Dignity Quotes - Page 8

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

To do just the opposite is also a form of imitation.

Where boasting ends, there dignity begins.

Mao appears to be quite free from symptoms of megalomania, but he has a deep sense of personal dignity, and something about him suggests a power of ruthless decision when he deems it necessary.

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

Individuals may form communities, but it is institutions alone that can create a nation.

I shall cheerfully bear the reproach of having descended below the dignity of history if I can succeed in placing before the English of the nineteenth century a true picture of the life of their ancestors.

Gravity is a habit that is hard to shake off.

Those who don't understand any language other than the language of force and violence don't respect human dignity. They seek violence because they will be irrelevant without it. We should not go their way.

We got a right to climb out of the sewer and live like other people. We could start from scratch. Make every minute count twice for the one we lost.

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

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

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

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

¡Lástima que el Amor un diccionario no tenga donde hallar cuándo el orgullo es simplemente orgullo y cuándo es dignidad! What a shame that love has no dictionary in which to ascertain when pride is simply pride and when it's 'dignity'!

There is only one thing that I dread: not to be worthy of my sufferings.

There is a vital lesson to be learned here, a Truth our society must not lose sight of, and that is the sanctity of every human life and the dignity of every individual.

If I follow the inclination of my nature, it is this: beggar-woman and single, far rather than queen and married.

Fame - a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on.

Politeness [is] a sign of dignity, not subservience.

Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.

Even as you wrestle with the ideas of an opponent, you must keep the dignity of the opponent intact.

Look who's standing if you please, 'though you tried to bring me to my knees.

Always keep your dignity and be true to yourself.

A gentleman is mindful no less of the freedom of others than of his own dignity.