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Quotes about Dignity

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Let not a man guard his dignity, but let his dignity guard him.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson, US essayist & poet (1803 - 1882)

Dignity consists not in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them.
- Aristotle, Greek critic, philosopher, physicist, & zoologist (384 BC - 322 BC)

It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.
- W. Somerset Maugham, English dramatist & novelist (1874 - 1965)

CP Human Dignity has gleamed only now and then and here and there, in lonely splendor, throughout the ages, a hope of the better men, never an achievement of the majority.
- James Thurber, US author, cartoonist, humorist, & satirist (1894 - 1961)

Remember this-that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act of life.
- Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Roman Emperor, A.D. 161-180 (121 AD - 180 AD)

Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
- Rabbi Abraham Heschel

Dignity and love do not blend well, nor do they continue long together.
- Ovid, Roman poet (43 BC - 17 AD)

The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others.
- Dag Hammarskjold, Swedish diplomat (1905 - 1961)

One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered.
- Michael J. Fox, US (Canadian-born) actor (1961 - )

No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.
- Booker T. Washington, US educator (1856 - 1915)

Be mild with the mild, shrewd with the crafty, confiding to the honest, rough to the ruffian, and a thunderbolt to the liar. But in all this, never be unmindful of your own dignity.
- John Brown

Dignity comes not from control, but from understanding who you are and taking your rightful place in the world.
- Real Live Preacher, Anonymous author of RealLivePreacher.com

There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others, however humble.
- Washington Irving, US essayist, historian, & novelist (1783 - 1859)