Where in this wide world can man find nobility without pride, friendship without envy, or beauty without vanity? — Bantu Holomisa Copy Share Image
Ridicule, the weapon of all others most feared by enthusiasts of every description, and which from its predominance over such minds, often… — Walter Scott 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
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
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
Boxing was on the one hand barbaric, unconscionable, out of place in modern society. But then, so are war, racism, poverty, and… — Ralph Wiley Copy Share Image
What is kinder--to believe the best of people and burden them with a nobility beyond their endurance--or to see them as they… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Each person decides in early childhood how he will live and how he will die... His trivial behavior may be decided by… — Eric Berne Copy Share Image
Je sais la douleur est la noblesse unique O u' ne mordront jamais la terre et les enfers. I know that pain… — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
We like to admit to only that which already glows, although it is nobler to support brightness before it glows, not afterwards. — Dejan Stojanovic Copy Share Image
(That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights, and live laborious days; But the fair guerdon when we hope to find,… — John Milton Copy Share Image
A noble life crowned with heroic death, rises above and outlives the pride and pomp and glory of the mightiest empire of… — James A. Garfield Copy Share Image
There is One great society alone on earth: The noble living and the noble dead. — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
But the closer we study their lives, and the better we know their deeds, the more profound is our admiration and the… — Chauncey Depew Copy Share Image
Eugenics was central to the entire Nazi enterprise, joined with romantic nativist and racist myths of the pure-bred Nordic. The emphasis on… — Alison Thompson Copy Share Image
“After joyfully working each morning, I would leave off around midday to challenge myself to a footrace. Speeding along the sunny paths… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
Thus did I keep my person fresh and new, My presence, like a robe pontifical, Ne'er seen but wondered at, and so… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
From the peak of Chimborazo (volcano) to the Pacific coast, from the Amazon rainforest to the Galapagos Islands, may you never lose… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The ancient nobility and gentry of the kingdom... have been thrust out of all public employment... a race of merchants, and manufacturers… — William Cobbett Copy Share Image
They are miserly, the princes of Austria, you need not grieve about it; they may not donate anything, but they allow themselves… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
Originally, I thought the story of the Alamo was all these men defending their liberty when they could have left, knowing they… — Phil Collins Copy Share Image
Our daily deeds as ordinary South Africans must produce an actual South African reality that will reinforce humanity's belief in justice, strenthen… — Nelson Mandela 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
