Quotes About Dignity

It's not the appearance, it's the essence. It's not the money, it's the education. It's not the clothes, it's the class.

Talking money is crass; so I'm not going to tell you what I made last year.

I do not prize the word cheap. It is not a word of inspiration. It is the badge of poverty, the signal of distress. Cheap merchandise means cheap men and cheap men mean a cheap country.

Get money, have fun and treat a woman like she's a queen

I cannot do the piece-of-talking-meat thing, the 'Here's your money, wear a pretty dress and take the cheque.' I'm not made that way. I have to be as good as I can be at whatever I do.

I may not be able to keep fighting for money... but I will always have to fight for my dignity, because that's who I am.

Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.

The thing most worth doing in this modern world [is to] create jobs that men can work at, and be proud of, and make money by their work.

Crack is cheap. I make too much money to ever smoke crack. Let's get that straight. OK? We don't do crack. We don't do that. Crack is whack.

I've learned... That money doesn't buy class.

The world needs ditch diggers, too.

Cultivated people should be superior to any consideration so sordid as a mercenary interest.

I don't talk about money.

Money is a protection, a cloak; it can buy one quiet, and some sort of dignity.

But few prize honour more than money.

The woman had a humble, cringing manner. Of course, she had discovered that, having neither money nor virtue, she had better be humble if she knew what was good for her.

I don't feel like taking anybody's money.

You can be deprived of your money, your job and your home by someone else, but remember that no one can ever take away your honor.

The worth of your strength cannot be measured in wages.

I also need to honor myself for working so hard, and that means treating the money I earn with respect.

Money should not be the motivator in your life, it will only make you slave. Stand for values and you will die in honor.

Money cannot buy man.

Your money does not define your standard, your personality does.

As my father always says, there's no shame in being poor, but it can be damned inconvenient.