dignity Quotes

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

We must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy.

"The dignity of the individual demands that he be not reduced to vassalage by the largesse of others."

nothing is more important than empathy for another human being's suffering. Nothing. Not a career, not wealth, not intelligence, certainly not status. We have to feel for one another if we're going to survive with dignity.

Do we not realize that self respect comes with self reliance?

"We understand … that what constitutes the dignity of a craft is that it creates a fellowship, that it binds men together and fashions for them a common language."

There is nothing grand or noble in having the use of a slave, in so far as he is a slave; or in issuing commands about necessary things. But it is an error to suppose that every sort of rule... ...

A good style must, first of all, be clear. It must not be mean or above the dignity of the subject. It must be appropriate.

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

The man who is truly good and wise will bear with dignity whatever fortune sends, and will always make the best of his circumstances.

Real education enhances the dignity of a human being and increases his or her self-respect. If only the real sense of education could be realized by each individual and carried forward in every field of human activity, the world will... ...