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Dignity Quotes - Page 15

I don’t think we can separate art from overall human dignity and hope.

Adrienne Rich (2002). “Arts of the Possible: Essays and Conversations”, p.52, W. W. Norton & Company

There is no dignity in television.

"MythBusters/ Vodka Myths". Documentary, Mystery, Reality-TV, 2005.

History will remember Nelson Mandela as a champion for human dignity and freedom, for peace and reconciliation.

"Nelson Mandela: world leaders mourn inspirational figure" by Conal Urquhart, Dan Roberts, Paul Lewis, Kim Willsher, www.theguardian.com. December 6, 2013.

A really great man has always an idea of something greater than himself.

William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1106, Delphi Classics

The generous mind adds dignity to every act, and nothing misbecomes it.

Plutarch (1803). “Plutarch's Lives”, p.121

Judge Afiuni has suffered enough. She has been subject to acts of violence and humiliations to undermine her human dignity. I am convinced that she must be set free.

"Noam Chomsky criticises old friend Hugo Chávez for 'assault' on democracy" by Rory Carroll, www.theguardian.com. July 2, 2011.

It was our love of foreign cloth that ousted the wheel from its position of dignity.

Mahatma Gandhi (1994). “The Gandhi Reader: A Sourcebook of His Life and Writings”, p.230, Grove Press

Have you ever tried to get to your feet with a sprained dignity?

Madeleine L'Engle (2013). “A Wrinkle in Time Trilogy”, p.20, Macmillan

The happiness of man, as well as his dignity, consists in virtue.

John Adams (1841). “Letters, Addressed to His Wife”, p.277

Can't you at least die with a little dignity?

"Fictional character: Jerry Seinfeld". "Seinfeld/ The Pilot", May 1993.

Even death itself sometimes fails to bring the dignity and serenity which one would fain associate with old age.

Jane Addams (2012). “Twenty Years at Hull-House: With Autobiographical Notes”, p.104, Courier Corporation

The dignity is in the worker, not in the job.

Howard Fast (1978). “The immigrants”, G K Hall & Co