Quotes About Dignity

Historical, religious, and existential treatises suggest that for some persons at some times, it is rational not to avoid physical death at all costs. Indeed the spark of humanity can maximize its essence by choosing an alternative that preserves the greatest dignity and some tranquility of mind.

You, Lowell, beloved poet of many, what do you know of the dirt and the dark deliveries of the necessary? What do you know of dignity hard-achieved, and dignity lost through innocence, and dignity lost by sacrifice for a cause one cannot name. What do you know about getting fat against your will, and turning into a clown of an arriviste baron when you would rather be an eagle or a count, or rarest of all, some natural aristocrat from these damned democratic states.

Mr. Ramsay was the head clerk; and as far as I am concerned I am for him. He never pinched the girls' arms when he passed them in dark corners of the store; and when he told them stories when business was dull and the girls giggled and said: "Oh, pshaw!" it wasn't G. Bernard they meant at all.

Desde niños nos enseñan a sufrir con dignidad las derrotas, concepción que no carece de grandeza.

Mecbur kal?rsan?z,onurlu bir yoksulluk hayat? yaÅŸamay? öÄŸrenin,alt?nlar?n?z? mezara götürmek yerine dha önemli meselelere bak?n.

I am not in so great a hurry to put my neck beneath any man's foot; and I do not so greatly admire the crying of babies

Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.

we shall acquit ourselves with honor, that we may never bring shame upon our faith, our families, or our fellow men.

But I don't imagine I exist to enhance your sense of superiority.

Keep your heels, head and standards high.

When you have nothing to be ashamed of, when you know who you are and what you stand for, you stand in wisdom.

We're not stupid! We're just poor! And we have a right to insist on this distinction

When you see a beautiful woman in the street, don't look at her hatefully as if you're about to kill her and don't exhibit excessive longing either; just give her a little smile, avert your eyes, and walk on [1974]. Taking

Throughout history, religious leaders and other honorable men of conscience have always warned against this shaming confusion. They remind us that the poor have hearts, minds, humanity, and wisdom just like everyone else. When Hans Hansen sees a poor man he feels sorry for him. He would not necessarily assume that the man's a fool who's blown his chances or a drunk who's lost his will.

Personal nobility is greater than any calling, or any reward that it can bring.

A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees.

Don't try to justify yourself on the ground that somebody must do this kind of work. Let somebody, not yourself, take the responsibility ... Many a man has dwarfed his manhood, cramped his intellect, crushed his aspiration, blunted his finer sensibilities, in some mean, narrow occupation because there was money in it.

Real happiness cannot be bribed by anything sordid or low.

Character is power, and is the best advertisement in the world.

Self-respect is the early form in which greatness appears.

Self-respect is the early form in which greatness appears. You may deceive all the people some of the time, said Lincoln, some of the people all the time, but not all the people all the time. We cannot deceive ourselves any of the time, and the only way to enjoy our own respect is to deserve it. What would you think of a man who would neglect himself and treat his shadow with the greatest respect?

I will remember this, thought Ender, when I am defeated. To keep dignity, and give honor where it's due, so that defeat is not disgrace. And I hope I don't have to do it often.

But Father has also taught him: Treat a man as if he had a fine reputation to protect, and he will usually endeavor to deserve it.

To keep dignity, and give honor when it's due, so that defeat is not disgrace.