"Let not a man guard his dignity, but let his dignity guard him."

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

#Attitude Quotes #Men Quotes #Dignity Quotes

“You try to keep life simple but it never works, and in the end all you have left is yourself.”
“I'm not anti-Jewish; I'm anti-Zionist.”

Source : "‘I’m anti-Zionist,’ Helen Thomas declared, in twilight of long career" by Philip Weiss, mondoweiss.net. July 21, 2013.
“Once you've gotten used to performing, you can't give it up.”
“There's no safety in love. You risk the whole of life. But the great thing is to risk -to believe, and to risk everything for your belief.”
“O was infinitely more moving when her body was covered with marks, of whatever kind, if only because these marks made it impossible for her to cheat and immediately proclaimed, the moment they were seen, that anything went as far as she was concerned. For to know this was one thing, but to see the proof of it, and to see the proof constantly renewed, was quite another.”
“We have doomed the wolf not for what it is, but for what we deliberately and mistakenly perceive it to be â€“the mythologized epitome of a savage ruthless killer â€“ which is, in reality, no more than a reflected image of ourself.”

Source : Farley Mowat (2015). “Never Cry Wolf”, p.6, Open Road Media
“If we ever start communicating with living creatures from other planets, the number one priority is, how are you going to communicate information? Even between different cultures here on Earth, you get into communication problems.”

Source : Academy of Archievment interview, www.achievement.org. May 22, 1997.
“Apparently I lack some particular perversion which today's employer is seeking.”

Source : John Kennedy Toole (2004). “A Confederacy of Dunces”, p.237, LSU Press

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