Quotes About Dignity

Whats'ever 'appens to you -- whats'ever -- you'd be a princess all the same -- an' nothin' couldn't make you nothin' different.

Qualunque cosa accada' disse lei, ' non potrà cambiare un fatto. Se sono una principessa così vestita di stracci, posso essere una principessa dentro. Sarebbe fin troppo facile essere una principessa vestita d'oro, ma che trionfo esserlo quando nessuno lo sa.

If she had anything to say about it, the pageant would be called off and the dignity of Sweet Valley womanhood would be preserved. The truth was, no one seemed to care as much about the beauty pageant issue as she did.

You touch that young woman, and I will see you hang.

Lesson number 1b in Bibwit's carefully planned curriculum: For most of the universe's inhabitants, life is not all gummy wads and tarty tarts; it is a struggle against hardship, unfairness, corruption, abuse, and adversity in all its guises, where even to survive - let alone survive with dignity- is heroic. To soldier through the days in a wake of failure is the corageous act of many. To rule benevolently, a queen should be able to enter into the feelings of those less fortunate than herself.

Redd stared at the bald head bent down before her. How refreshing Vollrath's sacrifice was. He didn't beg for his life. He didn't embarrasss himself with groveling or sniveling, or appeals to her nomexistent mercy.

While we can all accept that bullying and abuse betray a lack or loss of respect for other human beings, there is a deeper issue: the devaluing of human life; and that in turn indicates a lack or loss of respect for the Giver of human life and dignity, God Himself. The message a bully sends is a mockery of God's handiwork, a lie that slanders God's nature and negates His love for us.

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 it has no conscience. It can crush the highest and the lowest, removing all dignity and individuality. It has an unstable balance point and no limitations.

The meeting between ignorance and knowledge, between brutality and culture - it begins in the dignity with which we treat the dead

We will not run, Paul said. We'll move with dignity. We'll do what must be done.

Do as she says, you wormfaced, crawling, sand-brained piece of lizard turd!

Sir, I honor and respect the personal dignity of any man who respects my dignity.

He straightened, assuming an odd attitude of dignity – as though it were another mask.

The meeting between ignorance and knowledge, between brutality and culture—it begins in the dignity with which we treat our dead.

I choose to ally myself against any force which brings humiliation upon humankind.

You have defiled my honor!" Stilgar cried. "This is neutral—" "Shut up!" Idaho glared at the shocked Naib. "You wear a collar, Stilgar! " It was one of the three most deadly insults which could be directed at a Fremen. Stilgar's face went pale. "You are a servant," Idaho said. "You've sold Fremen for their water." This was the second most deadly insult, the one which had destroyed the original Jacurutu.

must never submit to animals.

Very well. Siaynoq means giving honor to one who speaks with sincerity. It signifies the remembrance of things which are spoken with sincerity.

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 it has no conscience. It can crush the highest and the lowest, removing all dignity and individuality. It has an unstable balance point and no limitations. I, however, have limitations. In my desire to provide an ultimate protection for my people, I forbid a constitution.

He has that tremendous, almost naive honor—and what a powerful force that truly is.

A job is death without dignity.

Better an English accent than an empty belly.

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