Quotes About Dignity

I see. It's nice to have accomplishments and be elegant, but not to show off or get perked up," said Amy thoughtfully. "These things are always seen and felt in a person's manner and conversations, if modestly used, but it is not necessary to display them," said Mrs. March.

money cannot buy refinement of nature, that rank does not always confer nobility, and that true breeding makes itself felt in spite of external drawbacks. "I

But he liked it because it was so different from the coquettish clatter of most of the girls with whom he talked. 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, intelligence, and womanly dignity are not the fashion.

There are some natures too noble to curb and too lofty to bend.

Washington instinctively trod the fine line between showiness and austerity, defining a characteristic style of understated elegance.

He did not boast. I have never heard him boast.

Junior felt humble in his presence.

Many employees said he never lost his temper, raised his voice, uttered a profane or slang word, or acted discourteously.

We cannot diminish the value of one category of human life--the unborn--without diminishing the value of all human life.

There is no humanity or charity in destroying self-reliance, dignity, and self-respect.

On the fundamental dignity of the human person, there can be no relenting!

What greater good could there be in a man's life than to lift the oppression that destroys them, what greater honor is there?

for madness is the most disgraceful thing that can overtake a wild creature.

And I have come to see that the better you treat someone, the more you love them – which is why you must never let someone treat you badly, for the worse they do to you, the more they will hate you. I

You be respectable, sister," she said, "Me, I'll be alive.

Mândria r?nit? este suferinÈ›a din care-È›i revii cel mai greu, c?ci o fractur? la demnitatea È™i stima de sine a omului e mult mai grav? decât una la picior, iar vindecarea dureaz? È™i ea mult mai mult.

Vecina y amiga. ¿Qué más tengo que decir? Por supuesto que las maliciosas revistas de escándalo de la ciudad llenaron columnas con insinuaciones y frases de doble sentido, pero ello no nos autoriza a ponernos a su nivel.

Peaceful, honest people have the right to be left alone.

Identity must start with humanity as a founding principle, and human rights as a basis.

Surround our children with a message of honor

What we say and what we do ultimately comes back to us so let us own our responsibility, place it in our hands, and carry it with dignity and strength.

Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.

Somewhere in there the grace of a ballet dancer joins with the strength of an SAS squaddie, the dignity of an ancient kind, the nerve of a bomb disposal officer.

I want to live for something. I don't want to live to get charity food to give me enough strength to go back to get more charity food.