Quotes About Dignity

Ivan's going to die...that's why we follow him...We always follow the doomed ones. The ones who show us the way. The world will follow, no matter what. We just want them to accept that. Go with a little dignity, a little forethought.

La primera lección del amor es la dignidad

La defensa de la identidad personal es un proceso natural y saludable. Detrás del ego que acapara está el yo que vive y ama, pero también está el yo lastimado, el yo que exige respeto, el yo que no quiere doblegarse, el yo humano: el yo digno. Una cosa es el egoísmo moral y el engreimiento insoportable del que se las sabe todas, y otra muy distinta, la autoafirmación y el fortalecimiento del sí mismo.

La imagen psicológica que proyectamos, aunque suene a retórica, es el reflejo de lo que somos por dentro. Si nos sentimos bien con nosotros mismos, seremos auténticos y asertivos, no habrá nada de qué avergonzarnos ni nada que esconder. Lo que cuenta es la identidad, el núcleo duro del que estamos hechos. Una persona que se siente digna no es intachable, sino transparente; no busca aparentar, sino ser.

Si gana el sentido de la dignidad, habrá respuesta asertiva, si triunfa el miedo, habrá evitación/sumisión.

Quererse a uno mismo es considerarse digno de lo mejor, fortalecer el autorrespeto y darse la oportunidad de ser feliz por el solo hecho y sin más razón que la de estar vivo.

La mansedumbre sin dignidad es bajeza o humillación. En otras palabras, la mente flexible tiene en cuenta la norma, pero también aquellos factores complementarios y equilibrantes que la apaciguan.

Si quieres ser respetado por los demás, lo mejor es respetarte a ti mismo. Sólo por eso, sólo por el propio respeto que te tengas, inspirarás a los otros a respetarte. FIÓDOR DOSTOIEVSKI

La resistencia paciente del budista no es pasividad sino una estrategia para que los pensamientos y las emociones negativas no se apoderen de la mente y alteren el comportamiento. La asertividad, además de proteger nuestro amor propio, nos permite modular la violencia interior, para acceder a la dignidad de una manera inteligente.

Do not allow your clothing to attract attention. Seek not to please by the clothes you wear but by the life you live.

Human rights are not things that are put on the table for people to enjoy. These are things you fight for and then you protect.

When you see someone groveling before another man, or flattering him contrary to his own opinion, you can confidently say he is not free.

There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others, however humble.

Relationships based on obligation lack dignity.

I happen to believe that respect also has to be given, simply due to our common humanity. Since God created you, you get my respect.

Be honorable yourself if you wish to associate with honorable people.

I do not let other people define me. I am who I am, and that is an intelligent and gracious human being. And as such, I do not drop to the level of bullies and trade insult for insult.

What I'm expecting is for you to behave like the gentleman I always thought you were.

One of the most important resources that a garden makes available for use, is the gardener's own body. A garden gives the body the dignity of working in its own support. It is a way of rejoining the human race

Rats and roaches live by competition under the laws of supply and demand; it is the privilege of human beings to live under the laws of justice and mercy.

There's nothing more worth doing than trying to be a human in an increasingly dehumanized world.

But we haven't come looking for safety. We're not afraid of death." And it's true. We don't have a problem with death. Our problem is life without dignity.

I started yelling in a loud voice, "Dignity!" What did we want after dignity? We didn't know. But we knew that we needed more than just food.

At the interrogation center, they made us take off all our clothes. They mocked us and spat on us, but it was actually more dignifying than humiliating. You didn't do anything but say, "Freedom," and that was enough to rattle the entire regime and make them panic. For me, that was victory.