Quotes About Dignity

The hands of the latest aristocrats seem better fit to hold tennis rackets or shakers for cocktail mixes than swords or scepter.

The dignity a god enjoys on earth is splendid, but hard to achieve for the weak. Only he who sets his soul on this objective, is worthy to become a king.' The ruler appears as a "follower of the discipline that is practiced by those who are gods among men.

Un artesano que desempeña perfectamente su función es indudablemente superior a un rey que se desvíe y no esté a la altura de su dignidad

I had not given a thought to what a difference it can make when you treat another person with simple respect and dignity, the same respect and dignity you want for yourself. That is so simple, yet so few seem able to do it.

We had to break those laws or agree to the slaveholder's image of us: three fifths of a human being.

My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.

He portrayed Catherine as reserved, discreet, but possessed of strength and great dignity. She never spoke of the war, he said, nor of personal matters; as Laurent observed, 'the dictionary of Catherine Dior would not have many words within it.

Hold it the greatest sin to prefer existence to honor, and for the sake of life to lose the reasons for living.

Count it the greatest sin to prefer life to honor, and for the sake of living to lose what makes life worth having.

Count it the greatest sin to prefer life to honor, and for the sake of living to love what makes life worth having.

Think it the greatest impiety to prefer life to disgrace, and for the sake of life to lose the reason for living.

So what, you live with homeless people?" "We have a home. It's just not your normal kind of home with a kitchen and all that stuff but it's still a home.

He took a couple of steps. "I clink," he said. "It's undignified." "Everybody clinks. It's what soldiers do.

Every man, woman and child, regardless of age, ability, nationality, religion, sexual orientation or social class was valuable and must be treated as such. His task, he realised, was finding someone to buy them all.

To belittle, you have to be little.

The best of men is he who blushes when you praise him and remains silent when you defame him.

Whoever said you have to be an A$$ to be a boss, should never get to be a boss. Especially in a democratic society. Being an A$$ boss in a democratic society only causes resentment and disloyalty. Motivate your employees by instilling pride in them for themselves and for their work brand. - Strong by Kailin Gow on how to build a Strong Company

Be classy, not flashy. - Kailin Gow

New York City vagrant: "What sort of 'nese are you people? Are you Chinese, or Japanese, or Javanese?" Kakuzo Okakura responds: "We are Japanese gentleman. But what sort of 'key are you? Are you a Yankee, or a donkey, or a monkey?

So she became a woman who held her head high, not in arrogance, or contempt, but because she knew that it was a form of cowardice to make a choice and then pretend you didn't really make it

Using others is a sin. Why should I wish to use another?

Heads held high.....

The false game is to give legitimacy to the notion that there is a hierarchy of importance among human beings.

Every step of the way throughout my life as an athlete and activist, I felt my father's large hand on my shoulder guiding me down a path of service and justice. When an individual is protesting society's refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him. -Bayard Rustin