Quotes About Dignity

En aquellos días duros, la derrota no era juzgada con indulgencia por los extenuados aliados y todos tuvimos que sobreponernos a ello, con cortesía que apenas velaba el menosprecio y con simpatía que apenas dominaba al resentimiento. Y he de rendir aquí un tributo a la dignidad y al valor tranquilo del ministro italiano y al respeto que supo inspirar a todos en aquellas tristes circunstancias.

Better a Zero than a Nero.

It is baffling to reflect that what men call honour does not correspond always to Christian ethics. Honour is often influenced by that element of pride which plays so large a part in its inspiration.

Fryderyk, asymiluj?c z niezwyk?? skwapliwo?ci? tego ducha arystokratycznego, zacz?? tak?e wysoko si? nosi? — udziela? si? od czasu do czasu rozmowie, ale jak kto?, czyje milczenie by?oby dla wszystkich niezas?u?on? katastrof?. I oto naraz jego l?k przed niepoprawno?ci? sta? si? w nim wy?szo?ci? i dum?!

Yes, sir,' said Jeeves in a low, cold voice, as if he had been bitten in the leg by a personal friend.

The world is filled with people who are no longer needed -- and who try to make slaves of all of us -- and they have their music and we have ours.

Learn to see yourself as a pleasant person, courteous and respectful, and learn to do those things that a courteous and respectful person would do.

I will choosing to die rather than to remain alive without freedom and beg, as an alternative to death, a vastly inferior life.

The concept of human rights had been invented by people who were thinking only of human beings

I tell you, to be drunk on alcohol is disgraceful, but to be drunk on water is noble and ecstatic.

to be drunk on alcohol is disgraceful, but to be drunk on water is noble and ecstatic.

If you as a woman don't have respect for yourself don't expect for a man to respect you.

To be humble and modest does not entail self-derogation or self-humiliation.

Being a lady is an attitude.

Old age, especially an honored old age, has so great authority that this is of more value than all the pleasures of youth.

He removes the greatest ornament of friendship, who takes away from it respect.

We may be poor, but at least we've always been honest." Something broke inside Han, and when he opened his mouth the words came spilling out. "We're

Kehormatan dapat diperoleh baik di luar maupun di dalam dinding tembok PBB,

Apabila seseorang mencoba untuk melukaiku dengan alasan pribadi yang bagaimanapun, aku merasa lemah untuk tidak memaafkannya. Tapi bila mereka dengan sengaja mencoba untuk menghancurkan negara, aku tidak akan mengampuninya.

Sudah menjadi sifat manusia untuk meludahi lawan yang lemah,. Tetapi bila kita menghadapi lawan yang kuat, setidak-tidaknya kita merasa bahwa dia merupakan lawan kita yang pantas.

Seorang pemimpin Indonesia haruslah seorang sosok yang berwibawa. Dia harus memancarkan kekuatan. Bagi suatu bangsa yang pernah ditaklukan bangsa lain, ini penting sekali.

Bagi kami kemiskinan bukanlah sesuatu yang perlu membuat malu. Kami semua orang yang berpikiran idealis.

Aku tidak mau jika kemerdekaan yang kuoerjuangkan sepanjang hidupku, diberikan sebagai hadiah kepadaku seperti sedekah kepada pengemis. Kemerdekaan haruslah merupakan buah dari usaha kita sendiri.

Heroes are the family members who've lost loved ones to tragedy but go on. They're the teachers who work with kids society's given up on." He cast around for more examples. "What about single parents? Hell, people with lousy jobs they hate but who go to work every day rather than take a handout. The world is full of people doing decent, brave, honorable things.