Quotes About Dignity

I shall not stand to be laughed at. I shall not bear it!

Softly, Miss,' answered she addressed; 'you'll lose nothing by being civil.

don't degrade yourself into an abject reptile — don't.

Lives are beyond price, and to treat them as if they have some kind of barter value is obscene.

The ultimate end of all revolutionary social change is to establish the sanctity of human life, the dignity of man, the right of every human being to liberty and well-being.(Russian-American Jewish lecturer and activist, 1869-1940)

Le patriotisme […] est une superstition créée artificiellement et entretenue par tout un réseau de mensonges et de faussetés ; une superstition qui enlève à l'homme tout respect pour lui-même et toute dignité, et accroît son arrogance et son mépris. En effet, mépris, arrogance et égoïsme sont les trois éléments fondamentaux du patriotisme.

Treat people as an end, and never as a means to an end

If things go badly for me tonight, I want you to stay with Mr. Wynter; he will pay you a decent wage." "Will he make me bathe?" "No, he will debate the matter with you until you decide to wash." "Ah. One of those.

In advance I beg you not to be insulted, for I do respect you.' 'Oh, I love these questions. Go on.

The man was an animal. Base and foul. In a just world he would be the prisoner and Conor a free man.

If someone tried to take control of your body and make you a slave, you would fight for freedom. Yet how easily you hand over your mind to anyone who insults you. When you dwell on their words and let them dominate your thoughts, you make them your master.

If you keep yourself calm, poised and dignified, [10] if you observe rather than are observed, if you don't envy people with greater success, don't let externals disconcert you – if you do all this, what more do you need?

at any one time, whereas the conjunctive proposition 'Both it is day and it is night' is false at any moment. 8. As you are careful … at the same time: E.g. by 'strutting' or otherwise walking in an inappropriate manner, or engaging in undignified thoughts or daydreams. 9. Don't embrace marble statues: Outdoors, naked, in cold weather: a bizarre and showy kind

33] Consider at what price you sell your integrity; but please, for God's sake, don't sell it cheap.

The true basis for being respected is to appear refined and modest.

If someone tried to take control of your body and make you a slave, you would fight for freedom. Yet, how easily you hand over your mind to anyone who insults you.

A man asked me to write to Rome on his behalf who, as most people thought, had met with misfortune; for having been before wealthy and distinguished, he had afterwards lost all and was living here. So I wrote about him in a humble style. He however on reading the letter returned it to me, with the words: I asked for your help, not for your pity. No evil has happened unto me.

Every moment think steadily as a Roman and a man to do what thou hast in hand with perfect and simple dignity, and feeling of affection, and freedom, and justice; and to give thyself relief from all other thoughts.

If you want to be respected, start by respecting yourself.

Jos joku kertoo sinulle, että se ja se panettelee sinua, älä ryhdy puolustautumaan panetteluja vastaan, vaan sano: Hän ei nähtävästi tiennyt muita vikojani, sillä muutoin hän ei olisi tyytynyt mainitsemaan vain noita.

Find satisfaction in following your philosophy. If you want to be respected, start by respecting yourself.

The people before whom you bow and tremble – when I meet them, I treat them as if they were slaves.

Do not laugh loudly and obnoxiously.

keep your language free of obscenities. Do not dip into the gutter in search of cheap laughs.