Howard Fast Quotes

Man is worth more for what he is than for what he has.

Things have a price and can be for sale. But people have a dignity that is priceless and worth far more than things.

It is base and unworthy to live below the dignity of our nature.

Do you know when you may concede your insignificance? Before God or, perhaps, before the intellect, beauty, or nature, but not before people. Among people, one must be conscious of one's dignity.

The workman still is greater than his work.

A person fully awakened to the jewel-like dignity of their own life is capable of truly respecting that same treasure in others.

One compels respect from others when he knows how to defend his dignity as a human being.

Dignity has no price ... when someone starts making small concessions, in the end life loses all meaning.

Bring the child to the consciousness of his own dignity and he will feel free.

It is not true that there is dignity in all work. Some jobs are definitely better than others.

What do you think dignity's all about?' The directness of the inquiry did, I admit, take me rather by surprise. 'It's rather a hard thing to explain in a few words, sir,' I said. 'But I suspect it comes down to not removing one's clothing in public.

Man is not made better by being degraded.

Perhaps we just need little reminders from time to time that we are already dignified, deserving, worthy.

Don’t beg anybody for anything, especially love.

I am proud up to the point of equality; everything above or below that appears to me arrant impertinence or abject meanness.

Distrust compassion; prefer dignity for yourself and others. Don't be afraid to be thought arrogant or selfish.

We are defined by our dignity to rise above debasement. We are certainly better people for doing so.

If I am not worth the wooing, I surely am not worth the winning!

There's a place in you that you must keep inviolate. You must keep it pristine. Clean. So that nobody has a right to curse you or treat you badly. Nobody. No mother, father, no wife, no husband, no­­­-nobody. You have to have a place where you say: 'Stop it. Back up. Don't you know I'm a child of God?

Defend my honor - Protect my pride

There is nothing for which men ask to be paid dearer than for humiliation.

There is only one thing that I dread: not to be worthy of my sufferings.

Have you ever tried to get to your feet with a sprained dignity?

Pride works from within; it is the direct appreciation of oneself.

People in the countryside carry a sense of dignity. They wear it, don't they? Like a badge? I'm being genuine.