Quotes About Dignity

When time and need require, we should resist with all our might, and prefer death to slavery and disgrace.

The time is approaching when we shall consider it abhorrent to our civilization to allow a human being to die in prolonged agony which we should mercifully end in any other creature.

The difference between a man of sense and a fop is that the fop values himself upon his dress; and the man of sense laughs at it, at the same time he knows he must not neglect it.

It is time to effect a revolution in female manners - time to restore to them their lost dignity. It is time to separate unchangeable morals from local manners.

No man can understand why a woman shouldn't prefer a good reputation to a good time.

Oh, I know my family's not of royal blood, but you needn't throw it in my face all the time.

There is nothing more despicable than an old man who has no other proof than his age to offer of his having lived long in the world.

Old age, especially an honored old age, has so great authority, that this is of more value than all the pleasures of youth.

Now is the time to lift our national policy from the quicksand of racial injustice to the solid rock of human dignity.

Leaders show respect for people by giving them time.

You cannot, I repeat, successfully acquire it and preserve your modesty at the same time.

Have you ever tried to get to your feet with a sprained dignity?

Every labourer is worthy of his hire. No country can produce thousands of unpaid whole-time workers.

Leave the poor Some time for self-improvement. Let them not Be forced to grind the bones out of their arms For bread, but have some space to think and feel Like moral and immortal creatures.

The old dwarf drew himself up. His height was no longer impressive: the bowed back would not straighten, the legs could no longer support the body without assistance. But Drugar, towering over his father, saw the dignity in the trembling stance, the wisdom in the dimming eyes, and felt himself a child again.

Alfred shook his balding head slowly, with quiet dignity. "You can't threaten me, Haplo. Sartan magic is different from Patryn magic, but it has the same roots and is just as powerful. I haven't used my magic as much as you've been forced by circumstances to use yours. But I am older than you. And you must concede that magic of any type is strengthened by age and by wisdom.

Because he doesn't know he carries within him a supreme elegance, I say it for him.

Ma... dirlo così... come potrei. Come si può valutare una cosa simile... il disonore? Non dobbiamo valutare una cosa simile, signora. Deve dirmi che somma le piacerebbe avere.

Et c'était là la chose importante: il fallait avant tout se libérer de la mère qui ne pouvait pas comprendre que dans la vie, on pouvait gagner sa liberté, sa dignité, avec des armes différentes de celles qu'elle avait crues bonnes.

L'or vierge du respect serait trop mou sans un certain alliage de crainte.

I meno abili, in mancanza di parole e di frasi nelle quali racchiuderla, colgono, della vita, un'immagine povera e piatta; Altri l'appesantiscono, l'ammantano di una dignità che non possiede. Altri ancora, al contrario, l'alleggeriscono, ne fanno una palla vuota e saltellante, che è facile prendere e lanciare in un universo senza peso.

Here's the deal: in a perfect world, sanitary protection would be freely available to all.

To be a princess is to play at life. To be a queen is to be a serious player...The purpose of life as a woman is to ascend to the throne and rule with heart.

Our womanhood is major business. When it is treated like a minor issue, we burn.