Quotes About Dignity

In the world of comic books, "troublemaker" means someone who has some sense of dignity.

Those who run to long words are mainly the unskillful and tasteless; they confuse pomposity with dignity, flaccidity with ease, and bulk with force.

Democracy is the absolute value that makes for human dignity, as well as the only road to sustained economic development and social justice.

I just remember that disturbing feeling of walking into that prison, the complete loss of privacy, the complete loss of stimulation, dignity.

Ideology is a specious way of relating to the world. It offers human beings the illusion of an identity, of dignity, and of morality while making it easier for them to part with them.

Making a comeback is one of the most difficult things to do with dignity.

There is a lot of dignity in having the ability to confront the inconsequence of reality.

When who you are and what you are is not decided by any external forces, then you are in dignity.

Bring the child to the consciousness of his own dignity and he will feel free.

Dignity and quiet joy in all that we do are the expression of perfect concentration and perfect wisdom.

Moral indignation is a technique used to endow the idiot with dignity.

"In France," Marcel said with wintry dignity, "accidents occur in the bedroom, not the kitchen."

That's a pretty lame superhero name," I told him. "Scooby-Doo is already taken," he said with dignity. "Anything else sounds lame in comparison.

Humility is the ability to give up your pride and still retain your dignity.

My mother would thump me sharply on the head with a thimble or a spoon if I became too noisy with the whistle when I was playing I was a steamboat captain. She had no sense of the dignity of command.

Human dignity is better served by embracing knowledge.

I used to wanna change the world. Now I just wanna leave the room with a little dignity.

What is called for is dignity. We need to set an example.

The Geneva Convention . . . says that there will be no outrages upon human dignity. It's very vague. What does that mean, 'outrages upon human dignity'?

Terrorism is contempt for human dignity.

Dignity does not float down from heaven it cannot be purchased nor manufactured. It is a reward reserved for those who labor with diligence.

The human mind is capable of excitement without the application of gross and violent stimulants; and he must have a very faint perception of its beauty and dignity who does not know this.

We lose dignity if we tolerate the intolerable.

Without a doubt, psychological warfare has proven its right to a place of dignity in our military arsenal.