What I've loved most after you, is myself: that is, my dignity and that strength which made me superior to other men. That Strength was my life. You've broken it with a word, so I must die. - Alexandre Dumas If growing up means it would be beneath my dignity to climb a tree, I'll never grow up, never grow up, never grow up! Not me! - James M Barrie What? I said defensively, clutching the mink and my dignity. Since I was barefoot, mostly naked and completely hungover, I was pretty sure I grasped only one of them. - Karen Chance Any man or institution that tries to rob me of my dignity will lose. - Nelson Mandela From what I've seen, a girl's got to behave like a mental midget before she'll get any action in this town. If resisting that makes me a freak, so be it. I may die with my hymen intact, but at least I'll have my dignity. - Jody Gehrman I live well with very little things but not without my dignity - Rui M Wonderful. Last night's dinner, the...

A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil. - Grover Cleveland I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living. - John D Rockefeller Sometimes the thought of his mother working so hard while he did nothing would come suddenly upon his and he would rush off and try to help her, but whatever he did turned out wrong....So that it always ended in his mother saying, 'Oh, run along for goodness' sakes, and let me get on with my work.' And then Jack would go and lie on his front...and make up pretty poems about the Dignity of Labor, or about how dear and good mothers are. - E Nesbit