Quotes About Dignity

Money doesn't determine worth.

Don't mistake my kindness for weakness. I am kind to everyone, but when someone is unkind to me, weak is not what you are going to remember about me. —Al Capone CHAPTER

Fact: I don't know of a single girl who doesn't wish the show-it-all boxer-shorts phenomenon would go away as well. Guys, we just don't want to see your underwear. Truthfully, we believe that there is a direct correlation between how much underwear you show and how much you've got upstairs, if you know what I mean.

You may be desperate, but never let anyone see you as anything less than a cultivated woman.

Ian stood. "I'm taking a short walk in the park. Stay here." I stood. "Like hell." "Then stay behind me." "Could you at least say 'cover my six'? Give me a little dignity here." "Okay. Cover my six—just don't shoot me in the ass." "How about I kick it?" Sykes wasn't the only one asking for it. I heard the grin in his voice. "You're always welcome to try.

Just because people treat you like shit, just because you may feel like shit sometimes, doesn't mean you are shit. You can make something of your life. You can give of yourself in this world to make it a better place." - Jake quoting his mentor, Arnie Coel

Civil debate is a healthy and democratic process. If one cannot make one's point without yelling, name-calling, or insulting others, one should develop a stronger argument before speaking further.

A person must have principles, Epiphany. That's the one thing no one can take from you. The only way you can lose your principles is to give them up. Remember that.

I did learn that it was the greatest thing in the world to respect yourself. Respect other people.

Are men and beasts of the same category? Is there no essential difference between them in respect to the quality of their value?…It is an offense to the majesty of the human spirit; for if any man deserves to be regarded as of the same quality as a beast of burden, then no man has any dignity left.

The rising unto place is laborious, and by pains men come to greater pains; and it is sometimes base, and by indignities men come to dignities.

A secretary is not a toy.

Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.

Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards.

Mieux vaut être indifférente et digne que malheureuse et pathétique.

Et ça jaillit comme dans un cauchemar, je dégueule des litres de vodka, des litres de champagne, mes illusions perdues, les fantômes qui me hantent, et ça gicle sur le bitume noir avec un bruit d'explosion liquide et sale qui se répercute dans ma tête comme la sentence fatale de mon indignité.

Noble by birth, yet nobler by great deeds.

Hombres de mucha importancia te pretenden. + Ya te digo que ninguno es para mí. - Pues, ¿has de vivir ansí? + ¿Tan mal estaré conmigo?

Before God, there is neither Greek nor barbarian, neither rich nor poor, and the slave is as good as his master, for by birth all men are free; they are citizens of that universal commonwealth which embraces all the world, brethren of one family, and children of God.

Do not turn yourself from an end into a means -- one does not justify the other.

If peace cannot be maintained with honor, it is no longer peace.

I hate the phrase "former porn queen." That part of my life was a long time ago. Think of something else to call me.

The greatest of evils and the worst of crimes is poverty.

If you want respect, you must take your medicine like a brave aristocrat," he said. "Think of the French nobles who walked to the guillotine, double chins aloft.