Quotes About Dignity

Dignity is a value that creates irreplaceability.

In the kingdom of ends everything has either a price or a dignity. What has a price can be replaced by something else as its equivalent; what on the other hand is raised above all price and therefore admits of no equivalent has a dignity.

Human beings are never to be treated as a means but always as ends.

Man, and in general every rational being, exists as an end in himself, not merely as a means for arbitrary use by this or that will: he must in all his actions, whether they are directed to himself or to other rational beings, always be viewed at the same time as an end.

The great mass of people are worthy of our respect.

Act in such a way that you treat humanity, whether in your own person or in the person of another, always at the same time as an end and never simply as a means.

If justice perishes, then it is no longer worthwhile for men to live upon the earth.

Now I say: man and generally any rational being exists as an end in himself, not merely as a means to be arbitrarily used by this or that will, but in all his actions, whether they concern himself or other rational beings, must always be regarded at the same time as an end.

All crimina carnis contra naturam debase the human condition below that of the animal, and make man unworthy of his humanity; he then no longer deserves to be a person, and such conduct is the most ignoble and degraded that a man can engage in, with regard to the duties he has towards himself. Suicide is certainly the most dreadful thing that a man can do to himself, but is not so base and ignoble as these crimina carnis contra naturam which are the most contemptible acts a man can commit.

O homem, e, duma maneira geral, todo o ser racional, existe como fim em si mesmo, não só como meio para o uso arbitrário desta ou daquela vontade. Pelo contrário, em todas as suas ações, tanto nas que se dirigem a ele mesmo como nas que se dirigem a outros seres racionais, ele tem sempre de ter considerado simultaneamente como fim.

Agisci in modo da considerare l'umanità come scopo, e mai come semplice mezzo.

Freedom is alone the unoriginated birthright of man, and belongs to him by force of his humanity; and is independent of the will and co-action of every other…

Agisci in modo da considerare l'umanità, sia nella tua persona, sia nella persona di ogni altro, sempre anche come scopo, e mai come semplice mezzo.

If man makes himself a worm he must not complain when he is trodden on.

Um fremden Wert willig und frei anzuerkennen, muß man eigenen haben.

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Bushido. The sense of honor which cannot bear being looked down upon as an inferior power,—that was the strongest of motives.

Here's what I find about compromise, don't do it if it hurts inside, 'cause either way you're screwed and eventually you'll find that you may as well feel good, you may as well have some pride. (Amy Ray)

More than 80 percent of participants at these community forums indicated it was very important or extremely important to have their dignity respected, preferences honored, pain controlled, and not to leave family with debt.

People are inherently dignified, and they are only made undignified if they are placed in situations that are demeaning.

she had a life-threatening illness and was too ill to speak for herself, she did not want any invasive measures to prolong her life: no surgery, no CPR, no mechanical ventilation, no artificial nutrition and hydration.

Those who occasion loss of dignity are hard to forgive.

You are preserving your dignity by refusing to show your feelings. But there are moments when love ought to be undignified, extravagant, even violent.

To insult someone we call him 'bestial'. For deliberate cruelty and nature, 'human' might be the greater insult.