Upholding Dignity Quotes

A man´s level of dignity must always be above his level of fear.

A just person knows how to secure his own reputation without blemishing another's by exposing his faults.

Her legacy was her quiet dignity and instinctive rage against injustice, ... What she determined on the spot was that her dignity would not allow her to be treated unjustly.

Don't let my facial expressions fool you. I try to stay poised and calm at all times, but I'm having a blast.

One must respect black. Nothing prostitutes it.

Now I say that with cruelty and oppression it is everybody's business to interfere when they see it.

Nan Kempner wore one of the first Saint Laurent trouser suits to one of those fancy Madison Avenue restaurants and was denied access. She famously took off her pants and walked in wearing only the jacket. And it was that kind of revolution that was echoed in fashion and in life.

Self-respect and a clear conscience are powerful components of integrity and are the basis for enriching your relationships with others.

I just try to keep my dignity and carry on with my day.

I may forget my dignity, but you may not.

The one who fights back retains his dignity and his self-respect.

I regard it as a duty which I owed, not just to my people, but also to my profession, to the practice of law, and to the justice for all mankind, to cry out against this discrimination which is essentially unjust and opposed to the whole basis of the attitude towards justice which is part of the tradition of legal training in this country. I believed that in taking up a stand against this injustice I was upholding the dignity of what should be an honorable profession.

Dignity of women is our collective responsibility. There should be no compromise in this matter. There should be no erosion in the law and order situation. We have to revive the family culture in which a woman is respected and considered equal, her dignity encouraged.

Today, no walls can separate humanitarian or human rights crises in one part of the world from national security crises in another. What begins with the failure to uphold the dignity of one life all too often ends with a calamity for entire nations.

Honor is like an island, rugged and without a beach; once we have left it, we can never return.

The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master from the house.

Honor is like the eye, which cannot suffer the least impurity without damage. It is a precious stone, the price of which is lessened by a single flaw.

Want keeps pace with dignity. Destitute of the lawful means of supporting his rank, his dignity presents a motive for malversation, and his power furnishes the means.

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?

Dignity is often a veil between us and the real truth of things.

Above all things, one should maintain his self-respect, and there is but one way to do that, and that is to live in accordance with your highest ideal.