“He who does the most good is the greatest man. Power, authority, dignity, honors, wealth and station--these are so far valuable as they put it into the hands of men to be more exemplary and more useful than they could be in an obscure and private life. But then these are means conducting to an end, and that end is goodness.” MenMeanDoeEndsHandsWealthGreatnessHonorGoodnessAuthorityDignityValuableStationsObscurePrivate LifeConductingExemplaryGreatest Man Author:John Jortin
“Never sound pompous. You always sound noble, noble. Absolute character of music is nobility. Even popular music can be noble, you see. If it's not noble, then it's not very good... Music is an art of emotion, of nobility, of dignity, of greatness, of love, of tenderness. All that must be brought out in music but never a show of pompousness.” IfsArtCharacterShowsSoundEmotionGreatnessMusic IsDignityAbsolutesVery GoodNobleTendernessNobilityPompousPopular Music Author:Arthur Rubinstein
“I realize now that I've hoped to be great - as an actress, as a mother - because I want to embody the greatness of women who didn't get to be all they could have been. Their dignity, their courage, and their brilliance make me strive to be better. They're a part of me.” WantHas BeensMotherRealizingGreatnessDignityStriveActressesCould Have BeenBrilliance Author:Salma Hayek
“The romance of circumvention is one of the most destructive forces at work in our society. The American Idol freeway to greatness, Instagramming one's way into popular consciousness with selfies of our ass folds beneath short shorts, human growth hormone and performance-enhancing drugs for athletes, Adderall for the idle mind, reality television that sacrifices our dignity for fifteen lousy minutes.” WayMindHumansRealityRomanceForceGrowthConsciousnessSacrificeMinutesGreatnessTelevisionDrugDignityPerformancesAthleteAssDestructiveOur SocietyIdolsFifteenIdleFoldsHormonesShortsAmerican IdolFreewaysReality TelevisionPerformance Enhancing DrugsGrowth HormonesShort ShortsAdderall Author:Daniel Gillies
“Other famous men, those of much talk and few deeds, soon evaporate. Action is the dignity of greatness.” MenInspirationalActionTalkingGreatnessFameDignityDeedsDeep ThoughtTalking Too MuchEvaporation Author:Jose Marti
“It is not the position, but the disposition.” InspirationalMotivationalAttitudePositionGreatnessDignityInspirational AttitudePositive AttitudeDisposition Author:Susan Sontag
“The World Trade Center is a living symbol of man's dedication to world peace... a representation of man's belief in humanity, his need for individual dignity, his beliefs in the cooperation of men, and, through cooperation, his ability to find greatness.” MenWorldNeedsArtistHumanityIndividualBeliefPeaceAbilityGreatnessDignityTradeSymbolsCooperationDedicationRepresentationWorld TradeWorld Trade Center Author:Minoru Yamasaki
“It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.” NatureGreatnessDignityStatistics Author:Edmund Burke
“It is not the greatness of a man's means that makes him independent, so much as the smallness of his wants.” MenWantMeanDesireGreatnessDignityIndependentSmallness Author:William Cobbett
“That is the dignity of America, the reason she exists, the condition of her survival, yes, the ultimate test of her greatness: to respect every human person, especially the weak and most defenseless ones, those as yet unborn.” HumansPersonsReasonAmericaConditionsGreatnessSurvivalDignityWeakTestsUltimateAbortionUnbornDefenseless Author:Pope John Paul II
“The greatness of non-violent resistance is that even as man is faced with tyranny, and the resulting suffering, he responds to hate with love, to prejudice with tolerance, to arrogance with humility, to humiliation with dignity, and to violence with reason.” MenReasonMotivationalSufferingHateViolenceGreatnessHumilityDignityPrejudiceToleranceViolentTyrannyResistanceArroganceHumiliationNon ViolentNon Violent Resistance Author:Liu Xia
“Let's drink to the spirit of gallantry and courage that made a strange Heaven out of unbelievable Hell, and let's drink to the hope that one day this country of ours, which we love so much, will find dignity and greatness and peace again.” LoveMadeCountryAgeSpiritHeavenPeaceHellGreatnessStrangeDrinkOne DayDignityUnbelievableGallantry Book:Play Parade Source: Play Parade
“All human life-from the moment of conception and through all subsequent stages-is sacred, because human life is created in the image and likeness of God. Nothing surpasses the greatness or dignity of a human person...If a person's right to life is violated at the moment in which he is first conceived in his mother's womb, an indirect blow is struck also at the whole moral order.” IfsFirstsHumansPersonsWholeMomentsLife IsMotherOrderMoralStageGreatnessDignitySacredBlowHuman LifeConceptionWombPro LifeIndirectRight To Life Author:Pope John Paul II
“The main duty of the historian of mathematics, as well as his fondest privilege, is to explain the humanity of mathematics, to illustrate its greatness, beauty and dignity, and to describe how the incessant efforts and accumulated genius of many generations have built up that magnificent monument, the object of our most legitimate pride as men, and of our wonder, humility and thankfulness, as individuals. The study of the history of mathematics will not make better mathematicians but gentler ones, it will enrich their minds, mellow their hearts, and bring out their finer qualities.” MenMindWellsHeartHumanityIndividualEffortQualityWonderStudyGenerationsObjectsGreatnessHumilityDutyPrideGeniusBuiltDignityMathematicsHistoricalPrivilegeMathematicalHistorianMagnificentMathematicianThankfulnessMonumentMellowIncessantMathematical Beauty Book:The study of the history of mathematics and the study of the history of science Source: The study of the history of mathematics and the study of the history of science
“I believe strongly and sincerely that with the deep-rooted wisdom and dignity, the innate respect for human lives, the intense humanity that is our heritage, the African race, united under one federal government, will emerge not as just another world bloc to flaunt its wealth and strength, but as a Great Power whose greatness is indestructible because it is built not on fear, envy and suspicion, nor won at the expense of others, but founded on hope, trust, friendship and directed to the good of all mankind.” WorldBelieveHumansGovernmentHumanityI BelieveWealthUnitedRaceMankindGreatnessBuiltDignityEnvyIntenseHuman LifeExpensesHeritageRootedSuspicionFederal GovernmentInnateSincerelyAnother WorldGreat PowerIndestructibleAfrican Race Author:Kwame Nkrumah
“I did a little bit to raise the dignity and recognition of the greatness of African-American music.” LittlesBitsGreatnessLittle BitDignityRaisesRecognitionAfrican AmericanAmerican MusicAfrican American Music Author:Ahmet Ertegun
“I feel this way about it. World trade means world peace and consequently the World Trade Center buildings in New York ... had a bigger purpose than just to provide room for tenants. The World Trade Center is a living symbol of man's dedication to world peace ... beyond the compelling need to make this a monument to world peace, the World Trade Center should, because of its importance, become a representation of man's belief in humanity, his need for individual dignity, his beliefs in the cooperation of men, and through cooperation, his ability to find greatness.” MenWorldWayNeedsFeelsShouldMeanPurposeHumanityIndividualBeliefAbilityRoomsNew YorkGreatnessBuildingDignityImportanceBiggerTradeSymbolsCooperationDedicationCompellingRepresentationMonumentWorld TradeWorld Trade CenterTenants Author:Minoru Yamasaki