Dignity Quotes · Page 34

In nature the most violent passions are silent; in tragedy they must speak and speak with dignity too.

— Lord Chesterfield

Let tears flow of their own accord; their flowing is not inconsistent with inward peace and harmony.

— Seneca the Younger

“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

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

— Arthur Conan Doyle

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

— Tim Kaine

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

May no one use religion as a pretext for actions against human dignity and against the fundamental rights of every man and…

— Pope Francis

There's no dignity in hiding from an undignified story. You don't want to die the death of 1000 cuts. Just get the…

— Krystal Ball

Without dignity, identity is erased. In its absence, men are defined not by themselves, but by their captors and the circumstances in…

— Laura Hillenbrand

Most of my younger Native American friends are not in any way looking for sympathy, and they're not looking to lay guilt…

— Robbie Robertson

President or Prime Minister are not any individuals. They are an institutions in itself, and in democracy, we should ensure that the…

— Rajnath Singh

Doctors are not servants of their patients, they are traders like everyone else in a free society and they should bear that…

— Ayn Rand

Malaria kills and its main victims are children and women. We can stop this scourge so people can live with dignity and…

— Youssou N'Dour

My mother would thump me sharply on the head with a thimble or a spoon if I became too noisy with the…

— Lincoln Steffens

The state of society is one in which the members have suffered amputation from the trunk, and strut about so many walking…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

You don't believe that your friend could ever do anything great. You despise yourself in secret, even – no, especially – when…

— Wilhelm Reich

For every woman and girl violently attacked, we reduce our humanity. For every woman forced into unprotected sex because men demand this,…

— Nelson Mandela

The Fathers of the Church can well afford to preach the gospel of Christ. It contains nothing dangerous to the regime of…

— Emma Goldman

My brother had just been appointed Secretary of Nevada Territory--an office of such majesty that it concentrated in itself the duties and…

— Mark Twain

“But what his life had really meant, Hoshino had no idea. Not that anybody's life had more clear-cut meaning to it. What's…

— Haruki Murakami

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

“I haven’t met many men who wouldn’t take advantage of a woman they shared a cage with.” Senlin waved the point away,…

— Josiah Bancroft

“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

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

— Deepak Chopra

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

Stories can break the dignity of a people, but stories can also repair that broken dignity.”

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

To age with dignity and with courage cuts close to what it is to be a man.

— Roger Kahn

Rabbits need dignity and above all the will to accept their fate.

— Richard Adams

“Delicacy and dignity are taught by one's own heart, not by a dancing master.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

To be Canadian is to live in relative calm and with great dignity.

— William Davis

“Clothes, shoes, and material things will not replace your dignity, for if you lose your dignity you lose yourself.”

— Christy Sloat

Because we should always respect other nationalities, I have always tried to play them with dignity.

— Ricardo Montalban