Quotes on Dignity

We treated all of the dead with dignity.

Author: Harry Anderson

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.

Author: Aristotle

A penumbra of somber dignity has descended over his reputation.

Author: James Atlas

And each of us can practice rights ourselves, treating each other without discrimination, respecting each other's dignity and rights.

Author: Carol Bellamy

Pride in a man is confused with dignity; in a woman, with self-love.

Author: Jose Bergamin

The quest for freedom, dignity, and the rights of man will never end.

Author: William Brennan

Dignity belongs to the conquered.

Author: Kenneth Burke

I would like to be Maria, but there is La Callas who demands that I carry myself with her dignity.

Author: Maria Callas

Wherever on this planet ideals of personal freedom and dignity apply, there you will find the cultural inheritance of England.

Author: Karel Capek

All that passes is raised to the dignity of expression; all that happens is raised to the dignity of meaning. Everything is either symbol or parable.

Author: Paul Claudel

There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as living within your means.

Author: Calvin Coolidge

What is called for is dignity. We need to set an example.

Author: Kenny Dalglish

There's nothing that can match Broadway for stature and dignity.

Author: Sammy Davis, Jr.

Mediocrity requires aloofness to preserve its dignity.

Author: Charles Dawes

Every man has his dignity. I'm willing to forget mine, but at my own discretion and not when someone else tells me to.

Author: Denis Diderot

Relationships based on obligation lack dignity.

Author: Wayne Dyer

One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered.

Author: Michael Fox

Those who insist on the dignity of their office show they have not deserved it.

Author: Baltasar Gracian

I left the room with silent dignity, but caught my foot in the mat.

Author: George Grossmith

The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others.

Author: Dag Hammarskjold

Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.

Author: Herbert Hoover

A creditor is worse than a slave-owner; for the master owns only your person, but a creditor owns your dignity, and can command it.

Author: Victor Hugo

Dignity does not float down from heaven it cannot be purchased nor manufactured. It is a reward reserved for those who labor with diligence.

Author: Bill Hybels

There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others however humble.

Author: Washington Irving

The honor of about 30 million votes remains with the Iranian nation and no enemy scheme would take away this dignity and honor from the Iranian nation.

Author: Ayatollah Khamenei

All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.

Author: Martin King, Jr.

Watching a person lose their dignity used to be uncomfortable, and now it's an expected part of the program that we're becoming comfortable with.

Author: Lisa Kudrow

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

Author: Greg Lake

Freedom is the right to one's dignity as a man.

Author: Archibald MacLeish

True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn.

Author: Philip Massinger

Because we should always respect other nationalities, I have always tried to play them with dignity.

Author: Ricardo Montalban

Scrubbing floors and emptying bedpans has as much dignity as the Presidency.

Author: Richard Nixon

Perhaps the only true dignity of man is his capacity to despise himself.

Author: George Santayana

My dignity and good television - they'll never meet.

Author: Adam Savage

There is no dignity in television.

Author: Adam Savage

If you make a fool of yourself, you can do it with dignity, without taking your pants down. And if you do take your pants down, you can still do it with dignity.

Author: William Shatner

Peter Townshend shows us it's all right to grow up. There is dignity after rock'n'roll.

Author: Sting

Our vanity is the constant enemy of our dignity.

Author: Anne Swetchine

Freeing hostages is like putting up a stage set, which you do with the captors, agreeing on each piece as you slowly put it together; then you leave an exit through which both the captor and the captive can walk with sincerity and dignity.

Author: Terry Waite

No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.

Author: Booker Washington

When boasting ends, there dignity begins.

Author: Owen Young

Embrace the beauty of your own uniqueness, for in a world full of copies, being an original is a true treasure.

Author: Michelle Obama