Dignity Quotes

“She wears it so beautifully doesn’t she, her pain… Always smiling, always positive…. always happy to help… It’s like a garment perfectly tailored to fit the way she carries it… with a touch of grace… and the quietness of that sad smile….
All so you’d never know how heavy it really was.”
― Ranata Suzuki

“Women of dignity know when to stop expecting loyalty when he won't even give you honesty.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“Feminism liberated women from the natural dignity of their sex and turned them into inferior men.”
― Francis Parker Yockey, Imperium: Philosophy of History & Politics

“In a war, the first casualty is human dignity.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Spy

“Be honest with who you are, what you want and how you want to be treated. Boundaries only scare off the people that were not meant to be in your life.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“There will be times in your life when you will have to stand alone in your pain and choke back all the injustice done to you. Letting go will be the hardest thing you have ever had to do because it means losing something you wish you didn't have to lose--the person that you care for. However, to be authentic--one person, it requires standing for truth as you know it to be, instead of having your dignity destroyed by another. It is a fire you have to walk through, in order to truly live. Sometimes, practicing faith by letting go is the most painful chapter of your life that will take every bit of courage for you to close, before you can be reborn.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“When you love yourself you will never need closure from any man. That doesn't mean you didn't love him, it simply means you love yourself enough to realize God has a better plan for you that doesn't involve one more conversation that will remind you of that person's lack of respect for you.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“In a sea of human beings, it is difficult, at times even impossible, to see the human as being.”
― Aysha Taryam

“Personal dignity begins by accepting responsibility for our actions, acting humbly, and extending compassion to other people. Personal humility requires choosing living with quietness of the heart over living in the depths of animosity, despair, and discord.”
― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls

“You're a dangerous fool who should be sent west," he told the unconscious man. "You have forgotten the face of your father.”
― Stephen King, The Drawing of the Three

“Never force yourself on another. If you do this, then this is you trampling on your own dignity without the external help.”
― Omoakhuana Anthonia

“Be selfish enough to have self love, self worth and self respect.”
― Robin Dabhi

“Rincewind stared, and knew that there were far worse things than Evil. All the demons in Hell would torture your very soul, but that was precisely because they valued souls very highly; evil would always try to steal the universe, but at least it considered the universe worth stealing. But the gray world behind those empty eyes would trample and destroy without even according its victims the dignity of hatred. It wouldn't even notice them.”
― Terry Pratchett

“If government is to respect people's autonomy, or to treat them with dignity, it should not deprive them of freedom. It should treat them as adults, rather than children or infants.”
― Cass R. Sunstein

“I understand,” she says, and then she quotes Du Fu: “The country is broken, but the mountains and rivers remain.” Her eyes flash; he catches sight of the fire in this modest woman. “We are the mountains and rivers,” he says, impressed. “No matter what the country is called.”
― Shawna Yang Ryan, Green Island

“When old people talk too much in presence of younger persons, they wouldn't know when their value would be diminishing.

Talk less especially when a younger person is in your midst, it's a sign of dignity”
― OMOSOHWOFA CASEY

“Only wise men can differentiate between what is a matter of pride and what is a principle of dignity.”
― Sameh Elsayed

“When we spend time with people who live in extreme poverty, and we listen to their stories, it creates dignity and connectedness - something they usually lack.”
― Chris Marlow, Doing Good Is Simple: Making a Difference Right Where You Are

“In one form or the other, the quest for human dignity has proved to be one of the most propulsive elements for wars, civil strife and willing sacrifice. Yet the entitlement to dignity, enshrined among the 'human rights', does not aspire to being the most self-evident, essential need for human survival, such as food, or physical health. Compared to that other candidate for the basic impulse of human existence - self-preservation - it may even be deemed self-indulgent.”
― Wole Soyinka, Climate of Fear: The Quest for Dignity in a Dehumanized World

“the very least we can live with is an agreement that does not reduce us to slaves of imposition, but makes us partners of consent. Yes, we are compelled to make peace, we submit to force majeure, but leave us at least a piece of clothing to cover our nudity. This is the motivation behind every formula of diplomatic contrivance that is sometimes described as face-saving, and wise indeed is the victor who knows that, in order to shield his own rear from the elements, he must not denude his opponents.”
― Wole Soyinka, Climate of Fear: The Quest for Dignity in a Dehumanized World

“It is the lowered head that makes her seem less noble than, say, a horse, or a deer surprised in the woods. More exactly, it is her lowered head and neck. As she stands still, the top of her head is level with her back, or even a little lower, and so she seems to be hanging her head in discouragement, embarrassment, or shame. There is at least a suggestion of humility and dullness about her. But all these suggestions are false.”
― Lydia Davis, Can't and Won't

“It might also count as an insult to dignity, and a form of infantilization, if the government constantly reminds people of things that they already know.”
― Cass R. Sunstein

“Вместо возможной зависимости, вынужденного возврата к прежней жизни, состоящей из компромиссов и уступок, она увидела перед собой — когда решит выбрать их — свободу, силу и достоинство. ...которое в таком мире, как их мир, могут обеспечить лишь богатство и положение в обществе. (Сюзи Бранч)”
― Edith Wharton, The Glimpses of the Moon

“Live in a dignified way with nobility, pride, strength, and kindness.”
― Seiji Fuji, Theoretical Modern History

“Dignity and pride are not only two different feelings, but, in some ways, opposites.
You can step on your pride to preserve your dignity. You can destroy your dignity because of your pride.”
― Luigina Sgarro

“Demnitatea e fara pret, omul incepe prin a ceda in lucrurile marune si sfarseste pierzand tot sensul vietii.”
― José Saramago, Blindness

“Neither your position in society, nor power, nor dignity, nor selfishness, nor even personal promotion should enslave you”
― Sunday Adelaja

“relationship is home . not like a bazar . you like so you visit . other part does not even see you ,if they like to. you want to buy ,choose ,you are free .but that's business . in relationship feeling is important ,more than that equally acceptance is base of relationship . if someone stopping to accept this they must stop to continue to be used in a relationship .”
― litymunshi

“How to hold the dignity; one should prevent, to be a toy in the hands of others. Consequently, one stands independently with its dignity; otherwise toy stays toy for another's purpose and pleasure, nothing else.”
― Ehsan Sehgal

“I was born a sheep & I cannot be a goat through pledge of hands.”
― Ymatruz, The Coffee Cries Foul