Dignity
Dignity is the saving grace of humanity. Which leaders do you admire for their dignity? What is it about their attitude, or their behaviour, that distinguishes them? What does it mean to live, and to die, with dignity? Dignity implies being able to hold your head up high, to be proud of your actions, to be unashamed of the way in which you carry yourself in the world. Not because you are better than others, or holier than thou; on the contrary, because you are the same as others, equally worthy. Dignity is the worth we bestow on ourselves and others when we affirm our common humanity.
— Wayne Visser
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