A good short story is a work of art which daunts us in proportion to its brevity… No inspiration is too noble… — Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward Copy Share Image
If [the writer] achieves anything noble, anything enduring, it must be by giving himself absolutely to his material. And this gift of… — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
Autobiography is the most fascinating thing you can do because you get to touch the human condition. And in the end, what… — Jim Dine Copy Share Image
Prosperity has this property, it puffs up narrow Souls, makes them imagine themselves high and mighty, and look down upon the World… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
The love of truth is the stimulus to all noble conversation. This is the root of all the charities. The tree which… — Orville Dewey Copy Share Image
We must, however, acknowledge, as it seems to me, that man with all his noble qualities... still bears in his bodily frame… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
Norway, too, has noble prospects; and Lapland is remarkable for prodigious noble wild prospects. But, Sir, let me tell you, the noblest… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The theater has often been at variance with the pulpit; they ought not to quarrel. How much is it to be wished… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
“A man only begins to be a man when he ceases to whine and revile, and commences to search for the hidden… — James Allen Copy Share Image
States' rights, as our forefathers conceived it, was a protection of the right of the individual citizen. Those who preach most frequently… — Robert Kennedy Copy Share Image
Not the children of the rich or of the powerful only, but of all alike, boys and girls, both noble and ignoble,… — John Amos Comenius Copy Share Image
Yet, there was once a king worthy of that name. That king was Arthur. It is paramount disgrace of this evil generation… — Stephen R. Lawhead Copy Share Image
It is a painful thing to say to oneself: by choosing one road I am turning my back on a thousand others.… — Antonin Sertillanges Copy Share Image
Stevenson had noble ideas--as did the young Franklin for that matter. But Stevenson felt that the way to implement them was to… — Garry Wills Copy Share Image
Others make a point of trying to attain the precision and poise they see in those who have the ability to choose… — Francois Robichon de La Gueriniere Copy Share Image
All cultures forged by nations—the noble indigenous past of America, the brilliant civilization of Europe, the wise history of Asian nations, and… — Subcomandante Marcos Copy Share Image
When what you read elevates your mind and fills you with noble aspirations, look for no other rule by which to judge… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Begun as a girl from a little country town in central western Queensland, inspired by noble ideas of justice, about fairness, about… — Quentin Bryce Copy Share Image
I believe I've passed the age of consciousness and righteous rage. I've found that just surviving is a noble fight. I once… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
Kindness steers no easy course. Attributing it to character, we seldom recognize the secret efforts of a noble heart, whereas we reward… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Whenever the spirit of fanaticism, at once so credulous and so crafty, has insinuated itself into a noble mind, it insensibly corrodes… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
No matter how noble the objectives of a government, if it blurs decency and kindness, cheapens human life, and breeds ill will… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
Our greatest prejudice is against death. It spans age, gender and race. We spend immeasurable amounts of energy fighting an event that… — Andy Webster Copy Share Image
I fully subscribe to the judgement of those writers who maintain that of all the differences between man and the lower animal,… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
I think Ross Noble is the only person that I've seen really storm a stand-up slot at a festival, and that was… — Marcus Brigstocke Copy Share Image
Justice - there is an air of nobility about the word. It calls to mind other words like equity, fairness, and truth.… — Lance B. Wickman Copy Share Image
...We are intensely proud of their noble record and are glad to have had the whole world see how irresistible they are… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
It's a principle that anything our leaders do is for noble reasons. It may be mistaken, it may be ugly, but basically… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Money is so noble a medium that it does not compete with guns and it does not make terms with brutality. It… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I want to think again of dangerous and noble things. I want to be light and frolicsome. I want to be improbable… — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
... there’s also nothing noble about being fearless. How much do you wanna bet the last man standing in a battle is… — Tiffanie DeBartolo Copy Share Image
The next time you download a book on Kindle, buy a Michael Moore screed at Barnes & Noble, or order up a… — Bradley A. Smith Copy Share Image
Deep, solemn optimism, it seems to me, should spring from this firm belief in the presence of God in the individual; not… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
The late King's great service for the Muslim world and his noble deeds of charity and assistance for the poor of humanity… — Khaleda Zia Copy Share Image
When I was young, I expected from people more than they could give: neverending friendship and constant excitement. Now I expect less… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
The whole faculties of man must be exerted in order to call forth noble energies; and he who is not earnestly sincere… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
Knowing what you know, be serene also, like a mountain; and do not be distressed by misfortune. Knowledge without serenity is an… — Sanai Copy Share Image
In general, of course, a stranger who tries to get you into an automobile is anything but noble, and in general a… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
The biggest mischief in the past century has been perpetrated by Rousseau with his doctrine of the goodness of human nature. The… — Jacob Burckhardt Copy Share Image
However noble their purpose, we must beware of institutionalized methods that indoctrinate and regiment and fashion every Christian into a common evangelistic… — Richard Halverson Copy Share Image
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