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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
We have the Noble Desire to help others and benefit the world, without expecting any return or recognition. What makes us great… — Ilchi Lee Copy Share Image
Eroticism is first and foremost a thirst for otherness. And the supernatural is the supreme otherness. This is perhaps the most noble… — Octavio Paz Copy Share Image
“He was a strong and noble lord with piercing eyes of grey. He sat upon his noble throne shining like the dawn.… — Laurel A. Rockefeller Copy Share Image
As a final crash of self-indulgent nonsense, when the incontrovertible truth of your panoramic and murderous deceit has even begun to cost… — Keith Olbermann Copy Share Image
Who has not experienced how, on near acquaintance, plainness becomes beautified, and beauty loses its charm, exactly according to the quality of… — Fredrika Bremer Copy Share Image
Know you that Allah has made Islam the most sublime path for attainment of His supreme pleasure and the highest standards of… — Ali ibn Abi Talib Copy Share Image
I have already transmitted to Congress the report of the naval court of inquiry on the destruction of the battleship Maine in… — William McKinley Copy Share Image
When under the influence of certain (or some) reasons (or causes) (alcohol, war, etc - added Spir here) the low instincts are… — African Spir 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
... 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
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
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
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
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
...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
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
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
GENEROUS, adj. Originally this word meant noble by birth and was rightly applied to a great multitude of persons. It now means… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
I sent my ex-husband a bully card: You held hate in one heart and spoke niceties with the other, you laid warm… — Jenny Jay Copy Share Image
It is easy to recollect the good things of life, the times when one's heart rejoices and expands, when everything is enfolded… — Oliver Sacks Copy Share Image
The noble science of Geology loses glory from the extreme imperfection of the record. The crust of the earth with its embedded… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
It is the great destiny of human science, not to ease man's labors or prolong his life, noble as those ends may… — Paul Sears Copy Share Image
I know you’ll be a good Queen, a strong, noble leader, and that’s more than these people deserve,” she said. “But don’t… — Amanda Hocking Copy Share Image
Whoever leads an auspicious life here and governs the commonwealth rightly, as my most noble father did, who promoted all piety and… — Henry VIII of England Copy Share Image
Happiness only comes when you let go of who you think you are. If you think you're wealthy and powerful and noble… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Man is more noble dead than alive, because in returning to the earth he becomes earth, and nothing is nobler than the… — Tahar ben Jelloun Copy Share Image
