Quotes About Dignity

The hearts of the noble are the graves of confidences.

Wisdom gives honour to nobility, and nobility to everything else.

Dicho del Profeta Intimidad Quien invade la intimidad de las personas, las corrompe.

Si no puedes sentarte en un trono como un rey, sujeta, como un tendero, la cuerda de la tienda Real.

Stay Classy!

You see, Harold, I feel that much of the world's sorrow comes from people who are *this*, [she points to a daisy] Maude: yet allow themselves be treated as *that*. [she gestures to a field of daisies]

Still, I believe that much of the world's sorrow comes from people who know they are this"—she held the daisy in her hand—"yet let themselves be treated as that

People need recognition and a sense of worth as much as they need food and water.

The world may be mean, but people don't have to be, not if they refuse.

We must believe in our souls that we are somebody, that we are significant, that we are worthful, and we must walk the streets of life every day with this sense of dignity and this sense of somebody-ness.

It can easily be judged that if the churches observed ceremonies correctly, their dignity would be maintained and reverence and piety would increase among the people.

I would rather be ignored than patronized

Respect yourself and others will respect you.

When you're older, you will realise the only thing that matters, the only thing, is that you had courage and honour. Lose those things and you won't die any quicker, but you'll be less than the dirt on our boots. You'll still be dust, but you'll have wasted your short time in the light.

Men respect the silent; they despise the garrulous. - Marius

I came to these lands because when a man threatens me and I look away, he has taken something important from me. If I fight and die, all he can take is my life. My courage, my dignity remain. Shall I do less for the nation I have made? Shall I allow them less honor than I claim for myself?

But I came to these lands because, when a man threatens me and I look away, he has taken something important from me. If I fight and die, all he can take is my life. My courage, my dignity, remain.

How we treat those who can't force us to be kind says everything about who we are as a people.

Instead of inflicting these horrible punishments, it would be far more to the point to provide everyone with some means of livelihood, so that nobody is under the frightful necessity of becoming first a thief and then a corpse.' Thomas More (1474–1535), student at Lincoln's Inn from 1496–1500

It is a beautiful thing to be on fire for justice… there is no greater joy than inspiring and empowering others––especially the least of these, the precious and priceless wretched of the earth!

That cannot be safe which is not honourable.

You are a sweet little thing. You are the morning sunlight in my dreary afternoon sky. It is not that you would do anything so unforgivable. It is just that there is a way of doing things that is right and a way that is wrong. You are young, and the world is old. When you are a few years older, I don't want you to have to look back on anything lacking in dignity, in which you cut a ridiculous figure.

You should be able to afford health care for your family. You should be able to retire with dignity and respect. And you should be able to give your children the kind of education that allows them to dream even bigger, go even farther and accomplish even more than you could ever imagine.

People talk to old people like they're children.'Oh you're very old aren't you?' Yeah I'm old. I'm not stupid.