Dignity Quotes - Page 30

• There are two kinds of pride, both good and bad. 'Good pride' represents our dignity and self-respect. 'Bad pride' is the deadly sin of superiority that reeks of conceit and arrogance.

  John C. Maxwell

  Leadership, Self Esteem, Pride

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• Respecting the dignity of a spectacular food means enjoying it at its best. Europeans celebrate the short season of abundant asparagus as a form of holiday. In the Netherlands the first cutting coincides with Father's Day, on which restaurants may feature all-asparagus menus and hand out neckties decorated with asparagus spears.

  Barbara Kingsolver

  Father, Holiday, Mean

  Barbara Kingsolver (2010). “Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: Our Year of Seasonal Eating”, p.30, Faber & Faber

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• The greatness of non-violent resistance is that even as man is faced with tyranny, and the resulting suffering, he responds to hate with love, to prejudice with tolerance, to arrogance with humility, to humiliation with dignity, and to violence with reason.

  Liu Xia

  Motivational, Hate, Humility

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• It means abandoning being a poet, abandoning your careerism, abandoning even the idea of writing any poetry, really abandoning, giving up as hopeless - abandoning the possibility of really expressing yourself to the nations of the world. Abandoning the idea of being a prophet with honor and dignity, and abandoning the glory of poetry and just settling down in the muck of your own mindYou really have to make a resolution to write for yourself, in the sense of not writing to impress yourself, but just writing what your self is saying.

  Allen Ginsberg

  Giving Up, Writing, Mean

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• To be acknowledged for who and what I am, no more, no less. Not for acclaim, not for approval, but, the simple truth of that recognition. This has been the elemental drive of my existence, and it must be achieved, if I am to live or die with dignity.

  Robin Williams

  Simple, Approval, Recognition

  "Fictional character: Andrew Martin". "Bicentennial Man", www.imdb.com. 1999.

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• I regret that I do not have the dignity of Ricardo Montalban, the class of Dean Martin, or the humor of Bill Cosby. I do have the heart of a lion.

  Burt Reynolds

  Regret, Heart, Class

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• You will have the highest of highs and the lowest of lows, just remember to always handle yourself with grace and dignity.

  Kristin Chenoweth

  Grace, Remember, Lows

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• I’ve known people that the world has thrown everything at to discourage them...to break their spirit. And yet something about them retains a dignity. They face life and don’t ask quarters.

  Horton Foote

  People, World, Faces

  Horton Foote (1989). “Cousins ; And, The Death of Papa: The Final Two Plays of The Orphans' Home Cycle”, p.13, Grove Press

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• Suffering, if you're a Christian, suffering is a part of life. And it's not a bad thing, it is an essential thing in life... There are all different ways to suffer. One way to suffer is through lack of food and shelter and there's another way to suffer which is lack of dignity and hope and there's all sorts of ways that people suffer and it's not just tangible, it's also intangible and we have to consider both.

  Rick Santorum

  Christian, Things In Life, People

  "Rick Santorum calls for low-income children to suffer". Rick Santorum's speech in Ottumwa, Iowa, www.dailykos.com. November 18, 2011.

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• I would like to be remembered, well... the Mexicans have a phrase, 'Feo fuerte y formal'.
  Which means; he was ugly, strong and had dignity.

  John Wayne

  Strong, Mean, Phrases

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• All across my home state, throughout the South, and around the country, LGBT people and their families are seeking basic respect and dignity. This victory is an essential step on the journey toward full equality for all.

  Chad Griffin

  Country, Home, Journey

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• Among the Indians, as among other nations, some people are born artists, but most are not. I am a born artist. I have as much interest in my people as any anthropologist, and I have studied our culture and lore. My aim is to reassemble the pieces of a once proud culture, and to show the dignity and bravery of my people.

  Norval Morrisseau

  Artist, People, Bravery

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• I guess the sacrifice of my dignity is the only thing that will save us now. The things I endure for love. The Fates laugh at my torment.

  Julie Kagawa

  Fate, Sacrifice, Laughing

  Julie Kagawa (2010). “The Iron King”, p.89, Harlequin

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• I said last year, and I still believe there are the votes in the House to pass Death with Dignity legislation.

  Shap Smith

  Believe, Years, House

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• I used to wanna change the world. Now I just wanna leave the room with a little dignity.

  Justin Vivian Bond

  World, Littles, Rooms

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• A dog has kindliness in his heart and dignity in his demeanor. The finest qualities anyone can have.

  Kay Francis

  Dog, Heart, Quality

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I could never adjust to the separate waiting rooms, separate eating places, separate rest rooms, partly because the separate was always unequal, and partly because the very idea of separation did something to my sense of dignity and self-respect.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Waiting Rooms, Self, Ideas

  Martin Luther King (Jr.) (1968). “I Have a Dream: The Quotations of Martin Luther King, Jr”

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• As long as you are still fighting in defense of your dignity and for your occupied land, all is well.

  George Habash

  Fighting, Land, Long

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• Our enemies send other people's children on missions of suicide and murder. They embrace tyranny and death as a cause and a creed. We stand for a different choice - made long ago, on the day of our founding. We affirm it again today. We choose freedom and the dignity of every life.

  George W. Bush

  Suicide, Children, Choices Made

  First (Official) Presidential State of the Union Address, delivered 29 January 2002

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• It's time to restore honor and dignity to the White House.

  George W. Bush

  White, House, Honor

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• Doctors are not servants of their patients, they are traders like everyone else in a free society and they should bear that title proudly considering the crucial importance of the services they offer.

  Ayn Rand

  Doctors, Titles, Bears

  Ayn Rand (1990). “The Voice of Reason: Essays in Objectivist Thought”, p.263, Penguin

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• One of the great mistakes that can be made by a man of my age is to get involved in athletic competition with children-unless, of course, they are under six. And even then, stay away from hide-and-seek.

  Bill Cosby

  Children, Mistake, Men

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• A King (as such) is not a great man. He has great power, but it is not his own.

  William Hazlitt

  Kings, Men, Great Power

  William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1105, Delphi Classics

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• No act terminating in itself constitutes greatness.

  William Hazlitt

  Greatness

  Table Talk "The Indian Jugglers" (1822)

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• [He] would drive his sculling boat through mile after mile, in a silent brutal programe of conditioning - he would work all alone, at first light, punishing himself without mercy. His was the private dignity of the lone athlete, with a grim purpose, fighting a solitary war with himself, toward a goal only he can see.

  Daniel Topolski

  War, Athlete, Fighting

  Daniel Topolski, Patrick Robinson (2013). “True Blue: The Oxford Boat Race Mutiny”, p.32, Random House

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