Dignity Quotes - Page 35

• Those flimsy webs that break as soon as wrought, attain not to the dignity of thought.

  William Cowper

  Break

  William Cowper, John William Cunningham (1835). “The works ¬of William Cowper: Poems : with an essay on the genius and poetry of Cowper”, p.210

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• One should not be assigned one's identity in society by the job slot one happens to fill. If we truly believe in the dignity of labor, any task can be performed with equal pride because none can demean the basic dignity of a human being.

  Judith Martin

  Jobs, Work, Believe

  Judith Martin (1996). “Common courtesy: in which Miss Manners solves the problem that baffled Mr. Jefferson”

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• All our dignity lies in our thoughts.

  Blaise Pascal

  Lying, Our Thoughts

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• People minus space equals Poverty ... What is living for? If the answer is a life of dignity, decency and opportunity, then every increase in population means a decrease in all three. The crowd is a threat to every single being.

  Marya Mannes

  Mean, Opportunity, Space

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• The word "independence" is united to the accessory ideas of dignity and virtue. The word "dependence" is united to the ideas of inferiority and corruption.

  Jeremy Bentham

  Ideas, Independence, Accessories

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• A man is known to his dog by the smell, to his tailor by the coat, to his friend by the smile; each of these know him, but how little or how much depends on the dignity of the intelligence. That which is truly and indeed characteristic of the man is known only to God.

  John Ruskin

  Dog, Character, Men

  John Ruskin (1848). “Modern Painters”, p.55

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• The highest thoughts are those which are least dependent on language, and the dignity of any composition and praise to which it is entitled are in exact proportion to its dependency of language or expression.

  John Ruskin

  Expression, Language, Praise

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• What can be more honorable than to have courage enough to execute the commands of reason and conscience,--to maintain the dignity of our nature, and the station assigned us?

  Jeremy Collier

  Honor, Reason, Enough

  Jeremy Collier (1725). “Essays upon several moral subjects”, p.223

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• There are women vain of advantages not connected with their persons, such as birth, rank, and fortune; it is difficult to feel less the dignity of the sex. The origin of all women may be called celestial, for their power is the offspring of the gifts of Nature; by yielding to pride and ambition they soon destroy the magic of their charms.

  Madame de Stael

  Sex, Ambition, Pride

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• Even death itself sometimes fails to bring the dignity and serenity which one would fain associate with old age.

  Jane Addams

  Serenity, Age, Sometimes

  Jane Addams (2012). “Twenty Years at Hull-House: With Autobiographical Notes”, p.104, Courier Corporation

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• Only yield when you must, never "give up the ship," but fight on to the last "with a stiff upper lip!

  Phoebe Cary

  Courage, Giving Up, Fighting

  Phoebe Cary (1875). “Ballads for Little Folk”, p.175

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• celebratin' New Year's Eve is like eatin' oranges. You got to let go your dignity t' really enjoy 'em.

  Edna Ferber

  Letting Go, New Year, Years

  Edna Ferber (2015). “Buttered Side Down”, p.53, Booklassic

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• ...the act of eating,which hath by several wise men been considered as extremely mean and derogatory from the philosophic dignity, must be in some measure performed by the greatest prince, hero, or philosopher upon earth; nay, sometimes Nature hath been so frolicsome as to exact of these dignified characters a much more exorbitant share of this office than she hath obliged those of the lowest orders to perform.

  Henry Fielding

  Wise, Hero, Food

  Henry Fielding (1844). “The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling: With the Life of the Author : in Two Volumes”, p.443

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• A child motivated by competitive ideals will grow into a man without conscience, shame, or true dignity.

  George Sand

  Children, Men, Competition

  George Sand (1977). “The Intimate Journal of George Sand”, Chicago Review Press

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• A gift--its kind, its value and appearance; the silence or the pomp that attends it; the style in which it reaches you--may decide the dignity or vulgarity of the giver.

  Johann Kaspar Lavater

  Silence, Style, May

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• Illustrious man! deriving honor less from the splendor of his situation than from the dignity of his mind.

  Charles James Fox

  Men, Honor, Mind

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• A gentleman is mindful no less of the freedom of others than of his own dignity.

  Livy

  Gentleman

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• There is something in the heart of man which will bend under moral suasion. There is a swift witness for truth in his bosom, which will respond to truth when it is uttered with calmness and dignity.

  Angelina Grimke

  Heart, Men, Moral

  Sarah Grimke, Angelina Grimke (2015). “On Slavery and Abolitionism: Essays and Letters”, p.102, Penguin

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• perhaps these men in the House Caucus Room [Committee on Un-American Activities] are determined to spread silence: to frighten those voices which will shout no, and ask questions, defend the few, attack cruelty and proclaim the rights and dignity of man. ... America is going to look very strange to Americans and they will not be at home here, for the air will slowly become unbreathable to all forms of life except sheep.

  Martha Gellhorn

  Home, Men, Sheep

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• I come here today as a Christian, a person of faith who believes we've all been called to serve our fellow men and women and to honor God's creation. We want our girls to know right from wrong, to always tell the truth, to treat people no matter who they are with dignity and respect, no matter how different they may seem...because we want our girls to know we are all God's children and there's so much more that unites than divides us.

  Michelle Obama

  Girl, Christian, Children

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• If there were no hell, we would be like the animals. No hell, no dignity.

  Flannery O'Connor

  Animal, Would Be, Criminal Mind

  Flannery O'Connor (1988). “Collected Works”, New York, NY : Library of America : Distributed to the trade in the U.S. and Canada by Viking Press

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• Democracy is not an end in itself, but a means to achieve the sacred promises of human dignity, justice and peace.

  Alfred-Maurice de Zayas

  Mean, Justice, Promise

  Alfred de Zayas' aphorisms from his official site, www.alfreddezayas.com.

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• If the dreams of any so-called normal man were exposed ... there would be no more gravity and dignity left for mankind.

  Vera Caspary

  Dream, Men, Would Be

  Laura ch. 2 (1943)

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• A vertical line is dignity. The horizontal line is peaceful. The obtuse angle is action. That's universal, it is primary.

  Janet Collins

  Peaceful, Lines, Action

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• [While voicing cartoons] you have to lose your sanity and inhibitions and any kind of dignity and just throw yourself around a bit.

  Benedict Cumberbatch

  Cartoon, Kind, Sanity

  "Q&A: Benedict Cumberbatch talks Penguins Of Madagascar". Interview with Andy Lea, www.dailystar.co.uk. December 7, 2014.

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