Dignity Quotes

The eagle does not catch flies.

Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man’s superiority to all that befalls him.

The ultimate end of all revolutionary social change is to establish the sanctity of human life, the dignity of man, the right of every human being to liberty and well-being.

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

The truth is that there is only one terminal dignity – love. And the story of a love is not important what is important is that one is capable of love. It is perhaps the only glimpse we are permitted of eternity.

Dignity is a mask we wear to hide our ignorance.

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

Well, that’s all that counts. People being sorry. Makes you feel better; gives you a sense of dignity, and that’s all that’s important… a sense of dignity. And it doesn’t matter if you don’t care, or not, either. You got to have a sense of dignity, even if you don’t care, ’cause, if you don’t […]

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

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