Capacity Quote by George Santayana

“The way to keep down hatred and contempt is certainly not to look for a man's alleged "dignity," but, on the contrary, to regard…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

“Dignity is treasure one should never lose. When humbling yourself, Don't bow down to any man. For he is no greator than you”

— Sonny Cele

The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others.

— Dag Hammarskjold

A man's dignity isn't measured by the people he has around him when he's at the peak of his success, but by his ability…

— Paulo Coelho

Human dignity begins to assert itself only at the point where man is distinguishable from the beast by pity for it.

— Richard Wagner

“it seems to me that the idea of dignity can be applied only in an ironical sense to a being whose will is so…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Personal dignity is to be measured with the yardstick of one's conscience, not with that of other people's judgement.

— Fausto Cercignani

Dignity is like a perfume; those who use it are scarcely conscious of it.

— Anonymous

A man´s level of dignity must always be above his level of fear.

— Eduardo Chillida

Every man has his dignity. I'm willing to forget mine, but at my own discretion and not when someone else tells me to.

— Denis Diderot

There are few men who know how to go to their deaths with dignity, and often they are not those whom one would expect.

— Primo Levi

All of us wish for a dignity that commands respect. But few have it.

— R. Madhavan