Quotes About Dignity

It can be said, then, that Everlost is heaven...for the places that deserve a share of forever. Such places are few and far between...The greatest of these stood near Manhattan's southern-most tip: the two gray brothers to the green statue in the bay. The towers had found their heaven...held fast, and held forever by the memories of a mourning world, and by the dignity of the souls who got where they were going on that dark September day.

Being ignored has its advantages...Dignity doesn't grow under a microscope.

For those who will be gleaned, do we not, at the very least owe them a spectacular end

What happened to you was a crime. I can't change that. What I can do is teach you to live with dignity.

We are not just AWOLS! We are not just parts! We are whole human beings-and history will look back on these times in shame!

Her eyes were on the brink of tears. If she blinked, they would fall— but Scythe Curie kept them pooled on her lower lashes, too proud to be seen weeping in conclave.

They were to be the start of a slave army—for when you're a collection of parts, you're not a person. You're property.

Yo sé que el dolor es la nobleza única

I am unable to comprehend how a man of honor could take a newspaper in his hands without a shudder of disgust.

Even the most horrible human being on earth deserves to wipe his ass.

Once you have been poor a long time you gain a certain respect for money.

Some women are delicate things, some women are delicious and wondrous. If you want to piss on the sun, go ahead but please leave them alone.

You couldn't underestimate them and you couldn't kiss their ass. There was a certain middle ground to be achieved.

We see the same scenario all too often today. People are told the good news of salvation by grace alone, only to respond with, "That's too simple. Where's the dignity? Where's the effort? If it's all that life changing, surely something sacrificial is required of me!

La vita? Che tipo di vita? Mi hai dato il tuo sangue, i tuoi lineamenti e mi hai dato una madre nera. Povera disgraziata! È morta sotto la frusta, perché aveva troppa dignità come donna per voler vendere l'anima. Mi hai dato uno spirito da bianco, poi hai fatto di me uno schiavo, e lo hai schiacciato.

it is we who degrade ourselves by allowing our standards to be debased without a struggle.

Just because some people are fueled by drama doesn't mean you have to attend the performance.

reason. She had a well-endowed bosom. Marshal

A man who pays respect to the great paves the way for his own greatness

The sun will shine on those who stand, before it shines on those who kneel under them.

The poor of the world may be guilty of this and that particular fault or foolishness, but if we are fair we will admit that nothing they have done or left undone quite explains all the odds we see stacked up against them. We are sometimes tempted to look upon the poor as so many ne'er-do-wells we can simply ignore. But they will return to haunt our peace, because they are greater than their badge of suffering, because they are human.

Un coeur fier peut survivre à un échec général parce qu'un tel échec ne blesse pas son orgueil. C'est plus difficile et plus amer quand un homme échoue tout seul.

We do not seek to hurt any man, but if any man seeks to hurt us may he break his neck.

Un corazón orgulloso puede sobrevivir a un fracaso general, porque ese fracaso no afecta a su orgullo.