Dignity Quotes

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You don't believe that your friend could ever do anything great. You despise yourself in secret, even â€“ no, especially â€“ when you stand on… — Wilhelm Reich
If I follow the inclination of my nature, it is this: beggar-woman and single, far rather than queen and married. — Elizabeth I
Câ€™mon, Tally. Donâ€™t you want your clothes, your keys? Oh wait, how about some dignity? (Kyrian) — Sherrilyn Kenyon
I can't even say I made my own mistakes. Really - one has to ask oneself - what dignity is there in that? — Kazuo Ishiguro
What are you, a baby? Jeez, if youâ€™re going to kill humans, the least you could do is learn to die with some dignity. (Wulf) — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Every life has a watershed moment, an instant when you realize you're about to make a choice that will define everything else you ever do,… — Mira Grant
Turns out he does run," Nick drawled. "Given an incentive. And he wouldn't be so out of breath if he hadn't kept shrieking." "That was… — Sarah Rees Brennan
The most important human endeavor is the striving for morality in our actions. Our inner balance and even our very existence depend on it. Only… — Albert Einstein
Peter,â€ Ashley asked softly, â€œDo you know what that was?â€ â€œOf course,â€ Peter said, much affronted. â€œA thimble.â€ â€œNo,â€ said Ashley, staring, â€œThat was a… — Sarah Rees Brennan
As never before, he understood the vitality of tradition, the dignity of the worship of what had existed before one's own self had come into… — Nancy Holder
He gave me an inscrutable look that said maybe he would and maybe he wouldn't. Mister was a cat, and cats generally considered it the… — Jim Butcher
There can be no reproach to pain unless we assume human dignity, there is no reason for restraints on pleasure unless we assume human worth,… — Ravi Zacharias
It's not just the embarrassment of tears. That's part of it, no doubt, but what embarrasses me much more, and always will, is the paralysis… — Tim O'Brien
Democracy is not just the right to vote, it is the right to live in dignity. — Naomi Klein
As long as she thinks of a man, nobody objects to a woman thinking. — Virginia Woolf
Have you ever tried to get to your feet with a sprained dignity? — Madeleine L'Engle
I like my human experience served up with a little silence and restraint. Silence makes experience go further and, when it does die, gives it… — Djuna Barnes
Today there were fear, hatred, and pain, but no dignity of emotion, no deep or complex sorrows. — George Orwell
Because I am a part of the Big Picture, I do matter and substantially so. Because I am only a part, however, I am rightly… — Richard Rohr
We could say that the human race is a great coauthorship in which we are collaborating with God and nature in the making of ourselves… — Wendell Berry

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