Disgrace Quotes

Peace is the happy natural state of man; war is corruption and disgrace.

How does it become a man to behave towards the American government today? I answer, that he cannot without disgrace be associated with it.

Yes, I'm a patriotic person. For these people who disgrace the American way and burn our flag and do all of these things... I say, don't live here and disgrace my country. Go live in the Middle East and see how you like it.

Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace.

I have come to the conclusion that one useless man is called a disgrace, that two are called a law firm, and that three or more become a congress.

Poverty is not a disgrace, but it's terribly inconvenient.

There is no disgrace in an enemy suffering ill at an enemy's hand, when you hate mutually.

Altogether apart from that, it would be a disgrace to us to make this bargain with Germany at the expense of France, a disgrace from which the good name of this country would never recover.

The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for his sovereign, is the jewel of the kingdom.

It is the crime not the scaffold which is the disgrace.

Iran's continued, widespread persecution of ethnic minorities, human rights defenders and political prisoners is a disgrace and stands as a shameful indictment of Iran's leaders.

At Munich we sold the Czechs for a few months grace, but the disgrace will last as long as history.

I beg my Children to be just and virtuous, never to disgrace my name or theirs, and then they are out of fortune's power.

Poverty us no disgrace to a man, but it is confoundedly inconvenient.

It is not a disgrace to fail. Failing is one of the greatest arts in the world.

At a time when 2500 American soldiers have given their lives for the cause of bringing democracy to Iraq, it is sad and frustrating to watch the Republican establishment disgrace the exercise of democracy in our own House of Representatives.

Like all my family and class, I considered it a sign of weakness to show affection; to have been caught kissing my mother would have been a disgrace, and to have shown affection for my father would have been a disaster.

We are often deterred from crime by the disgrace of others.

My character and good name are in my own keeping. Life with disgrace is dreadful. A glorious death is to be envied.

Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.

The coming of honor or disgrace must be a reflection of one's inner power.

One of the key problems today is that politics is such a disgrace, good people don't go into government.

I think what's going on in Guantanamo Bay and other places is a disgrace to the U.S.A. I wouldn't say it's the cause of terrorism, but it has given impetus and excuses to potential terrorists to lash out at our country and justify their despicable acts.

To those whose God is honor; only disgrace is a sin.

When we have lost everything, including hope, life becomes a disgrace, and death a duty.

Is it no imputation to be arraigned before this House, in which I have sat forty years, and to have my name transmitted to posterity with disgrace and infamy?

It's a disgrace that we have millions of people who are uninsured.

It isn't a disgrace not to reach the stars, but it is a disgrace to have no stars to reach for.

When you challenge other people's ideas of who or how you should be, they may try to diminish and disgrace you. It can happen in small ways in hidden places, or in big ways on a world stage. You can spend a lifetime resenting the tests, angry about the slights and the injustices. Or, you can rise above it.

Taking Big Bird away from our five year olds, lunch money away from our ten year olds, job training programs away from our fifteen year olds, and college loans away from our twenty year olds is a disgrace.