Dignity, always Dignity!

Enjoy life. Have fun. Be kind. Have worth. Have friends. Be honest. Laugh. Die with dignity. Make the most of it. It’s all we’ve got.

I shall cheerfully bear the reproach of having descended below the dignity of history

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

To be united to God in unity of person was not fitting to human flesh, according to its natural endowments, since it was above his dignity; nevertheless, it was fitting that God, by reason of his infinite goodness, should unite it to himself for human salvation

Be thankful for the smallest blessing and you will deserve to receive greater. Value the least gifts no less than the greatest, and simple graces as especial favors. If you remember the dignity of the Giver, no gift will seem small or mean

My purity manifests itself in countless ways, including an utter inability to sit idly when exposed to attacks on truth, reason, logic, and/or individual dignity.

A society is only as great as the values that it enshrines as part of its ethos. A society is only as great as the extent to which it is willing to defend its identity.

Today it is time for every child to have a right to life, right to freedom, right to health, right to education, safety, the right to dignity, right to equality, and right to peace.

When I contemplate the natural dignity of man; when I feel (for Nature has not been kind enough to me to blunt my feelings) for the honor and happiness of its character, I become irritated at the attempt to govern mankind by force and fraud, as if they were all knaves and fools, and can scarcely avoid disgust at those who are thus imposed upon

Legend: A lie that has attained the dignity of age.

History is always personal—never more so than for those who find theirs is written by the enemy. It strips the defeated and the displaced of their dignity. It is a posthumous insult

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

One must learn how to lose with dignity.

One must learn how to lose with dignity.

Daily contact with some teachers is itself all-sided ethical education for the child without a spoken precept. Here, too, the real advantage of male over female teachers,especially for boys, is seen in their superior physical strength,which often, if highly estimated, gives real dignity and commands real respect, and especially in the unquestionably greater uniformity of their moods and their discipline.

The moment our dignity is undermined, we get up in arms and want to see our dignity restored – especially if we are humiliated.

Never let anyone make you feel inferior for being who you are. When you live the life you were meant to live, in freedom and dignity.

Hell is God’s great compliment to the reality of human freedom and the dignity of human choice.

Healing means that our dignity is restored and we are able to move forward in our lives.

Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.

The show business has all phases and grades of dignity, from the exhibition of a monkey to the exposition of that highest art in music or the drama which secures for the gifted secures a world wide fame princes well might envy.

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

America is a Nation with a mission – and that mission comes from our most basic beliefs. We have no desire to dominate, no ambitions of empire. Our aim is a democratic peace – a peace founded upon the dignity and rights of every man and woman.

It’s time to restore honor and dignity to the White House.

The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world. In this long vigil he often has to vary his methods of stimulation; but in this long vigil he is also himself striving against a continual tendency to sleep.

I take the good with the bad, and I try to face them both with as much calm and dignity as I can muster

Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the right to dignity, and a decent life. While poverty persists, there is no true freedom.

All our dignity lies in our thoughts.

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them

Man is obviously made for thinking. Therein lies all his dignity and his merit; and his whole duty is to think as he ought.

Man is clearly made to think. It is his whole dignity and his whole merit; and his whole duty is to think as he ought. And the order of thought is to begin with ourselves, and with our Author and our end.

I’m going to be the lady my mother raised and carry myself with class and dignity… But I will never be any man’s press opportunity.

Women of every age and size really just want to look sexy, while retaining their power and dignity.

And Barack and I were raised with so many of the same values, like you work hard for what you want in life. That your word is your bond; that you do what you say you’re going to do. That you treat people with dignity and respect, even if you don’t know them and even if you don’t agree with them.

We learned about dignity and decency – that how hard you work matters more than how much you make… that helping others means more than just getting ahead yourself.