Best 491 quotes in «noble quotes» category

All that is noble is in itself of a quiet nature, and appears to sleep until it is aroused and summoned forth by contrast.

All the good, fine, noble, and creative acts of humanity were conceived as a spark in a single human consciousness.

All that is noble in the world's past history, and especially the minds of the great and good, are, in like manner, never lost.

Among life's sweetest blessings is fellowship with men and women whose ideals and aspirations are high and noble. Next to a sense of kinship with God comes the helpfulness, encouragement, and inspiration of friends.

Amid a world of noisy, shallow actors it is noble to stand aside and say, 'I will simply be.

All work, even cotton-spinning, is noble; work is alone noble.

A nation is not to be judged by its weaklings called the wicked, as they are only the weeds which lag behind, but by the good, the noble, and the pure, who indicate the national life current flowing clear and vigorous.

Anger is a noble infirmity; the generous failing of the just; the one degree that riseth above zeal, asserting the prerogative of virtue.

And in the wreck of noble lives Something immortal still survives.

And I thought how sad it was that, for all our sophisticated intellect, for all our noble aspirations, our aggressive behavior was not just similar in many ways to that of the chimpanzees - it was even worse. Worse because human beings have the potential to rise above their baser instincts, whereas chimpanzees probably do not.

A noble pair of brothers. [Lat., Par nobile fratum.]

A noble heart is a thankful heart that loves to acknowledge whenever it has received any mercy.

A noble, logical diagram once recorded will never die.

A noble man is led by woman's gentle words.

A noble mind disdains to hide his head, And let his foes triumph in his overthrow.

A noble person is mindful and thankful for the favors he receives from others.

An ideal sanctified by the sacrifices of such master spirits as Lenin cannot go in vain, the noble example of their renunciation will be emblazoned for ever and quicken and purify the ideal as time passes.

A noble heart, like the sun, showeth its greatest countenance in its lowest estate.

A noble spirit finds a cure for injustice in forgetting it.

A noble soul alone can noble souls attract; And knows alone, as ye, to hold them.

A noble book! all men's book!

A noble heart is a window to find an open mind.

A noble heart will always capitulate to reason.

A noble shalt thou have, and present pay; And liquor likewise will I give to thee, And friendship shall combine, and brotherhood.

A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man.

A noble truth is a sacred creed.

A noble type of good. Heroic womanhood.

A politician is forced to make a habit of noble phrases and optimistic lies. In the end they infect himself.

Art is in itself noble; that is why the artist has no fear of what is common. This, indeed, is already ennobled when he takes it up.

A remorseful change of mind renders even a noble action base, whereas the determination which is grounded on knowledge and reason cannot change even if its actions fail.

As not every instance of similitude can be considered as a proof of imitation, so not every imitation ought to be stigmatised as plagiarism. The adoption of a noble sentiment, or the insertion of a borrowed ornament, may sometimes display so much judgment as will almost compensate for invention; and an inferior genius may, without any imputation of servility, pursue the paths of the ancients, provided he declines to tread in their footsteps.

As individuals, we must think nobler thoughts. We must not encourage vile thoughts or low aspirations. We shall radiate them if we do. If we think noble thoughts, if we encourage and cherish noble aspirations, there will be that radiation when we meet people, especially when we associate with them.

A sovereign's great example forms a people; the public breast is noble or vile as he inspires it.

Aral the Jack, formerly the noble Aral Kingslayer, is the best kind of hero.

Beauty is spoiled by an immoral nature; noble birth by bad conduct; learning, without being perfected; and wealth by not being properly utilised.

A state is not a mere society, having a common place, established for the prevention of mutual crime and for the sake of exchange. Political society exists for the sake of noble actions, and not mere companionship.

Because you lack a noble and successful past is no reason why you should lack a noble and successful future.

Being a mother is a noble status, right? Right. So why does it change when you put 'unwed' or 'welfare' in front of it?

Being a musician is a noble profession.

Be noble in every thought And in every deed!

Ay, rail at gaming - 'tis a rich topic, and affords noble declamation. Go, preach against it in the city - you'll find a congregation in every tavern.

Being a politician is a poor profession. Being a public servant is a noble one.

By which I get my wealth-- And very gladly will I drink Your Honour's noble health.

But we can also ask for something we are much more likely to get, and that is to find a person or two, somewhere in our travels, who will tell us that we are noble enough, whether it is true or not. We can ask for someone who will say, “You are noble enough,” and remind us of our good qualities when we have forgotten them, or cast them into doubt.

But the fact being once established, that the press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood, I leave to others to restore it to its strength, by recalling it within the pale of truth. Within that, it is a noble institution, equally the friend of science and of civil liberty.

Capitalism started out with a noble and high motive, but like most human systems it fell victim to the very thing it was revolting against.

Culture is on the horns of this dilemma: if profound and noble it must remain rare, if common it must become mean.

Certainly it is one of our sweetest experiences that when we are touched by some noble affection or pure joy, we remember the dead most tenderly, and feel more powerfully drawn to them.

Countless as the sands of sea are human passions, and not all of them are alike, and all of them, base and noble alike, are at first obedient to man and only later on become his terrible masters.

Death and life, success and failure, pain and pleasure, wealth and poverty, all these happen to good and bad alike, and they are neither noble nor shameful - and hence neither good nor bad.