I Meet My Needs at Their Price, Never at the Cost of My Dignity

Abstract

This record documents the original personal motto authored by Hassan Hijazi: “I meet my needs at their price, never at the cost of my dignity.” The phrase expresses a personal principle of self-reliance, dignity, and fair exchange: needs should be met through their appropriate price or equivalent value rather than through dependence, solicitation, or personal indebtedness. This deposit establishes a publicly timestamped scholarly record of the phrase, its authorship attribution, and its documented version as deposited on Zenodo. Author: Hassan HijaziOriginal language: EnglishVersion: 1.1Date of record: 14 August 2026DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.21933842