As entrepreneurs, we often put our businesses and pursuits above all else. We work hard to be successful, and in the process, we sometimes lose sight of what’s really important. But no matter how busy we get, it’s important to remember that at the end of the day, we are still human beings with feelings and a sense of dignity. In this compilation of dignity quotes, you’ll find words of wisdom from some of history’s most renowned thinkers. Take a few minutes to read through these quotes and reflect on how you can infuse more dignity into your life and business.

The best dignity quotes

1. As all error is meanness, it is incumbent on every man who consults his own dignity, to retract it as soon as he discovers it. — Samuel Johnson

2. Drugs, cataplasms, and whiskey are stupid substitutes for the dignity and potency of divine mind and its efficacy to heal. — Mary Baker Eddy

3. In my opinion, one of the answers to the question of underdevelopment of nations, is in the CULTURE of DIGNITY OF LABOR. — Sunday Adelaja

4. We’ve got to stand together with @unitehere11 for affordable health care and fair wages. a job is about more than just a paycheck. it’s about dignity. — joe biden

5. Dignity is the only one thing I have chosen over rules and benefits of slavery. I am not perfect because I chose to be myself — a human and this is the simplest form of dignity.

6. The human mind is capable of excitement without the application of gross and violent stimulants — and he must have a very faint perception of its beauty and dignity who does not know this…

7. 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

8. I don’t want learning, or dignity, or respectability. I want this music, and this dawn, and the warmth of your cheek against mine. — Rumi

9. Faith gives you a concept of the dignity and worth of all work, even simple work, without which work could bore you. — Timothy J. Keller

10. There are moments when art attains almost to the dignity of manual labor. — Oscar Wilde

11. A palm–leaf carriage should move slowly, or else it loses its dignity. — Sei Shōnagon, The Pillow Book

12. A person who has been punished is not thereby simply less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment. — B.F. Skinner, Beyond Freedom and Dignity

13. The United States is guilty. We’re not treating people fairly. We’re not treating people with dignity. Building a wall is an affront and an insult, and we have no right. — Rush Limbaugh

14. What I learned best at Miss White’s school was that I was a person with dignity and self–respect, and I should not set my sights lower than anybody else just because I was black. — Rosa Parks

15. Fidel Castro represents the dignity of the South American continent against empires. He’s a living legend: an icon of independence and freedom across the continent. — Nicolas Maduro

16. Drugs, cataplasms, and whiskey are stupid substitutes for the dignity and potency of divine mind and its efficacy to heal. — Mary Baker Eddy

17. As a reggaeton act, I’ve always felt people are looking down on us and expecting us to fail. That’s enough of a burden, and we automatically try to act with dignity. — Nicky Jam

18. A remarkable memoir that’s packed with anecdotes, advice and humor, all while maintaining a high level of dignity and self–awareness. — Steve Martin

19. Legend: A lie that has attained the dignity of age. — H. L. Mencken

20. We Woosters freeze like the dickens when we seek sympathy and meet with cold reserve. ‘Nothing further Jeeves’, I said with quiet dignity. — P. G. Wodehouse

21. Where, but in the simplicity of the Gospel, can you hear about both the dignity of man and the misery of man? — Reinhold Niebuhr

22. In a war, the first casualty is human dignity. — Paulo Coelho, The Spy

23. I would like to be remembered as someone who gave it all and went for it all, As a woman of strong conviction, character, dignity, and talent who always put God first. — Zulay Henao

24. That is the truth about man–that he has a curious kind of dignity, but also a curious kind of misery, and that these forms of agnosticism don’t understand. — Reinhold Niebuhr

25. Any state, any entity, any ideology that fails to recognize the worth, the dignity, the rights of Man, that state is obsolete. — Rod Serling

26. What the trees can do handsomely–greening and flowering, fading and then the falling of leaves–human beings cannot do with dignity, let alone without pain. — Martha Gellhorn

27. Islam is the only religion that gives dignity to the poor. — Ramsey Clark

28. Relationships based on obligation lack dignity. — Wayne Dyer

29. There are few things so tender as a man’s dignity. — Robin Hobb, Golden Fool

30. ‘people need to have ”the dignity of risk” and ”the right to fail”.’ — Patricia E. Deegan

31. History will remember Nelson Mandela as a champion for human dignity and freedom, for peace and reconciliation. — William J. Clinton

32. For the people of Israel and America are historic partners in the global quest for human dignity and freedom. We will always remain at each other’s side. — Ronald Reagan

33. All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence. — Martin Luther King

34. Religious belief is without reason and without dignity, and its record is near–universally dreadful. — Martin Amis, The Second Plane: 14 Responses to September 11

35. Do not let anyone to cage your freedom. Fight for your Freedom and dignity — Mohammed Sekouty

36. Now is the time to lift our national policy from the quicksand of racial injustice to the solid rock of human dignity. — Martin Luther King

37. I love Obama’s calm and dignity. A lot of people confuse that with being aloof, but I know people that have held that job. It’s a 24–hour barrage of information. — Stephen Stills

38. You will finally have dignity when you realize that you are not on the path, but have become the path for others. — Shannon L. Alder

39. There is dignity in suffering; nobility in pain; but failure is a salted wound, that burns and burns again! — Woody Allen

40. I was interested in maintaining the dignity and the hearts of the songs, letting them breathe and become what they are. — Ryan Cabrera

41. Dignity is overrated. You know what trumps dignity? Kissing. — Nina LaCour, Everything Leads to You

42. Drugs, cataplasms, and whiskey are stupid substitutes for the dignity and potency of divine mind and its efficacy to heal. — Mary Baker Eddy

43. There’s no dignity, no decency, or health today for men that haven’t got a job. All other things depend on work today. — Nevil Shute, Ruined City

44. Treat people with dignity and respect. — Michelle Obama

45. There is dignity in suffering; nobility in pain; but failure is a salted wound, that burns and burns again! — Woody Allen

46. In my opinion, one of the answers to the question of underdevelopment of nations, is in the CULTURE of DIGNITY OF LABOR. — Sunday Adelaja

47. The free state offers what a police state denies–the privacy of the home, the dignity and peace of mind of the individual. — William O. Douglas

48. There are few men who know how to go to their deaths with dignity, and often they are not those whom one would expect. — Primo Levi

49. All lived lives of dignity and repression. — Mary Lou Foster Cooper

50. Dignity is not negotiable. Dignity is the honor of the family. — Vartan Gregorian

Conclusion

Dignity is an essential trait of being a human, and it is important to remember that it is something we all possess. We should strive to cultivate our own self-respect and recognize the dignity of others. No matter what life brings our way, we should never forget that we are all worthy of respect and should never settle for anything less.