Dignity Quotes

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It is only the great men who are truly obscene. If they had not dared to be obscene, they could never have dared to be… — Havelock Ellis
Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it. — Epicurus
Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army. — Edward Everett
Why do the people humiliate themselves by voting? I didn't vote because I have dignity. If I had closed my nose and voted for one… — Oriana Fallaci
A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellency of heart. — Henry Fielding
At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity. — E. M. Forster
The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others. — Dag Hammarskjold
Israel no longer has allies in Egypt and in Tunisia, we are saying to the Zionist enemies that times have changed and that the time… — Ismail Haniyeh
Not just Christians and Jews, but also Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus and the followers of many other religions believe in values like peace, respect, tolerance and… — Alcee Hastings
The truth is that there is only one terminal dignity - love. And the story of a love is not important - what is important… — Helen Hayes
If a writer knows enough about what he is writing about, he may omit things that he knows. The dignity of movement of an iceberg… — Ernest Hemingway
Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself. — Abraham Joshua Heschel
Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity. — Herbert Hoover
A creditor is worse than a slave-owner; for the master owns only your person, but a creditor owns your dignity, and can command it. — Victor Hugo
Official dignity tends to increase in inverse ratio to the importance of the country in which the office is held. — Aldous Huxley
It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of importance. — Thomas Huxley
The problems of aging present an opportunity to rethink our social and personal lives in order to ensure the dignity and welfare of each individual. — Daisaku Ikeda
There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others however humble. — Washington Irving
What interests me is the surprising enormous extent to which most people accept the fate that's been given to them, and find some dignity. — Kazuo Ishiguro

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