William Cowper Quotes
Those flimsy webs that break as soon as wrought, attain not to the dignity of thought.
Quotes to Explore
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I think a British icon is someone who conducts themself with real dignity: someone who is truly talented and modest. These are things that I would aspire to in my career.
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I'm not keeping track, but the record is there for someone to break.
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You break her heart, I'll break your neck.
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There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others however humble.
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You can't solve a dignity problem with military force.
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Silence is my dignity.
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Those who insist on the dignity of their office show they have not deserved it.
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I was in chains all the time, 24 hours a day, for three years. I tried to wear those chains with dignity, even if I felt that it was unbearable.
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Whatever's going on with me at the time of writing is going to find its way into the piece. If that doesn't happen, then what the hell am I doing? So if I'm writing 'Inglourious Basterds,' and I'm in love with a girl and we break up, that's going to find its way into the piece.
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Love and dignity cannot share the same abode.
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We treated all of the dead with dignity.
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I have little shame, no dignity - all in the name of a better cause.
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At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity.
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Dignity is not negotiable. Dignity is the honor of the family.
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The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others.
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There's nothing that can match Broadway for stature and dignity.
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In Europe there's the upper crust, and these are long, historically families and social systems that have certain established rules that's harder to break into.
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The man who is secure within himself has no need to prove anything with force, so he can walk away from a fight with dignity and pride. He is the true martial artist--a man so strong inside that he has no need to demonstrate his power.
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I will never tire of repeating this: what the poor need the most is not pity but love. They need to feel respect for their human dignity, which is neither less nor different from the dignity of any other human being.
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Until we all start to take responsibility, until we do all we can to improve the character of our communities, we'll never break the cycle of violence and indifference.
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Good habits were the easiest ones to break.
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We may all be a peculiar lot...often broke, often dissatisfied because we're not doing more and better work...but we know how to have a ball that makes the rest of the world seem square.
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Without 'The Brady Bunch,' my guess is I would have become an engineer working on new plastics or something.
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Those flimsy webs that break as soon as wrought, attain not to the dignity of thought.
