Dignity Quotes

1666 Dignity quotes by 1060 unique authors

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 I’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. […] 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
It might be a good idea if, like the White Queen, we practiced believing six impossible things every morning before breakfast, for we are called… — Madeleine L'Engle
Constitutions become the ultimate tyranny," Paul said. "They’re organized power on such a scale as to be overwhelming. The constitution is social power mobilized and… — Frank Herbert
A little bad taste is like a nice dash of paprika. — Dorothy Parker
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
If growing up means it would be beneath my dignity to climb a tree, I'll never grow up, never grow up, never grow up! Not… — James M. Barrie
Anything may happen when womanhood has ceased to be a protected occupation. — Virginia Woolf
A woman knows very well that, though a wit sends her his poems, praises her judgment, solicits her criticism, and drinks her tea, this by… — Virginia Woolf
Without love, loyalty, desires, passion, courage, dignities, faith, beliefs and all the other ingredients that go into making the human soul something so elevated that… — Sylvester Stallone
Two households, both alike in dignity In fair Verona, where we lay our scene From ancient grudge break to new mutiny Where civil blood makes… — William Shakespeare
A mouse slid out from under his hat and scrambled down his sleeve, across his lap, and down to the floor. Nothing,' said Fenworth, 'should… — Donita K. Paul

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