Quotes About Dignity

Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.

Labor disgraces no man unfortunately you occasionally find men disgrace labor.

Article 5 No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.

It is a rare thing to win an argument & the other fellow's respect at the same time.

The first thing in the human personality that dissolves in alcohol is dignity.

Self-respect is the cornerstone of all virtue.

Not respecting yourself, is the same as committing suicide at a slow rate.

Our concern is whether we can live with dignity in such a system, whether it serves people rather than people serving it.

We know from a number of harsh experiences that neíther reform nor change is in itself a guarantee of anything. We know that ultimately it is all the same to us whether or not the system in which we live, in the light of a particular doctrine, appears changed or reformed. Our concern is whether we can live with dignity in such a system, whether it serves people rather than people serving it.

Ideology offers human beings the illusion of dignity and morals while making it easier to part with them.

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I have preserved my identity, put its credibility to the test and defended my dignity. What good this will bring the world I don't know. But for me it is good.

La paz significa en la mayoría de los casos una vida serena, la disponibilidad de lo necesario, la dignidad de no tener que implorar piedad. La paz puede significar también libertad, si es administrada sabiamente.

the only thing that grows over time is the glory of those who have lived honourably.

Humility is the ability to give up your pride and still retain your dignity.

wasn't going to try and get the foreman's job, even though it gave you a chance of staying alive, for the worst thing in the camps was forcing another person, a prisoner like yourself, to bow to your will (or anyone else's). What did it matter that I knew that Ivanov was a swine, that Petrov was a spy and Zaslavsky a false witness?

Dignity is not negotiable. Dignity is the honor of the family.

neither fate, nor history, nor the anger of the State, nor the glory or infamy of battle has any power to affect those who call themselves human beings. No, whatever life holds in store --- hard-won glory, poverty and despair, or death in a labor camp --- they will live as human beings and die as human beings, the same as those who have already perished; and in this alone lies man's eternal and bitter victory over all the grandiose and inhuman forces that ever have been or will be...

I know that a life has high value, but our rights, our independence,our honour have a higher value than life.

There is a strange lack of dignity in conquest; the dull, uncomplaining endurance of defeat appears more worthy of congratulation.

Weakness invites contempt from weak people.

Man's dignity is in his death.

Dignity is of prime importance in successful living ... Give your life if dignity can be protected or restored. That should be the philosophy of all Filipinos.

There are many forms of service that you can render to your country ... what I want to impress on you is that if death is necessary to accomplish your end in upholding your dignity and that of your country then death should be nothing.