Quotes About Dignity

Heroes don't wear diapers. It's just not cool.

Elegance isn't solely defined by what you wear. It's how you carry yourself, how you speak, what you read.

If you don't know about the 'black male code,' you should. It's something black boys learn early, even before adolescence. It goes, in part, like this: Even though you're not a criminal, some people assume you are, especially if you're wearing certain clothes. Never argue with the police, but protect your dignity and take pride in humility.

Women know when a man touches them inappropriately. Hugging one man doesn't mean it is an invitation. Wearing nail polish isn't an invitation.

I always fought against vulgarity, double meaning dialogues and wearing la'dies' clothes.

A woman's body is her body and what she wears or does not wear is her choice. Get over it and move on.

Poise: the ability to be ill at ease inconspicuously.

I learned about poise and dignity, and I learned about what it means to be an African-American in television and what that requires in terms of what kind of position you take for yourself and how you define your own reality in a world that is still finding its footing, to say the least.

Poise is a word that seems to have slipped out of the lexicon. There's no emoji for it.

Just because you're sitting at a poker table with some guy doesn't give him the right to say whatever the hell he wants about the way you live your life.

I am the president of Poland, and I will never accept Poles being insulted or humiliated or facts being distorted that hurt our dignity.

Be as polite to the custodian as you are to the chairman of the board.

I do not want to be a pawn in a political campaign.

As a black member of parliament and minister for nearly a decade, I was determined not to be defined by my race. I didn't want to be 'the black politician', when being black is just a part of who I am.

Obama's great asset has always been an ability to maintain his air of authority without being baritone about it. He can be boring, but he is never ridiculous or pompous.

My father, who was illiterate, smoothed iron for Ford Dagenham and we'd get up at 5;30 A.M. to give him a jump-start. My mother was a nurse and part of the Windrush generation. Growing up in east London, we were financially poor, but rich in hope and dignity, and we were happy.

The poor get bored the same as the rest of us. Their happiness might be as important to them as their health.

You lose your manners when you are poor.

I've been able to do things that allow me to hold my head up and still be popular.

I've given every maid I've portrayed soul and heart.

I can do posh.

I had creative control over my character, which means if they wanted me to do something that I didn't agree with, then I wouldn't do it. If it was good for the show, then I had no problem. If it was demeaning to the character and wasn't adding a positive light to the show, then I can guarantee that I wouldn't do it.

Your peers will respect you for your integrity and character, not your possessions.

Even the poorest in Israel are looked upon as freemen who have lost their possessions, for they are the sons of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.