Quotes About Dignity

There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as living within your means.

Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him.

A photograph acquires something of the dignity which it ordinarily lacks when it ceases to be a reproduction of reality and shows us things that no longer exist.

What should move us to action is human dignity: the inalienable dignity of the oppressed, but also the dignity of each of us. We lose dignity if we tolerate the intolerable.

In Belgium, the magistrate has the dignity of a prince, but by Bacchus, it is true that the brewer is king.

One is not rich by what one owns, but more by what one is able to do without with dignity.

To bear defeat with dignity, to accept criticism with poise, to receive honors with humility - these are marks of maturity and graciousness.

What is liberty? The measure of dignity.

The primal principle of democracy is the worth and dignity of the individual.

If the equality of individuals and the dignity of man be myths, they are myths to which the republic is committed.

Life, without the dignity of an intelligent being, is not worth having.

A creditor is worse than a slave-owner; for the master owns only your person, but a creditor owns your dignity, and can command it.

No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.

You need to have dignity towards how you are, how you dress, how you behave. Very important.

Without question, purity is beautiful. We're not talking about repression or prudishness, but about having a confident and serene sense of your dignity and worth.

The natural state of a human being is dignity.

As long as you are still fighting in defense of your dignity and for your occupied land, all is well.

One achieves true human dignity only when one serves. Only he is great who subjects himself to taking part in the achievement of a great task.

Why do the people humiliate themselves by voting? I didn't vote because I have dignity. If I had closed my nose and voted for one of them, I would spit on my own face.

Oh sons of Arabs and the Arab Gulf, rebel against the foreigner...Take revenge for your dignity, holy places, security, interests and exalted values.

Because they are children and for no other reason they have dignity and worth simply because they are.

Bring the child to the consciousness of his own dignity, and he will be free. We see no limit to what should be offered to the child, for his will be an immense field of chosen activity.

Give others their dignity by opening and softening in your heart to them.

Silence is the adornment of the wise, and for the foolish the only dignity possible.