…

— Barbara Pym

“I think that because they trusted themselves and respected themselves as individuals, because they knew beyond doubt that they were valuable and…

— John Steinbeck

I am extremely proud that our cinema is being recognised in the West. I want Indian cinema to get its dignity, not…

— Sanjay Leela Bhansali

“Every woman that finally figured out her worth, has picked up her suitcases of pride and boarded a flight to freedom, which…

— Shannon L. Alder

Dignity, in private men and in governments, has been little else than a stately and stiff perseverance in oppression; and spirit, as…

— Walter Savage Landor

Privacy is an inherent human right, and a requirement for maintaining the human condition with dignity and respect.

— Bruce Schneier

Al Qaeda's message that violence, terrorism and extremism are the only answer for Arabs seeking dignity and hope is being rejected each…

— Elliott Abrams

People are tired of being kept from the dignity that allows them to make their own choices.

— Condoleezza Rice

“[A]s though mindful of the wife of Lot, who looked back from behind him, thou deliveredst me first to the sacred garments…

— Héloïse

And He [God] and you are two things of such a kind that if you really get into any kind of touch…

— Anonymous

The real challenge lies in maintaining dignity while being funny. I am in awe of Krushna Abhishek's energy and Bharti Singh's wit.…

— Amruta Khanvilkar

A dog has kindliness in his heart and dignity in his demeanor. The finest qualities anyone can have.

— Kay Francis

A lie is the abandonment and, as it were, the annihilation of the dignity by man.

— Immanuel Kant

In the world of comic books, "troublemaker" means someone who has some sense of dignity.

— Frank Miller

Dignity is as essential to human life as water, food, and oxygen.

— Laura Hillenbrand

Cultivate these, then, for they are wholly within your power: sincerity and dignity; industriousness; and sobriety. Avoid grumbling, be frugal, considerate, and…

— Marcus Aurelius

Begging for acknowledgment, or even asking, diminishes dignity and diminishes power.

— Will Smith

It is my hope and my belief that you will be able to report that I died with dignity, without animal fear…

— Caryl Chessman

A remarkable feature of Islam is that it gives dignity even to the humblest illiterate peasants. It gives them a certain human…

— Bernard Lewis