201 quotes found
“Do not exchange your dignity for popularity.”
“There are some promotions in life, which, independent of the more substantial rewards they offer, acquire peculiar value and dignity from the coats and waistcoats connected with them. A field-marsh...”
“Its a matter of dignity, the Chief explained. At a certain point, thats all you have left.”
“To assert dignity is to lose it.”
“one of the most painful things in life is to be considered as meaningless in an environment where you think you are truly meaningful”
“we may have a better reflection of ourselves in the mirror depending on how thick the opaque substance behind it is; the lighter the substance, the poorer the image; the thicker the substance,the b...”
“What humanity wants most is crude sensation.Really? I thought what humanity wanted most was dignity.”
“The thing about dignity: it can be destroyed, but not taken unless it's given away. It can always be beautified.”
“I'm not obliged to defend your dignity. Provided you have any.”
“How can anyone love someone who is less than a full person, unless love itself is domination per se?”
“Perhaps we just need little reminders from time to time that we are already dignified, deserving, worthy. Sometimes we don't feel that way because of the wounds and the scars we carry from the past...”
“The more you learn about the dignity of the gorilla, the more you want to avoid people.”
“Haste denies all acts their dignity.”
“Frank, I ran into Gladys and Billy at the store yesterday. Do you know what he said to me?"The girls went very quiet. Frank didn't look up."Hello?" he asked, and kept rubbing Henry's knife.Dotty hi...”
“Dignity is a value that creates irreplaceability.”
“Someone said: "Tell me what you read and I'll tell you who you are"or "tell me who is your friend and I'll tell you who you are" ...etc..My life experience oppose the above mentioned sayings.I woul...”
“Its hard as hell to hold on to your dignity when the risen sun is too bright in your losing eyes”
“Dignity is a bridge.It needs two sides that, being different, distinct and distant become one in the bridgewithout ceasing to be different and distinct, but ceasing already to be distant.”
“As she continues to answer questions about her employment, all these words mean little more to her now than I AM SOPHISTICATED, I AM WORTHY, I AM SOPHISTICATED, I AM WORTHY. She attempts the postur...”
“All lived lives of dignity and repression.”
