Quotes About Dignity

Anything you can settle with money is cheap.

He did indeed always refer to us as swine, but there was, nevertheless, a certain respect in his tone.

Nauda boj? raksturu.

Siromašni su ve?inom pošteni.

Savo sumanymais žmogus visada yra didis. Tik ne j? ?vykdymu. Tuo jis ir yra žmogus.

There are no heroes here, at least not of the Schindler's List variety, but there are glimmers of heroism and people who behave with unexpected grace.

She asked, what would he do if a lady happened to insist? Turner replied, "Madam, do you think that would be a lady?

He was a creature of the last turning of the centuries when sleep seemed to come more easily. Things were clear to him. He was loyal, a believer in dignity, honor, and effort.

we seek no territorial gains, we seek only the right of man to be free; we seek his right to worship his God, to lead his life in his own way, secure from persecution. As

four essential human freedoms": speech, worship, and freedom from want and fear.

Let our hopes and aspirations awaken forces which in all time to come shall influence the welfare, the dignity, and the freedom of mankind. - Grover Cleveland

I wanted to be a good person, compassionate, regardless of what was said or done to me. That was the standard I held for myself, the way I'd managed to survive all those years. I wouldn't give in to hatred. "I

His spare frame seemed somewhat bowed under the weight of the ponderous dignity which it carried about.

By making your hero-system the service of your Creator, you have the distinction of making a gift of your life no matter what the special quality of that gift is: as you last out your life with courage, forbearance, and dignity you affirm your divine calling by simply living it out.

ALFRED ADLER (in Ansbacher, 1946, p. 358) "The supreme law [of life] is this: the sense of worth of the self shall not be allowed to be diminished.

I try not to borrow, first you borrow then you beg.

There were many words that you could not stand to hear and finally only the names of places had dignity. Certain numbers were the same way and certain dates and these with the names of the places were all you could say and have them mean anything. Abstract words such as glory, honor, courage, or hallow were obscene beside the concrete names of villages, the numbers of roads, the names of rivers, the numbers of regiments and the dates.

I think perhaps I can too. But I try not to borrow. First you borrow. Then you beg.

He was too simple to wonder when he had attained humility. But he knew he had attained it and he knew it was not disgraceful and it carried no loss of true pride.

Thank you," the old man said. He was too simple to wonder when he had attained humility. But he knew he had attained it and he knew it was not disgraceful and it carried no loss of true pride.

Then he was sorry for the great fish... How many people will he feed?.. But are they worthy to eat him? No, of course, not. There is no one worthy of eating him from the manner of his behavior and his great dignity.

It is the light of course but it is necessary that the place be clean and pleasant. You do not want music. Certainly you do not want music. Nor can you stand before a bar with dignity although that is all that is provided for these hours. What did he fear? It was not fear or dread. It was a nothing that he knew too well. It was all a nothing and a man was nothing too.

I love thee as I love all that we have fought for. I love thee as I love liberty and dignity and the rights of all men to work and not be hungry. I love thee as I love Madrid that we have defended and as I love all my comrades that have died. And many have died. Many. Many. Thou canst not think how many. But I love thee as I love what I love most in the world and I love thee more.

Too much honor destroys a man quicker than too much of any other fine quality.