Best 491 quotes in «noble quotes» category

Draw Dyrnwyn, only thou of noble worth, to rule with justice, to strike down evil. Who wields it in good cause shall slay even the Lord of Death.

Education is such a noble profession, its a wonderful way to serve.

Ego is vital but not noble.

Egoism is the very essence of a noble soul.

Emulation is a noble and just passion, full of appreciation.

Ere man's corruptions made him wretched, he Was born most noble that was born most free; Each of himself was lord; and unconfin'd Obey'd the dictates of his godlike mind.

Eroticism is first and foremost a thirst for otherness. And the supernatural is the supreme otherness. This is perhaps the most noble aim of poetry, to attach ourselves to the world around us, to turn desire into love, to embrace, finally what always evades us, what is beyond, but what is always there – the unspoken, the spirit, the soul.

Even when our intentions are noble and our efforts sincere, even when we dedicate our lives to the service of others, the corrosive pressure of frantic over-activity can nonetheless cause suffering in ourselves and others. A "successful" life can become a violent enterprise.

Every noble crown is, and on Earth will forever be, a crown of thorns.

Every noble life leaves the fibre of it interwoven forever in the work of the world.

Every noble activity makes room for itself.

Every noble life becomes a revelation of the spirit which the love and joy of mankind cannot let perish from remembrance.

Every noble action is selfish. Some selfish actions are nobler than others. But they are all selfish. And as such there can be no action purely noble anyway. Even the nobility in God's great philosophical intentions is bounded by his vanity.

Every noble deed dieth, if suppressed in silence.

Fine words are traded. Noble deeds gain respect. But people who are not good, why abandon them?

Every rebel is, with us, more or less a soldier who has missed his vocation, a being made for a heroic life ... The European race is a race of masters and soldiers. If you reduce this noble race to the work in a slave's prison like Negroes or Chinamen, it will rebel.

Fight for the only thing she knew was good enough, noble enough, powerful enough to be worth risking everything... Love.

Expect neither reward nor beatitude. Return noble waves for ignoble.

For all the civilians saved thanks to the presence of peacekeepers, there have been those who were lost - the United Nations personnel who sacrificed their lives for a noble cause. Even as we mourn our fallen colleagues, we are all uplifted by their unflinching commitment and are inspired to strive even harder for the collective cause so eloquently envisaged in the United Nations Charter: a world free from the scourge of war.

Following the Noble Path is like entering a dark room with a light in the hand; the darkness will all be cleared away, and the room will be filled with light.

For a people is only as great, as free, as lofty, as advanced as its women are free, noble and progressive.

For a noble heart, the most precious gift becomes poor, when the giver stops loving.

Freedom is unlikely to be lost all at once and openly. It is far more likely to be eroded away, bit by bit, amid glittering promises and expressions of noble ideals.

For kindness begets kindness evermore, But he from whose mind fades the memory Of benefits, noble is he no more.

For this is love's truth; she joins two in one being, makes sweet sour, strangers neighbors, and the lowly noble.

For words divide and rend But silence is most noble till the end.

Friendship's a noble name, 'tis love refined.

Ford's last Fifth Queen novel is amazing. The whole cycle is a noble conception.

For I had rather die in the adventure ot noble achievements, then live in obscure and sluggish security.

For the chemists, who wanted to manufacture new medicines and elixirs and transform base substances into noble ones, the notion that there was no metaphysical barrier to doing so - it was just a matter of getting the particles into new arrangements - was encouraging. That was the Baconian programme.

For to be discontented with the divine discontent, and to be ashamed with the noble shame, is the very germ and first upgrowth of all virtue.

Friendship involves many things but, above all the power of going outside oneself and appreciating what is noble and loving in another.

From Day One, I've told [my troops] that killing is not wrong if it's for a purpose, if it's to keep your nation free or protect your buddy, one of the most noble things you can do is kill the enemy.

God be thanked for the thinkers of good and noble thoughts! It wakes up all the best in ourselves, to come into close contact with others greater and better in every way than we are.

GENEROUS, adj. Originally this word meant noble by birth and was rightly applied to a great multitude of persons. It now means noble by nature and is taking a bit of a rest.

Globalism began as a vision of a world with free trade, shared prosperity, and open borders. These are good, even noble things to aim for.

God took pattern after a pine tree and built you noble.

Happiness, in the ancient, noble sense, means self-fulfillment—and is given to those who use to the fullest whatever talents God … bestowed upon them.

"Gospel preachers nowadays preach the gospel of the Crucifixion, the Apostles preached the gospel of the Resurrection as well. The Crucifixion loses its meaning without the Resurrection. Without the Resurrection the death of Christ was only the heroic death of a noble martyr; with the Resurrection it is the atoning death the Son of God. It shows that death to be of sufficient value to cover our sins, for it was the sacrifice of the Son of God.

Grief doesn't necessarily make you noble. Sometimes it just makes you crazy, or primitive with fear.

Have we not all, amid life's petty strife, / Some pure idea of a noble life / That once seemed possible?

Health is the condition of wisdom, and the sign is cheerfulness, - an open and noble temper.

Hereditary honors are a noble and a splendid treasure to descendants.

hearts are the strongest when they beat in response to noble ideals.

He then alone will strictly be called brave who is fearless of a noble death, and of all such chances as come upon us with sudden death in their train.

Heroes are those who can somehow resist the power of the situation and act out of noble motives, or behave in ways that do not demean others when they easily can.

I didn't think I would ever meet a noble who wasn't corrupt. Now that I have, I find that I prefer them when they're greedy bastards. (Brom to Eragon)

Hidden behind the facade of pompous jargon and noble affections, there is more sheer larceny per square foot on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange than any place else in the world.

History is the necessary food of good and noble sentiments. It ought to give us at once humility and confidence in the face of greatness.

How many times go we to comedies, to masques, to places of great and noble resort, nay even to church only to see the company.