Quotes About Dignity

Everything, you see, that you throw at me I will transform into a blessing, a boon, something dignified - even enviable.

Since I can get greatness of soul and nobility from myself, why should I look to get a farm, or money, or some office, from you? I will not be so insensible of what I already own.

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

He didn't care; it was not his skin he wanted to save, but the man of honour and integrity. These things are not open to compromise or negotiation.

don't call me stupid without calling me stupid and think I'd bee too stupid to notice!

I looked at him, at the debonair man in the suit of all suits . . . . I wasn't in clothes on the level of his, but I wanted the hotel staff to regard me with respect. I grabbed my bag, hoping he wouldn't say anything about me carrying so much, but. I wanted it to look like I was arriving as a guest, not as rented coochie.

A person who has not been completely alienated, who has remained sensitive and able to feel, who has not lost the sense of dignity, who is not yet "for sale," who can still suffer over the suffering of others, who has not acquired fully the having mode of existence—briefly, a person who has remained a person and not become a thing—cannot help feeling lonely, powerless, isolated in present-day society.

no man must be the means for the ends of another man.

Some people, perhaps those with more dignity and less rage gnawing at the roots of their being, are nicer as failures, For me, it was like descending a deep pit that had no bottom

L'opinion du monde ne compte pas, mon fils. Seul compte que tu saches, au tréfonds de ton cÅ"ur, que tu n'as pas souillé ton honneur. L'honneur est une chose sacrée et doit être traité comme tel. Un homme peut survivre au scandale, à la ruine, ou à pire encore, s'il sait que son honneur est sauf.

Inhumanity, n. One of the signal and characteristic qualities of humanity.

Poverty is not a respecter of man.

AÄŸlamak bir çözüm deÄŸil. Bir beceri bile say?lmaz. Ç?plak, naif, ac?n?lacak bir jestten baÅŸka bir ÅŸey deÄŸil. Kimse zorla gözya?? dökmemeli. Tek önemli olan, ötekilerin trajedisini aÅŸa??lamamak.

sayg?nl?k sat?l?k bir kad?n gibidir

Ä°ki gül kondurdum yanaklar?na, açan bir gülücük yapt?m dudaklar?nda. Geriye itme beni, Yasa'm?z aç?k, EktiÄŸini biçme hakk? da Vard?r her insan?n.

Bir kad?na ya da bir erkeÄŸe sayg? duymak demek, onunla her hakka sahip bir insan gibi, özgür ve yetiÅŸkin bir insan gibi konuÅŸmak demektir, yoksa onu, topraÄŸa ait bir serf gibi, içinde yaÅŸad??? topluluÄŸa ait olan, ba??ml? bir varl?k olarak görmek deÄŸil.

Smart cities are the cities of positivity and happy-energy, not the junkyards of technologies but cities of diversity, love, life, beauty, dignity, freedom, tolerance, and equality.

Universal human rights is the most precious jewel of humanity. Most of it is buried in the mud. It is our responsibility to uncover it and make a safe and beautiful world free from discriminations and inequalities.

I did not resign from politics because of Bofors. I resigned because I do not know how to play petty politics. I did not know back then and I don't know now either.

There is no point in fighting condescension with condescension.

Philosophers tell us that there are four cardinal virtues: self-control, wisdom, justice, and courage; and, in addition to these, certain practical gifts: military skill, dignity, prosperity, and generosity. All these Julian cultivated both singly and as a whole with the utmost care.

We all care about language, some of us more than others, but the degree to which one is willing to humiliate or upbraid others should not stand as an indication of how much one cares.

Fine manners are the mantle of fair minds.

Anger is the resentment of the animal, and gentle blood alone makes the gentleman.