Dignity Quotes

1666 Dignity quotes by 1060 unique authors

What?” I said defensively, clutching the mink and my dignity. Since I was barefoot, mostly naked and completely hungover, I was pretty sure I grasped… — Karen Chance
What do you think dignity's all about?' The directness of the inquiry did, I admit, take me rather by surprise. 'It's rather a hard thing… — Kazuo Ishiguro
There was no honor in war, less in killing, and none in dying. But there was true dignity in how men comported themselves in battle.… — Michael Scott
Respect was earned, not demanded, but dignity was taught by example. — Julie Garwood
To what extent does anybody control his destiny? Life is very much like falling of the edge of a cliff. You have complete freedom to… — Etgar Keret
Most people go through life using up half their energy trying to protect a dignity they never had — Raymond Chandler
To hide feelings when you are near crying is the secret of dignity. — Dejan Stojanovic
Politeness [is] a sign of dignity, not subservience. — Theodore Roosevelt
The most obscene symbol in human history is the Cross; yet in its ugliness it remains the most eloquent testimony to human dignity. — R C Sproul
We all need to treat each other with human dignity and respect — Madonna Ciccone
Without dignity, identity is erased. — Laura Hillenbrand
There came to him an image of man’s whole life upon the earth. It seemed to him that all man’s life was like a tiny… — Thomas Wolfe
There's no one with intelligence in this town except that man over there playing with the children, the one riding the stick horse. He has… — Unknown Author
The most attractive quality of all is dignity. — Sherry Argov
Respect for the dignity of others includes treating them as rational creatures capable of being persuadad by rational argument, even in the face of frequent… — Richard John Neuhaus
These are the few ways we can practice humility: To speak as little as possible of one's self. To mind one's own business. Not to… — Mother Teresa
Ideology is a specious way of relating to the world. It offers human beings the illusion of an identity, of dignity, and of morality while… — Vaclav Havel
I don't want learning, or dignity, or respectability. I want this music, and this dawn, and the warmth of your cheek against mine. — Unknown Author
There is no dignity when the human dimension is eliminated from the person. In short, the problem with pornography is not that it shows too… — Pope John Paul II
And that’s about all any of us can really hope for, to die with our dignity, to die with honor and valor. To die knowing… — Pittacus Lore
For most of the universe's life is not all gummy wads and tarty tarts; is a struggle against hardship, unfairness, corruption, abuse, and adversity in… — Frank Beddor
And it’s more. It’s about getting past that question of whats wrong with me, to knowing there’s nothing wrong, that you were born this way.… — Julie Anne Peters
Man is certainly free, but he is responsible for this freedom before God as before men. This responsibility is inevitably moral. In order of this… — Tariq Ramadan
To stand by yourself -- that was also part of dignity. That way, a person could get through a public flaying with dignity. Galileo. Luther.… — Pascal Mercier
Why would a person prefer the accusations of guilt, unworthiness, ineptitude - even dishonor and betrayal- to real possibility? This may not seem to be… — Ernest Becker

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