Definition of Dignity

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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

Sweetest Lord, make me appreciative of the dignity of my high vocation, and its many responsibilities. Never permit me to disgrace it by giving way to coldness, unkindness, or impatience.
Mother Teresa

Relationships based on obligation lack dignity.
Wayne Dyer

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

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

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

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

A celebrated people lose dignity upon a closer view.
Napoleon Bonaparte

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

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

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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