Quotes About Dignity

Respect is for those who deserve it, not for those who demand it.

A man can define many things beautifully in his life, but his character is one beautiful thing that can define him instantly and completely.

In this world, no matter if youre rich or poor, ugly or beautiful everyone is of equal status. Only those who respect the others deserve respect.

It is rather easy to complicate life with various, beautiful, fancy definitions than to live simple dignified life with no space for corrections.

I'm a girl...Don't touch my hair, face, phone, or boyfriend.

Learn to keep your private life private, or they will make your life their entertainment.

If I could give you one key, and one key only to more abundant life, I would give you a sense of your own worth, an unshakeable sense of your own dignity as one grounded in the source of the cosmic dance, as one who plays a unique part in the unfolding of the story of the world...

We're all human, aren't we? Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving.

I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.

Being pretty isnt a gift, its an honor!

One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum

Mine honor is my life; both grow in one; Take honor from me, and my life is done.

Hold it the greatest sin to prefer existence to honor, and for the sake of life to lose the reasons for living

Such is an actor's life. We must ride the waves of every film, barfing occasionally, yet maintain our dignity, even as the bulk of our Herculean efforts are keel-hauled before our very eyes. [On filming MacHale's Navy]

Remember this, - that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act of life

I'm tired of all this isolation. I'm tired of this triviality of life. I want real human emotion. I want to feel the natural spontaneity of life, the beautiful randomness and rawness that is life. I want to see you and I want you to see me and I want to bask in that moment of humility and intimacy and the acknowledgement of your dignity and my humanity, even if it is for a second. That'll be enough.

We only live once, but once is enough if we do it right. Live your life with class, dignity, and style so that an exclamation, rather than a question mark signifies it!

When all this started, I asked myself, 'Am I going to withdraw from the world, like most people do, or am I going to live?' I decided I am going to live-or at least try to live-the way I want, with dignity, with courage, with humor, with composure.

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

Your position never gives you the right to command. It only imposes on you the duty of so living your life that others can receive your orders without being humiliated.

The most important human endeavor is the striving for morality in our actions. Our inner balance and even our very existence depend on it. Only morality in our actions can give beauty and dignity to life.

The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.

Maxim for life: You get treated in life the way you teach people to treat you.

To deprive a man of his natural liberty and to deny to him the ordinary amenities of life is worse then starving the body; it is starvation of the soul, the dweller in the body.