The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.

Aristotle

Dignity consists not in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them.

Aristotle

Dignity comes not from control, but from understanding who you are and taking your rightful place in the world.

Real Live Preacher

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

Washington Irving

Dignity does not float down from heaven it cannot be purchased nor manufactured. It is a reward reserved for those who labor with diligence.

Bill Hybels

Dignity is like a perfume; those who use it are scarcely conscious of it.

Christina Of Sweden

One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered.

Michael J. Fox

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

Let not a man guard his dignity, but let his dignity guard him.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others.

Dag Hammarskjold

All that passes is raised to the dignity of expression; all that happens is raised to the dignity of meaning. Everything is either symbol or parable.

Paul Claudel

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

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

Remember this-that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act of life.

Marcus Aurelius

Dignity and love do not blend well, nor do they continue long together.

Ovid

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.

Aristotle

We must build a new world, a far better world -- one in which the eternal dignity of man is respected.

Harry S Truman

Where is there dignity unless there is honesty?

Cicero

Only man has dignity; only man, therefore, can be funny.

Ronald Knox

We will maintain dignity throughout this process.

Aaron Ellis

If the dignity and rights of those who appear before Congress are not respected, they are justified not to appear there.

Prospero Nograles

A people must have dignity and identity.

Andrew Goodman

This is no longer about dignity. It's about our ability to sustain this system.

Sen. Richard Nass

Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him.

Romain Gary

It's up to us to take pop culture back and to express quality and dignity for both boys and girls.

Ashley Judd

When boasting ends, there dignity begins.

Owen D. Young

My dignity is worth more than four dollars.

Shivan Barwari

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

Vartan Gregorian

And, ... he grew with dignity and with grace.

Mary Shea

Would find with dignity a peaceful solution of this political crisis.

Leonid Kuchma

I believe in dignity for whomever you are.

Beth Henk

He is my son. But if a son does not care about the dignity of his family, God can take him. You cannot make anything out of such a son. He is useless.

Abdul Manan

If a man happens to find himself, he has a mansion which he can inhabit with dignity all the days of his life.

James A. Michener

As a son of this country I believe in the people. Credibility and dignity is what I bring to the table.

George Weah

Those who insist on the dignity of their office show they have not deserved it.

Baltasar Gracian

We can never, never abandon Jerusalem because the dignity of Jerusalem is the same as the dignity of a Muslim.

Prince Abdullah

When they told her there was nothing they could do, she wouldn't give up. She battled it courageously, and with dignity.

Sue Little

I left the room with silent dignity, but caught my foot in the mat.

George Grossmith

Preserving honor and dignity for me remains the chief value, more than any job.

Petro Poroshenko

I can't rationally justify it other than to say I think it is consistent with her dignity that somebody do that.

Julian Gardner

Our aim is to treat the employees being separated with dignity and respect.

Robert Herta

And if you came through this ordeal, you would age with dignity.

William Manchester

For us democracy is a question of human dignity. And human dignity is political freedom.

Olof Palme

Making a comeback is one of the most difficult things to do with dignity.

Greg Lake

He was very thorough, very energetic and very passionate, ... To him, every human being has a certain dignity.

James Logan

A penumbra of somber dignity has descended over his reputation.

James Atlas

I'm trying to go for strength, for dignity, for presence.

Dj Garrity

We have dignity in Mexico and we have to put a stop to anybody who offends the dignity of Mexico or its institutions.

Vincente Fox

They are here because they have an addiction that they need help with. We treat them with dignity.

Robert Coleman

If we value so highly the dignity of life, how can we not also value the dignity of death? No death may be called futile.

Yukio Mishima

They didn't get dignity in life. They might as well get dignity in death.

Donald Roberts

May you grow in dignity and with grace.

Tim Shea

It is about dignity. That is the motivating factor.

Aaron Marks

At its core, this bill is about affording all Californians dignity and respect.

Sheila Kuehl

To be Canadian is to live in relative calm and with great dignity.

William Davis

It is about people's dignity and quality of life.

Joanne Mccartney

Pride and dignity would belong to women if only men would leave them alone.

Egyptian Proverb

I'll support what they're doing if it's for the right reason and if they're doing it with dignity. But I can't (support) anything that deviates from that.

Eric Reyes