bear oneself

Verb

 * 1)  To behave and conduct oneself in such a manner that others will give one respect.
 * 2) * 1940, Winston Churchill, 18 June 1940, in the British Parliament
 * Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves, that if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, This was their finest hour.