Quotes About Dignity

A man then must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.

I observed that everybody believed that he thought as he spoke, and that in all that he did he never had any bad intention; and he never showed amazement and surprise, and was never in a hurry, and never put off doing a thing, nor was perplexed nor dejected, nor did he ever laugh to disguise his vexation, nor, on the other hand, was he ever passionate or suspicious.

Que la divinidad que está en ti sea guía de un ser varonil, respetable, social, romano, de un jefe que se coloca en su puesto como alguien que, liberado, esperara el toque de retreta para escapar de la vida, sin necesidad de un juramento ni de ningún hombre como testigo[213]. Por dentro, radiante[214] sin necesidad de servidumbre o tranquilidad exteriores. Hay que ser recto, no corregido.

It can ruin your life only if it ruins your character.

That no one could ever have felt patronized by him—or in a position to patronize him.

El mejor procedimiento para vengarse de los malos es procurar no asemejarse a ellos.

love mildness, and moderation, and gravity:

neither was there any man that ever thought himself undervalued by him, or that could find in his heart, to think himself a better man than he.

The best kind of revenge is, not to become like unto them.

A man should be upright, not be kept upright.

The best revenge is to be unlike your enemy.

Never esteem aught of advantage which will oblige you to break your faith, or to desert your honour; to hate, to suspect, or to execrate any man; to play a part; or to set your mind on anything that needs to be hidden by wall or curtain.

Ability without honor is useless.

For old age is respected only if it defends itself, maintains its rights, submits to no one, and rules over its domain until its last breath.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Turpis autem fuga mortis omni est morte pejor.

An old homeless man confronts me quietly with his beard, his missing teeth, and his poverty.

According to Tobias, women hang around longer because they're less capable of indignation and better at being humiliated, for what is old age but one long string of indignities? What person of integrity would put up with it?

When a shameful thing is done to you, the shamefulness rubs off on you. You feel dirtied.

It was Crake preserving his dignity, because the alternative would have been losing it.

It was also shameful: when a shameful thing is done to you, the shamefulness rubs off on you. You feel dirtied.

They may not like me, but they respect me. Respect is better than like.

Right now I still have some choice in the matter. Not whether to die, but when and how. Isn't that freedom of a sort?

Five members of the heretical sect of Quakers have been arrested," he says, smiling blandly, "and more arrests are anticipated." Two of the Quakers appear onscreen, a man and a woman. They look terrified, but they're trying to preserve some dignity in front of the camera. The man has a large dark mark on his forehead; the woman's veil has been torn off, and her hair falls in strands over her face. Both of them are about fifty.