Dignity Quotes

Words on holding your worth steady.

These lines look at dignity less as status and more as an inner steadiness that stays open to others rather than defensive. Readers drawn to this page often also browse Respect quotes for a related angle on how people are treated.

There is no dignity in television.

Quotes by Adam Savage

My dignity and good television - they'll never meet.

Quotes by Adam Savage

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When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.

Quotes by Abbie Hoffman

I have little shame, no dignity - all in the name of a better cause.

Quotes by A. J. Jacobs

Capitalism proceeds through creative destruction. What is created is capitalism in a 'new and improved' form - and what is destroyed is self-sustaining capacity, livelihood and dignity of its innumerable and multiplied 'host organisms' into which all of us are...

Quotes by Zygmunt Bauman

It is not the quantity but the quality of knowledge which determines the mind's dignity.

Quotes by William Ellery Channing

There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others however humble.

Quotes by Washington Irving

It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.

Quotes by W. Somerset Maugham

A custom-tailored suit retains a certain dignity about it.

Quotes by Vincent Piazza

Dignity is not negotiable. Dignity is the honor of the family.

Quotes by Vartan Gregorian

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Several entries connect dignity to modest means done honestly - independence and generosity valued above wealth itself. For nearby themes, see Integrity and Honor quotes.