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Quotes About Dignity

There is no dignity in a crying toothpick.
~ Obert Skye
There is no dignity in wickedness, whether in purple or rags; and hell is a democracy of devils, where all are equals.
~ Herman Melville
The Israelis want security. The Arabs want dignity. And they consider the demands of each other as incompatible.
~ Henry A. Kissinger
Treat people with dignity and respect.
~ Michelle Obama
When boasting ends, there dignity begins.
~ Owen D. Young
After a lifetime of working, raising families, and contributing to the success of this nation in countless other ways, senior citizens deserve to retire with dignity.
~ Charlie Gonzalez
I would like to be remembered, well... the Mexicans have a phrase, 'Feo fuerte y formal'. Which means; he was ugly, strong and had dignity.
~ John Wayne
The demeaning of dignity is almost the only reason for a fight.
~ Simon Soloveychik
Let not a man guard his dignity, but let his dignity guard him.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Poverty, in the end, is a state of dispossession and deprivation in which people are not only deprived of their income, but also of opportunity, empowerment and, most important, dignity.
~ James Gustave Speth
Rabbits need dignity and above all the will to accept their fate.
~ Richard Adams
Anyone who is concerned about his dignity would be well advised to keep away from horses.
~ Prince Philip
We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
That's one of the things I hope that the book can do, is to restore some dignity to Joe Cinque.
~ Helen Garner
Some countries of Europe have to free themselves from the US Empire. They are not going to frighten us because we are a people with dignity and sovereignty.
~ Evo Morales
A dog has kindliness in his heart and dignity in his demeanor. The finest qualities anyone can have.
~ Unknown
Abject poverty is demeaning, is an assault on the dignity of those that suffer it. In the end it demeans us all. It makes the freedom of all of us less meaningful.
~ Nelson Mandela
Dignity is a mask we wear to hide our ignorance.
~ Elbert Hubbard
Want keeps pace with dignity. Destitute of the lawful means of supporting his rank, his dignity presents a motive for malversation, and his power furnishes the means.
~ Jeremy Bentham
Mao appears to be quite free from symptoms of megalomania, but he has a deep sense of personal dignity, and something about him suggests a power of ruthless decision when he deems it necessary.
~ Edgar Snow
Death in anonymity is the ultimate insult to human dignity.
~ Kathy Reichs
To have no loyalty is to have no dignity, and in the end, no manhood.
~ Peter Forsyth
If there were no hell, we would be like the animals. No hell, no dignity.
~ Flannery O'Connor
I will never turn Medicare into a voucher. No American should ever have to spend their golden years at the mercy of insurance companies. They should retire with the care and dignity they have earned.
~ Barack Obama