Quotes About Dignity

We cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own. The Igbo, always practical, put it concretely in their proverb Onye ji onye n'ani ji onwe ya: "He who will hold another down in the mud must stay in the mud to keep him down.

You aren't some weak-willed wench. You can control your emotions. Remember all that you've survived. Behave like the queen you are. No one can take your dignity away from you. You lose it only by your own actions.

Wait for a man to avenge your honour and you'll wait forever.

Not even Duryodhan had dared to look at me quite like this in his sabha, for he'd known I was a queen. Is this how men looked at ordinary women, then? Women they considered their inferiors? A new sympathy for my maids rose in my mind. When I became queen again, I thought, I would make sure common women were treated differently.

Remember that, little sister: wait for a man to avenge your honor, and you'll wait forever.

When you are meditating, whether you are alone or sharing the space with others, you always hold your seat properly. Then you feel that you are doing the practice with dignity. When you sit down to meditate, you are making a connection with the earth, whether you sit in a chair or on a cushion. It's almost as if a message is coming from the earth, encouraging you to hold your seat properly.

Ludzka godno?? nie ma nic wspólnego z materialnym bogactwem. Zamo?ni ludzie mogÄ… wydawa? mnóstwo pieniÄ™dzy na wyposa?enie domu, ale w ten sposób powstaje jedynie sztuczny luksus. Ludzka godno?? wyrasta z u?ywania wrodzonych zdolnoÅ›ci i u?ywania wÅ'asnych rÄ…k - tu i teraz. Wymaga to zrÄ™cznoÅ›ci i wyczucia piÄ™kna. Nawet w najgorszej sytuacji nasze ?ycie nie musi by? pozbawione elegancji.

When a man fails to honour ladies, his own honour must be dead.

You may think that's funny Osama but you never can squeeze every last bit of pride out of a human being. It's like a tube of toothpaste. You can twist it and you can crush it but there's always a tiny bit left isn't there?

I'm just trying to save our family some embarrassment.

regard as nothing place and office, when either is to be attained or held at the sacrifice of honor.

We shall again be able not to declare, that 'all States as States, are equal,' nor yet that 'all citizens as citizens are equal,' but to renew the broader, better declaration, including both these and much more, that 'all men are created equal.

But when people age, they're not looking for a cure as much as they are for encouragement to continue. Our work here is not about curing. It's about the dignity of each person wheeled from breakfast back to their room.

Is there a way," she wrote in closing, "to dignify sex, make it as complicated as we are, to make it not grotesque?

That's love-driven leadership: the vision to see each person's talent, potential, and dignity; the courage, passion, and commitment to unlock that potential; and the resulting loyalty and mutual support that energize and unite teams.

Mientras Maquiavelo veía el mundo poblado por embaucadores, miedosos y desagradecidos, los jesuitas lo veían a través de un lente muy distinto: veían a cada persona como un ser dotado de singular talento y dignidad.

DON'T RAPE WOMEN. YOU MAY GET AIDS.

Poverty is only contemptible when it is felt to be so. Doubtless the best way to make our poverty respectable is to seem never to feel it as an evil.

A lady wants to feel pretty, no matter how much money she has." Ever

People are giving me more respect.

Don't call humans rats—rats are superior.

I want to work on respecting individuals' dignity. Equal rights, that's where my heart is. That means equal rights and benefits, and that's what we need.

God gives us many chances in this world and I don't believe they're confined to a choice between good and evil, or what people think is right and wrong. Anyway, I believe my choice now is right, because if a change is possible, I will be given a chance to lead a life of greater meaning and dignity. And I think God would probably approve of that!

To me, there is very little sex in toilets.