Dignity Quotes · Page 24

At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity.

— E. M. Forster

The greatest achievement of the civil-rights movement is that it has restored the dignity of indignation.

— Fredric Wertham

Sincere efforts to brighten our surroundings and the lives of others return to illuminate our own final years with dignity.

— Senora Roy

The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.

— Aristotle

There are only two reasons why a woman doesn't pick up her phone. She either likes him too much or hates him…

— Yoon Se-ah

The gentleman is calm and at ease. The gentleman is dignified but not proud; the small man is proud but not dignified.

— Confucius

I think the dignity of Congress and the dignity of the country demands something more than merely censure here.

— William Weld

To graciously receive is an expression of the dignity of giving.

— Deepak Chopra

I don't necessarily have to like my players and associates but as their leader I must love them. Love is loyalty, love…

— Vince Lombardi

If globalization is a sphere, where each point is equidistant from the centre, then it isn't good because it annuls each of…

— Pope Francis

“Dignity is a bridge. It needs two sides that, being different, distinct and distant become one in the bridge without ceasing to…

— Zapatistas

The highest thoughts are those which are least dependent on language, and the dignity of any composition and praise to which it…

— John Ruskin

nothing is more important than empathy for another human being's suffering. Nothing. Not a career, not wealth, not intelligence, certainly not status.…

— Audrey Hepburn

“If you can grasp those two truths—you are made in His image and dependent on Him—you will discover a great dignity and…

— Colin S. Smith

Religious freedom is one of the most fundamental of human rights because religious freedom comes from the dignity of the human being…

— Suharto

Somewhere along the way, I think I realised that taking yourself seriously is the worst thing that you can do in life,…

— Casey Wilson

Perhaps it is easier to understand that even though we do not have the wisdom to enumerate the reasons for the behavior…

— Virginia Axline

As long as the artist invents and is inspired, he remains in a constrained state of mind, at least for the purpose…

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

Some people are all quality; you would think they are made up of nothing but title and genealogy. The stamp of dignity…

— Roger L'Estrange

I want to help communities put welfare recipients to work right now, without delay, repairing schools, making their neighborhoods clean and safe,…

— William J. Clinton

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

— Anonymous

“Was she acting entirely consciously? No: women are always sincere, even in the midst of their most shocking duplicities, because it is…

— Honoré de Balzac

To what extent does anybody control his destiny? Life is very much like falling of the edge of a cliff. You have…

— Etgar Keret

“Class never runs scared. It is sure-footed and confident. It can handle anything that comes along. Class has a sense of humor.…

— Ann Landers

All people have dignity. There's nobody who was born without a soul and a spirit.

— Binyavanga Wainaina

Euthanasia ... is simply to be able to die with dignity at a moment when life is devoid of it.

— Marya Mannes

“If you are going down with dignity, you will be admired as if you are going up!”

— Mehmet Murat ildan

“There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no independence quite so important, as living within your means.”

— Calvin Coolidge

The provision of toilets is a minimum requirement for the dignity of our women.

— Narendra Modi

Social security has enabled people to retire with dignity and overwhelmingly not be in poverty. We have to keep it solvent.

— Tim Kaine

The less experienced a doctor is, the higher are his notions of professional dignity . . .

— Arthur Conan Doyle

One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered.

— Michael J. Fox

Ritual is the way you carry the presence of the sacred. Ritual is the spark that must not go out.

— Christina Baldwin

“We still go where we want, even if we got to crawl for the right.' - Tom Joad (Jr.)”

— John Steinbeck

You can preserve many things in addiction...except your dignity.

— Anonymous

“Responsibility makes one honorable, honor makes one responsible.”

— Abhijit Naskar

Inner freedom demands the rejection of any imposition that injures our dignity.

— Fausto Cercignani

Respect was earned, not demanded, but dignity was taught by example.

— Julie Garwood

It is held that valor is the chiefest virtue, and most dignifies the haver.

— William Shakespeare

Non-co-operation is an attempt to awaken the masses to a sense of their dignity and power.

— Mahatma Gandhi