642 Quotes About Dignity

Where true dignity and real freedom are undermined, real self least exists!

He had measured five feet four inches of pure gamecock.

There are few things so tender as a man's dignity.

You ask me to make a promise? I am in a cage. No promise I make is trustworthy because I would do anything to be rid of this cage. Promise me that you will not treat me like an animal or a spectacle, and I will see what I can do.

I also remember being struck by de Sade's will, in which he asked that his ashes be scattered to the four corners of the earth in the hope that humankind would forget both his writings and his name. I'd like to be able to make that demand; commemorative ceremonies are not only false but dangerous, as are all statues of famous men. Long live forgetfulness, I've always said—the only dignity I see is in oblivion.

it is not only what we have that enhance our dignity but what we do with what we have also magnifies our reputation to the highest level

You least obtain something great from the great thing you regard as least though such great thing can give you something great

Adversity often defines dignity.

It’s always better to sit on your dignity in private than to stand on it in public.