The true honor and dignity of service does not come from a piece of paper, a pension or paycheck, a rank or status; only an unflinching commitment to improve the lives of others can determine the nature of one's service.
And Hank was a man to whom dignity and the right way of doing things mattered.
"For the dignity of Spain, don't throw 300 years of determination overboard," read one protest banner.
Jobs provide pay, but not all provide a feeling of contribution, a sense of dignity, doing something we feel good about.
To carry on doing what I felt I had to do, and to feel a sense of dignity while doing so, I couldn't admit to feeling disturbed -- not even to myself -- not even by what was clearly disturbing.
The three of them were an island of quiet dignity, doing nothing to draw attention to themselves or their sorrow.
Discharging its obligations looks like a living death, but to Rosetta it is a badge of human dignity, of existence, worth doing anything for, including a terrible act of betrayal against Riquet (Fabrizio Rongione), a boy who is clearly in love with her.
His carapace of dignity did not just deflect insults, it deterred them.
