Quotes About Dignity

Be noble in every thought And in every deed!

I don't want to be patronizing . . . that means "talking down."

A man must have very eminent qualities to hold his own without being polite.

Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.

This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.

A gentleman is mindful no less of the freedom of others than of his own dignity.

There is no scandal like rags, nor any crime so shameful as poverty.

It is easy enough to say that poverty is no crime. No, if it were, men wouldn't be ashamed of it. It's a blunder, though, and is punished as such.

There is a certain noble pride, through which merits shine brighter than through modesty.

The ultimate indignity is to be given a bedpan by a stranger who calls you by your first name.

The purest treasure mortal times afford Is spotless reputation; that away, Men are but gilded loam or painted clay.

To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.

Wherever there is a human being, I see God-given rights inherent in that being, whatever may be the sex or complexion.

Better that we should die fighting than be outraged and dishonored. Better to die than to live in slavery.

Kill reverence and you've killed the hero in man.

Ay, every inch a king.

If you want to be respected by others, the great thing is to respect yourself.

Accept your defeats With your head up and your eyes open With the grace of woman, not the grief of a child ...

Silence and reserve will give anyone a reputation for wisdom.

Our family never had any hard luck, because nothing seemed hard luck to it, nor was it ever disgraced for there was nothing which it would acknowledge as disgrace.

Whatever else can be said about sex, it cannot be called a dignified performance.

I count him lost, who is lost to shame.

Many of the most successful men I have known have never grown up. They have retained bubbling-over boyishness. They have relished wit, they have indulged in humor. They have not allowed "dignity" to depress them into moroseness. Youthfulness of spirit is the twin brother of optimism, and optimism is the stuff of which American business success is fashioned. Resist growing up!

The relatives of a suicide always take it in bad part, that he did not remain alive out of consideration for the family dignity.