Dignity consists not in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them.
Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC)
No race can prosper1 till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.
Booker T. Washington (1856 - 1915)
Where is there dignity unless there is honesty?
Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC)
The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference2 of others.
Dag Hammarskjold (1905 - 1961)
Human Dignity has gleamed only now and then and here and there, in lonely splendor3, throughout the ages, a hope of the better men, never an achievement of the majority.
James Thurber (1894 - 1961)
Be mild with the mild, shrewd with the crafty4, confiding5 to the honest, rough to the ruffian, and a thunderbolt to the liar6. But in all this, never be unmindful of your own dignity.
John Brown
Remember this-that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act of life.
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121 AD - 180 AD)
One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered.
Michael J. Fox (1961 - ), in "Saving Milly" by Morton Kondrake
Dignity and love do not blend well, nor do they continue long together.
Ovid (43 BC - 17 AD)
Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
Rabbi Abraham Heschel
Let not a man guard his dignity, but let his dignity guard him.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
Dignity comes not from control, but from understanding who you are and taking your rightful place in the world.
Real Live Preacher, Real Live Preacher weblog, 05-01-05
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 (1874 - 1965), 'Of Human Bondage7', 1915
There is a healthful hardiness8 about real dignity that never dreads9 contact and communion with others, however humble10.
Washington Irving (1783 - 1859)
