642 Quotes About Dignity

I am a caster of nets. Tyrants and emperors rise and fall. Civilizations burgeon then die, but there are always casters of nets. And tillers of the soil, and herders in the pastures. We are where civilization begins, and when it ends, we are there to begin it again.

There are no easy paths in this life. And when troubles arise, we must face them with the same dignity as we do success.

Austerity should not be a death sentence. Every person should be able to retire with the benefits they’ve earned and dignity they deserve.

the passage on dignity is an addendum to the formula of autonomy: ‘act only so that the will could regard itself as at the same time giving universal law through its maxim’ (G IV 434). Kant raises the question of why a morally good being abides by this formula. His answer (in brief) is because morality has an elevated worth (i.e. only moral dictates are categorical).

the ignobility of thought and action that desperation born of indigence produces.

Her profile as well as her stature and bearing seemed to gain the more dignity from her plain garments, which by the side of provincial fashion gave her the impressiveness of a fine quotation from the Bible,—or from one of our elder poets,—in a paragraph of to-day’s newspaper.

It’s hard as hell to hold on to your dignity when the risen sun is too bright in your losing eyes

Remember the son of whom you are because a good name is better than gold or silver

If people keep stepping on you, wear a pointy hat.