#dignity

I have a hat. It is graceful and feminine and give me a certain dignity, as if I were attending a state funeral or something. Someday I may get up enough courage to wear it, instead of carrying it. ↗

— Erma Bombeck

#carrying #certain #courage #dignity #enough

Wherever on this planet ideals of personal freedom and dignity apply, there you will find the cultural inheritance of England. ↗

— Karel Capek

#cultural #dignity #england #find #freedom

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

— William Ellery Channing

#dignity #knowledge #mind #quality #quantity

Dignity, and even holiness too, sometimes, are more questions of coat and waistcoat than some people imagine. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#dignity #even #holiness #imagine #more

When Jim Irsay called me five years ago, he told me, 'I want you to be our coach and help us win the Super Bowl.' He told me, 'We are going win it the right way. We are going to win it with great guys; win it with class and dignity. We are going to win it in a way that will make Indianapolis proud.' ↗

— Tony Dungy

#bowl #called #class #coach #dignity

Along the way I have been able to choose some themes which ask questions - not necessarily force a message on anyone, but at least invite the audience to question things: jury service, dignity in dying, Ireland - and not least because they force me to ask myself questions. Where do I stand? ↗

— Julie Walters

#along #anyone #ask #audience #because

Ray had so much love of life and the music. He had so much integrity. He treated the music with so much dignity and respect. I spent four and a half years as a sideman with Ray Brown's trio. Music was his life, more so than anyone I could mention. ↗

— Benny Green

#brown #could #dignity #four #had

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

— Abbie Hoffman

#dignity #free #free men #men #only

A creditor is worse than a slave-owner; for the master owns only your person, but a creditor owns your dignity, and can command it. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#creditor #dignity #master #only #owns

In this context, the church supports and favors every effort today to seek the full development of the personality of all human beings, and to promote their fundamental rights, their dignity and liberty. ↗

— Claudio Hummes

#church #context #development #dignity #effort