Quotes About Dignity

Habrá alguna ciudad en el mundo que tenga un monumento reivindicatorio a la prostituta? ¿Un monumento rodeado de jardines y de tristeza, un monumento frente al cual las mujeres suspiren y los hombres se llenen de vergüenza?

Objectification is the female equivalent of emasculation.

I can feel Luke behind me, his weight shifting. "I'm a human being," I tell the waitress quietly. "I am not your entertainment." There may be a change in those eyes, a softening. But I'm not sure. It's probably my imagination. Luke hands me my purse and phone, which is still powered off. I may never turn it on again.

I will never give him the satisfaction of knowing how much he has wounded and enraged me. In my silence lies my strength.

A man in chains need not be a slave. If he has pride and self-respect he is a free man though a prisoner, and a constant danger to his jailers. Conversely, a slave who escapes is not a free man, but a runaway slave who may be caught and returned to servitude. A slave is one who accepts the identity ascribed to him by a master: "You are an inferior and unworthy person and so will remain, and therefore must serve me with obedience and humility.

that, we are not the type of people who chase down others who spurn us.

KonuÅŸmak isteyenler, duyulsun. I???? takip etmek isteyenler, görsün. Adaleti arayanlar, gerçeÄŸi bulsun. Birimizin onuru," diye bitirdi çocuk ve Kat, daha duyduklar?n? anlamland?ramadan yirmi dört kiÅŸi koro halinde, "hepimizin onurudur!" ÅŸeklinde sesler yükseldi. (syf. 8)

Entonces le toca aprender que la venganza nunca da, que siempre quita, y a medida que va pasando el tiempo, el rencor desdibujándose en la monótona grisura de los días sin emoción, los celos dejarán de morderla para tumbarse a sus pies como un perro saciado de su rabia, y empezará a soñar con él, dormida y sobre todo despierta, tal y como era cuando le conoció, tan joven, tan guapo, tan digno de su amor.

El miedo también excluye la dignidad, la generosidad, el sentido de la justicia, y llega incluso a perjudicar la inteligencia, porque altera la percepción de la realidad y alarga las sombras de todas las cosas. Las personas cobardes tienen miedo hasta de sí mismas

Hace treinta años los hijos heredaban la pobreza, pero también la dignidad de sus padres, una manera de ser pobres sin sentirse humillados, sin dejar de ser dignos ni de luchar por el futuro.

Labor Day is a day to recognize the dignity of work and the contributions of working people to our society.

You will be identified as thin-skinned and moody; in reaction you will identify yourself as civilized and sensitive. You will barricade yourself in that preposterous condition known as self-respect.

A good governance paradigm that limits excesses of human nature and ensures an atmosphere of happiness and productivity by promoting reason and dignity is required.

Peu glorieuse, la fuite ? C'est pourtant mieux que de se laisser attraper. Le seul déshonneur, c'est de ne pas être libre.

L'onore consiste il più delle volte nell'essere idioti

El único deshonor es no ser libre.

When my dad was badly weakened by the flu and my mom wanted to call an ambulance to take him to the emergency room, he wouldn't go unless he could shave first and change into a nice shirt and a pair of slacks.

For all the criticism I've been showered with - people calling me a betrayer, a backstabber - frankly, the only criticism I have of Manmohan Singh is that he weakened the office of the prime minister, and he brought down the dignity of the office.

America's greatness is largely because of how we value the weakest among us.

Our culture is at its best when we protect and encourage the weakest. Every life - at every stage, in every place - has a dignity beyond our imagining.

My father had a way of exposing himself, of showing weakness and still retaining his dignity.

It is not good to demonstrate your luxury and your wealth: to rub it in the faces of others is insulting. So you should be modest; try not to insult people by showing that you can do what they cannot.

Since being in India, I am more convinced than ever before that the method of nonviolent resistance is the most potent weapon available to oppressed people in their struggle for justice and human dignity.

I would wear the blue overalls of the fieldworker and often wore round, rimless glasses known as Mazzawati teaglasses. I had a car, and I wore a chauffeur's cap with my overalls. The pose of chauffeur was convenient because I could travel under the pretext of driving my master's car.