Dignity
The state of being worthy or honorable; elevation of mind or character; true worth; excellence.
Elevation; grandeur.
Elevated rank; honorable station; high office, political or ecclesiastical; degree of excellence; preferment; exaltation.
Quality suited to inspire respect or reverence; loftiness and grace; impressiveness; stateliness; -- said of //en, manner, style, etc.
One holding high rank; a dignitary.
Fundamental principle; axiom; maxim.
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Dignity Quotations
All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.
Aristotle
If a writer knows enough about what he is writing about, he may omit things that he knows. The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one ninth of it being above water.
Ernest Hemingway
Relationships based on obligation lack dignity.
Wayne Dyer
Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.
Aristotle
America and Islam are not exclusive and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles of justice and progress, tolerance and the dignity of all human beings.
Barack Obama
By a lie, a man... annihilates his dignity as a man.
Immanuel Kant
Right now I think censorship is necessary; the things they're doing and saying in films right now just shouldn't be allowed. There's no dignity anymore and I think that's very important.
Mae West
A celebrated people lose dignity upon a closer view.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Music is either sacred or secular. The sacred agrees with its dignity, and here has its greatest effect on life, an effect that remains the same through all ages and epochs. Secular music should be cheerful throughout.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Dignity Translations
dignity in Dutch is zelfrespect, zelfgevoel, waardigheid
dignity in Italian is decoro, elevatezza
dignity in Latin is gravitas, maiestas, dignitas, amplitudo
dignity in Norwegian is verdighet
dignity in Portuguese is dignidade
dignity in Spanish is sublimidad, dignidad
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