To fight for one's country, to offer one's very life to promote the well being of the United States, is truly a… — Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
Nobility is defined by the demands it makes on us - by obligations, not by rights. Noblesse oblige. 'To live as one… — Jose Ortega y Gasset Copy Share Image
Do ask yourself why you, the individual, exist, and if you can get no other answer try for once to justify the… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Let us therefore rely on the goodness of the cause, and the aid of the supreme Being, in whose hands victory is,… — George Washington Copy Share Image
I'm always astonished when I go into Barnes & Noble at the number of people buying books, of course, but also at… — Michael Korda Copy Share Image
PALM, n. A species of tree . . . of which the familiar "itching palm" ("Palma hominis") is most widely distributed .… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
The whole underside of our society has always been violence and still is. Churches, laws - everybody seems to think that man… — Sam Peckinpah Copy Share Image
Not because they were servants were we so reserved, for many noble persons are forced to serve through necessity, but by reason… — Margaret Cavendish Copy Share Image
There are many possibilities that people can choose from. There are bad and there are good ones. So, look carefully to choose… — Vladimir Aleksandrovich Antonov Copy Share Image
Business is a noble vocation, directed to producing wealth and improving the world. It can be a fruitful source of prosperity for… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Vision is the Source and hope of life. The greatest gift ever given to mankind is not the gift of sight, but… — Myles Munroe Copy Share Image
As for the various religions, there's no doubt that they are very meaningful to adherents, and allow them to delude themselves into… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Of all the differences between man and the lower animals, the moral sense or conscience is by far the most important. This… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
Everyone tries to create a world he can live in, and what he can't use he often can't see. But the real… — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
Genius! thou gift of Heav'n! thou Light divine! Amid what dangers art thou doom'd to shine! Oft will the body's weakness check… — George Crabbe Copy Share Image
Towards orthodox religion, father's own attitude remained one of tolerance. He looked upon the New Testament as the noble story of a… — Margaret Sanger Copy Share Image
I wish popularity, but it is that popularity which follows; not that which is run after. It is that popularity which, sooner… — William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield Copy Share Image
Would you exalt your profession, exalt those who labor with you...increase the salaries of the women engaged in the noble work of… — Susan B. Anthony Copy Share Image
Men and women thought and did noble and mean things that would have been impossible to them before or after. A man… — Rebecca Harding Davis Copy Share Image
When their adventures do not succeed, however, they run away; but it was the mark of a brave man to face things… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
My idol is Emile Zola. He was a man of the left, so people expected of him a kind of 'Les Miserables,'… — Tom Wolfe Copy Share Image
May He who is the Brahman of the Hindus, the Ahura-Mazda of the Zoroastrians, the Buddha of the Buddhists, the Jehovah of… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Let the pulpit resound with the doctrines and sentiments of religious liberty... Let us hear the dignity of his [man's] nature, and… — John Adams Copy Share Image
An artist need not be a minister or a collector in church, but he must have a warm heart for people, and… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
If I had a religious experience, what I know for sure is that I would stop doing philosophy and would start doing… — Simon Critchley Copy Share Image
I have no prouder boast to say I am Irish and have been privileged to fight for the Irish people and for… — Francis Hughes Copy Share Image
What generations created, the Left destroys. There are few productive and noble institutions in America that the Left has not hurt or… — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
You are unique, and there may be incidents in your experience that are more noble and praiseworthy in their way than those… — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share Image
I never really see entertainment as a noble pursuit necessarily, but people really want a sense of normalcy, even if it's being… — Sean Evans Copy Share Image
Vain-glorious man, when fluttering wind does blow In his light wing's, is lifted up to sky; The scorn of-knighthood and true chivalry.… — Edmund Spenser Copy Share Image
Every ambitious would-be empire, clarions it abroad that she is conquering the world to bring it peace, security and freedom, and it… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I think that enduring, committed love between a married couple, along with raising children, is the most noble act anyone can aspire… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
Each say following another, either hastening or putting off our death--what pleasure does it bring? I count that man worthless whois cheered… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
The reason I entered politics was a belief that the people of this country - having achieved so much that was good… — Michael Gove Copy Share Image
Oh, most magnificent and noble Nature! Have I not worshipped thee with such a love As never mortal man before displayed? Adored… — Humphry Davy Copy Share Image
There's nothing more noble than a father and mother making an opportunity for their child, knowing that their life is gonna be… — Kevin Costner Copy Share Image
Base words are uttered only by the base And can for such at once be understood; But noble platitudes — ah, there's… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
No loss by flood and lightning, no destruction of cities and temples by the hostile forces of nature, has deprived man of… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
The most important thing my grandfather taught me was that the most noble way to use your skills, intellect and energy is… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
The lie is so vile, that even if it were in speaking well of godly things, it would take off something from… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image