Anton Chekhov Quotes

No one may pride himself at being more than an individual, and no one despondently think that he is not an individual.

I'm a human being, god-dammit. My life has value!

I think it's very important that we instill in our kids that it has nothing to do with their name or their situation that they're growing up in; it has to do with who they are as an individual.

Even when I get to the point where I am acting and performing, where I want to be with my career, I'm never going to think of anyone as lower than me. Everyone's the celebrity of their own life, you know?

I believe that people should take pride in what they do, even if it is scorned or misunderstood by the public at large.

Most people are defined by their titles, their cars, their house, where they came from, their color, their race, their religion. And so it's up to you to take control of your own life and define you. As long as you understand who you are and you have a solid foundation of understanding what your talents are, what your skills are.

I have beauty, intelligence, individuality, sensuality and sexuality.

One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered.

Every man has his dignity. I'm willing to forget mine, but at my own discretion and not when someone else tells me to.

I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do! That is character!

My life is worth more than a title.

I think, so often, we can let our circumstances dictate what our value is. And I have to remember that my value is the same whether I'm in the dirt or I'm picked up and dusted off.

This game doesn't define who I am as a person.

I may not be able to keep fighting for money for a living, but I will always have to fight for my dignity, because that's who I am.

No individual should rely on any other human being or system to define their worth as a human being. You have to begin to find that within yourself.

You have to really understand and appreciate who are you are and know who you are and what you have to offer people - not just a man but people! This helps you have something to stand on. Know your value and what makes you valuable so you can always go back to this.

Self-respect is to the soul as oxygen is to the body. Deprive a person of oxygen, and you kill his body; deprive him of self-respect and you kill his spirit.

I am not an afterthought I am not an accident.

Things have a price and can be for sale. But people have a dignity that is priceless and worth far more than things.

The only thing that matters in life is your own opinion about yourself, nobody can destroy your dignity then, because it is not dependent on anybody's opinion.

Self-respect cannot be hunted. It cannot be purchased. It is never for sale. It cannot be fabricated out of public relations. It comes to us when we are alone, in quiet moments, in quiet places, when we suddenly realize that, knowing the good, we have done it; knowing the beautiful, we have served it; knowing the truth we have spoken it

(M)aybe we too busy being flowers or fairies or strawberries instead of something honest and worthy of respect . . . you know . . . like being people.

What am I in the eyes of most people - a nonentity, an eccentric, or an unpleasant person - somebody who has no position in society and will never have; in short, the lowest of the low. All right, then - even if that were absolutely true, then I should one day like to show by my work what such an eccentric, such a nobody, has in his heart.

I don't think it's about who you play, I think it's about who you are.

Bring the child to the consciousness of his own dignity and he will feel free.