Quotes About Dignity

Commend me to sterling honesty though clad in rags.

We must not allow ourselves to become like the system we oppose. We cannot afford to use methods of which we will be ashamed when we look back, when we say, '...we shouldn't have done that.'

Many people resented my impatience and honesty, but I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.

Honesty defines self respect.

Honor the hands that harvest your crops.

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

I was no chief and never had been, but because I had been more deeply wronged than others, this honor was conferred upon me, and I resolved to prove worthy of the trust.

Be mild with the mild, shrewd with the crafty, confiding to the honest, rough to the ruffian, and a thunderbolt to the liar. But in all this, never be unmindful of your own dignity.

If you really have integrity, there are very few people who can insult you, or honor you.

The law of honor: Go along only on the paths of honor. Fight, and never be a coward. Leave the path of infamy to others. Better to fall in an honorable fight than win by infamy.

A free economy and strong communities honor the dignity of every person, rewarding effort with justice, promoting upward mobility, and building solidarity among citizens.

Honour is purchas'd by the deeds we do.

Use every man according to his desert and who should 'scape whipping? Use them after your own honor and dignity, the less they deserve ... the more merit in your bounty.

A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil.

Honor is the inner garment of the Soul; the first thing put on by it with the flesh, and the last it layeth down at its separation from it.

Honor is better than honors.

If honor were profitable, everybody would be honorable.

The people of England have been led in Mesopotamia into a trap from which it will be hard to escape with dignity and honor.

It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.

Live with honor and follow your conscience.

It is best to live with honor for just a day than with dishonor for many decades; better a short lived celestial swan than a century-lived crow.

Sharing with Jupiter is never a dishonor.

Only the poor are handicapped by honor.

Pointing fingers, trying to catch each other in scandal does not bring honor to this House.