Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul. — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
He who is lord of himself, and exists upon his own resources, is a noble but a rare being. — Egerton Brydges Copy Share Image
One of the noblest men are those who try to keep their feet firm on the ground even if they are soaring… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Titles are marks of honest men, and wise; The fool or knave that wears a title lies. — Edward Young Copy Share Image
When a noble deed is done, who is likely to appreciate it? They who are noble themselves. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The German people is not marked by original sin, but by original nobility. — Alfred Rosenberg Copy Share Image
There is One great society alone on earth: The noble living and the noble dead. — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
If a man be endowed with a generous mind, this is the best kind of nobility. — Plato Copy Share Image
There's a nobility in his eye, a regal serenity about him. Does he not personify all that men try to be and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself, and a mean man, by one lower… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
To have a good friend is one of the highest delights in life; to be a good friend is one of the… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
In our nation there are two classes of nobility: the law-abiding workers and the law-abiding employers who sustain each other. — Cullen Hightower Copy Share Image
Life flows on over death as water closes over a stone dropped into a pool. ... Fate is certain; death is certain;… — Winifred Holtby Copy Share Image
“One loses nobility when he does something and then says, ‘I did that.’ A noble man will incur loss from both sides;… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
I think that directing is the ultimate martyred task of filmmaking, that it has nobility to it. It takes three years to… — Diane Lane Copy Share Image
I remember the first check I got for 'The Office,' and it made me feel sad. It ruined it. ... Because there… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
Talent and worth are the only eternal grounds of distinction. To these the Almighty has affixed His everlasting patent of nobility. Knowledge… — Catharine Sedgwick Copy Share Image
“Are we not all one flesh? One mind? A sword brings power. Knowledge brings coin. With either, one can make blood reckoned,… — Chris Galford Copy Share Image
“O my brothers, I dedicate and direct you to a new nobility: you shall become procreators and cultivators and sowers of the… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
And the prince who has relied solely on their words, without making other preparations, is ruined, for the friendship which is gained… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
It is often asserted that as woman has always been man's slave--subject--inferior--dependent, under all forms of government and religion, slavery must be… — Susan B. Anthony Copy Share Image
Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon or to the first comer; there… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
Humor is not a postscript or an incidental afterthought; it is a serious and weighty part of the world's economy. One feels… — Oscar W. Firkins Copy Share Image
In reality, the likelihood of reaching the pinnacle of capitalist society today is only marginally better than were the chances of being… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
“All boys wish to be manly; but they often try to become so by copying the vices of men rather than their… — James Freeman Clarke Copy Share Image
Honoured sir, poverty is not a vice, that's a true saying. Yet I know too that drunkeness is not a virtue, and… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
“But, don’t you see, since we happened to have M. de Cambremer here, and he is a Marquis, while you are only… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
“The people of today have no nobility. They do not even know what it means to be noble of heart. There is… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
To the feudal aristocracy and the aristocracy of the spirit, nobility derives from diametrically opposite sources. The glory of the feudal aristocrat… — Yevgeny Zamyatin Copy Share Image
Respect the man of noble races other than your own, who carries out, in a different place, a combat parallel to yours… — Savitri Devi Copy Share Image
On the other hand, heroism is basic to the character of the Nordic peoples. This heroism of the ancient mythic period and… — Alfred Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Can we say that the constitutional monarchies in Spain, Belgium or England are democratic? Those with superior chambers like the House of… — Alejandro Castro Espin Copy Share Image
