Read quote“La gloria y la inmortalidad, señor excelentísimo; esa sólida recompensa del héroe; esa vida de honor que anima en el sepulcro a sus cenizas.”
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About Dignity
Human worth, self-respect, humility, and the conditions for living with dignity.
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Words on Dignity
Read quote“Only the Black Woman can say “when and where I enter, in the quiet, undisputed dignity of my womanhood, without violence and without suing or special patronage, then and there the whole Negro race enters with me.””
Read quote“Merci pour l’invitation, mais je ne suis pas un clown !”
Read quote“The best kind of journalism has this capacity of uniting the dignity of the generalised other with empathy for the concrete other.”
Read quote“Peruanos: ya tenéis patria. Levantad esa cabeza que vosotros y vuestros padres habéis llevado humillada por tres siglos de cautiverio.”
Read quote“O homem que pretendíamos homenagear — apesar de ser de cor preta — é digno dessa e das maiores honrarias.”
Read quote“There is no such thing as an inferior people.”
Read quote“What is each person able to do and to be?”
Read quote“Komu nevadí ztráta svobody, zříká se svého lidství…”
Read quote“He who stoops continuously ends up permanently hunched and dehumanized.”
Read quote“I was looking for a simple architecture, one that could immediately communicate that which in the past was known as ‘monumental,’ that is, in the sense of ‘Civic Dignity.’”
Read quote“La creación es un derecho humano.”
Read quote“أكره كلمة «التبرع» لمصر.. ولكني أحب أن أطلق عليها كلمة «المساهمة»”
Read quote“The black man had to be revolutionary in order to have self-respect.”
Read quote“Само онзи, който е свободен, само той може да се нарече човек в пълния смисъл на думата.”
Read quote“Ubuntu is the principle that we act humanely and with respect towards others as a way of demanding the same from them.”
Read quote“leaving them abandoned like beasts”
Read quote“Solo cumple con su deber quien va más allá de sus obligaciones.”
Read quote“România şi-a câştigat titlurile sale de nobleţă pe câmpul războiului; ... are dreptul de a face intrarea sa în lume cu fruntea sus.”
Read quote“It is better to die than to live in shame.”
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Quote Stories about Dignity
After Market Lanterns
When late-arriving workers cannot pay for supper, a ferry cook turns a blue ledger from a list of debts into an invitation to contribute.
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The Dictionary of Useful Words
When a confusing notice threatens to move a carpenter’s workshop, a library aide and a teenage volunteer learn that precise questions can protect pride as surely as any answer.
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