Dignity Quotes

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As I grew older, I understood that instructions came with this voice. What were these instructions? The instructions were never to lament casually. And if… — Leonard Cohen
When you insist someone submit to your will, it is accomplished most easily if you give them a small victory so they can retain their… — Terry Goodkind
If Tolstoy were alive today and working at Panopticon Insurance, he'd say that all insurance companies are the same, then throw himself through an eighteenth… — Paul Neilan
I will remember this, thought Ender, when I am defeated. To keep dignity, and give honor where it's due, so that defeat is not disgrace.… — Orson Scott Card
Dignity was the first quality to be abandoned when the heart took over the running of human affairs. — William Boyd
Young men often laugh at the sensible girls whom they secretly respect, and affect to admire the silly ones whom they secretly despise, because earnestness,… — Louisa May Alcott
Independence is the only gauge of human virtue and value. What a man is and makes of himself; not what he has or hasnâ€™t done… — Ayn Rand
Surely until all of us own and honor one another's dead, until we have admitted to our murders and forgiven one another and ourselves for… — Alexandra Fuller
Her face ... was a one-of-a-kind, a surprising variation on a familiar theme - a variation that made observers think, Yes - that would be… — Kurt Vonnegut
Thatâ€™s the other thing I learned that day, that the truth, however shocking or uncomfortable, in the end leads to liberation and dignity. — Ricky Gervais
What's that?" "The laundry basket?" "No, next to it." "I don't see anything next to it." "It's my last shred of dignity. It's very small. — John Green
In a strange way we were free. We'd reached the end of the line. We had nothing more to lose. Our privacy, our liberty, our… — Susanna Kaysen
Whether you believe in God or not does not matter so much, whether you believe in Buddha or not does not matter so much; as… — Dalai Lama
It is the duty of every man to uphold the dignity of every woman. — Pope John Paul II
Darling, a true lady takes off her dignity with her clothes and does her whorish best. At other times you can be as modest and… — Robert A. Heinlein
Religion has everything on its side: revelation, prophecies, government protection, the highest dignity and eminence. . . and more than this, the invaluable prerogative of… — Irvin D. Yalom
Skepsis. I am a true skeptic, born under the noble sign of skepsis, the sign of the man who knows that all astrology is absolutely… — Stephen Fry
There is no dignity in a crying toothpick. — Obert Skye
Some wars are about bombing. For the people of the Baltics, this war was about believing. In 1991, after 50 years of brutal occupation, the… — Ruta Sepetys
I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture of their minds, and… — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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