At a news conference here on Wednesday, he lauded Mr. Castro as "an example of dignity and courage".
As scandals and player lawsuits make college sports seem increasingly ruthless and suspect, Summitt is often held up as a rare example of dignity and class.
She said she felt a special gratitude to Mr. Lagos, because he acknowledged her mother as "Chile's example of dignity".
And it was before he was a senator, he was always a big supporter and admirer of Gandhi, because Gandhi inspired so many people -- in India and all around the world -- with his example of dignity and tolerance and peace.
From the moment we enter the world, food dignity becomes part of our lives, with breast milk as a perfect example of food dignity.
The baseball player Hideki Matsui displayed a shining example of unassuming dignity last year when he was named M.V.P. of the World Series.
"Farmers get little respect, and black farmers even less respect," Boyd said, citing Mr. Pringle as an example of the dignity and pride that is rightfully due farmers.
"He was my source of inspiration, and along with my other hero, Nelson Mandela, served as a shining example of grace, dignity, and courage, through a lifetime of service to others.
Budgetary constraints, a concern with performance targets, prioritising the institutional objectives over the needs of patients, trying to discharge patients as quickly as possible and staffing arrangements that result in many different nurses caring for the patient over any given period were all cited by respondents as examples of care that lacked dignity.
There are still gaps in our understanding of dignity, for example, in relation to different perspectives of people in different cultural groups, but enough is known to focus on operationalising respect for dignity in nursing practice.
As desperately poor as they were, they were shining examples of how to retain your dignity and honour in the face of adversity.
