Dignity Quotes

"Let not a man guard his dignity, but let his dignity guard him."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

"The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances."
-Aristotle

"Dignity consists not in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them. "
-Aristotle

"Dignity comes not from control, but from understanding who you are and taking your rightful place in the world."
-Real Live Preacher

"There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others, however humble."
-Washington Irving

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

"Dignity is like a perfume; those who use it are scarcely conscious of it."
-Christina Of Sweden

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

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

"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."
-Paul Claudel

"Human Dignity has gleamed only now and then and here and there, in lonely splendor, throughout the ages, a hope of the better men, never an achievement of the majority."
-James Thurber

"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."
-John Brown

"Dignity and love do not blend well, nor do they continue long together."
-Ovid

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

"We must build a new world, a far better world -- one in which the eternal dignity of man is respected."
-Harry S Truman

"Where is there dignity unless there is honesty?"
-Cicero

"Only man has dignity; only man, therefore, can be funny."
-Ronald Knox

"A people must have dignity and identity."
-Andrew Goodman

"If the dignity and rights of those who appear before Congress are not respected, they are justified not to appear there."
-Prospero Nograles

"This is no longer about dignity. It's about our ability to sustain this system."
-Sen. Richard Nass

"Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him."
-Romain Gary

"It's up to us to take pop culture back and to express quality and dignity for both boys and girls."
-Ashley Judd

"When boasting ends, there dignity begins."
-Owen D. Young

"Dignity is not negotiable. Dignity is the honor of the family."
-Vartan Gregorian

"And, ... he grew with dignity and with grace."
-Mary Shea

"I believe in dignity for whomever you are."
-Beth Henk

"If a man happens to find himself, he has a mansion which he can inhabit with dignity all the days of his life."
-James A. Michener