Dignity Quotes

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Well, I mean, yes idealism, yes the dignity of pure research, yes the pursuit of truth in all its forms, but there comes a point… — Douglas Adams
You cannot drive with your eyes in the rear-view mirrorâ€¦ But dignity is difficult to maintain. Stamina requires constant upkeep. Repetition is boring. And you… — John Irving
The general impression is that fifteen year-old Dolly remains morbidly uninterested in sexual matters, or to be exact, represses her curiosity in order to save… — Vladimir Nabokov
I can win an argument on any topic, against any opponent. People know this, and steer clear of me at parties. Often, as a sign… — Dave Barry
Believing you are worthy of love means that you believe I deserve to be treated well - with respect and dignity. I deserve to be… — Suze Orman
We Woosters freeze like the dickens when we seek sympathy and meet with cold reserve. "Nothing further Jeeves", I said with quiet dignity. — P.G. Wodehouse
We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
I feel within me a peace above all earthly dignities, a still and quiet conscience. — William Shakespeare
To be pleased with one's limits is a wretched state. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Their long years together had shown him that it did not so much matter if marriage was a dull duty, as long as it kept… — Edith Wharton
What Iâ€™ve loved most after you, is myself: that is, my dignity and that strength which made me superior to other men. That Strength was… — Alexandre Dumas
But I think that because they trusted themselves and respected themselves as individuals, because they knew beyond doubt that they were valuable and potentially moral… — John Steinbeck
I didn't know what hate felt like, not the hate that comes after love. It's huge and desperate and it longs to be proved wrong.… — Jeanette Winterson
Every life deserves a certain amount of dignity, no matter how poor or damaged the shell that carries it. — Rick Bragg
Something is rotten in the state of Denmark. — William Shakespeare
To believe that what has not occurred in history will not occur at all, is to argue disbelief in the dignity of man. — Mahatma Gandhi
Beware the irrational, however seductive. Shun the 'transcendent' and all who invite you to subordinate or annihilate yourself. Distrust compassion; prefer dignity for yourself and… — Christopher Hitchens
To plot is to live. [â€¦] We start out lives in chaos, in babble. As we surge up into the world, we try to devise… — Don DeLillo
Anyone who considers arithmetical methods of producing random digits is, of course, in a state of sin. — John von Neumann
Grace was in all her steps, heaven in her eye, in every gesture dignity and love. — John Milton

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