Noble Quotes · Page 20

Isaiah rolled his eyes. "Good God. What a noble lot. You're all Spartacus, aren't you?

— Richelle Mead

The noble title of "dissident" must be earned rather than claimed; it connotes sacrifice and risk rather than mere disagreement.

— Christopher Hitchens

And why should it not be terrifying? A little terror, in my view, is good for the soul, when it is terror…

— Robertson Davies

How do you 'accidentally' kill a noble man in his own mansion?" "With a knife in the chest. Or, rather, a pair…

— Brandon Sanderson

Noble have I created thee, yet thou hast abased thyself. Rise then unto that for which thou wast created.

— Bahá'u'lláh

A generous and noble spirit cannot be expected to dwell in the breasts of men who are struggling for their daily bread.

— Dionysius of Halicarnassus

Through nonviolent resistance the Negro will be able to rise to the noble height of opposing the unjust system while loving the…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

It is easier to donate a few thousand to charity and think oneself noble than to base self-respect on personal standards of…

— Ayn Rand

“I know it sounds foolishly old fashioned, but I'm stuck with this idea that there's something dignified and noble about facing your…

— Michael Robotham

Ere man's corruptions made him wretched, he Was born most noble that was born most free; Each of himself was lord; and…

— Thomas Otway

Millionaires are just as patriotic as poor people. The very wealthy are just as noble and patriotic as the middle class. But…

— Joe Biden

If you can write someone off as a bad person, then it's easier, but when someone is also great and noble and…

— Boy George

It's OK to have fun in the Marine Corps. I like to say we are an imperfect people working in an institution…

— James L. Jones

I will point ye out the right path of a virtuous and noble Education; laborious indeed at first ascent, but else so…

— John Milton

Beloved Beowulf, remember how you boasted, Once, that nothing in the world would ever Destroy your fame; fight to keep it, Now,…

— Burton Raffel

Thinking gets you nowhere. It may be a fine and noble aid in academic studies, but you can't think your way out…

— Etty Hillesum

I am pleased as punch no longer to believe in a god who declares reason a sin, who will not choose many…

— Ruth Hurmence Green

Let me twine Mine arms about that body, where against My grained ash an hundred times hath broke And scarr'd the moon…

— William Shakespeare

There are so many causes. Gun control, climate change, deforestation, animal welfare, human welfare, education. Working on the big issues is noble…

— Moby

but it wasn't just about my feelings. The more I got to know you, the more I was certain that you'd do…

— Nicholas Sparks

If we had nothing but pecuniary rewards and worldly honours to look to, our profession would not be one to be desired.…

— Joseph Lister

How can anyone think so insanely that the human life has the same value and mankind, the same morality, independent of numbers?…

— Pentti Linkola

So where does Stan fit in this equation?... We are told to meditate on scripture, even the hald that details the consequences…

— Ted Dekker

The artist's personality must be left in his dressing-room; his soul must be denuded of its own sensations and clothed with the…

— Sarah Bernhardt

A noble soul alone can noble souls attract; And knows alone, as ye, to hold them.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The joy which is caused by truth and noble thoughts shows itself in the words by which they are expressed.

— Joseph Joubert

“I hate it when everyone is so noble and good in a story that you can't imagine it being true at all.”

— Patricia Finney

Endurance is a much better test of character than any single act of heroism, however noble.

— John Lubbock

Terrible or not, difficult or not, the only thing that is beautiful, noble, religious, and mystical is to be happy.

— Arnaud Desjardins

I envy not in any moods The captive void of noble rage, The linnet born within the cage, That never knew the…

— Alfred Lord Tennyson

I'll put everything I have in my capacity at the service of the noble cause and noble values of the U.N. and…

— Antonio Guterres

Gratitude is a mark of a noble soul and a refined character. We like to be around those who are grateful.

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

Men of real merit, and whose noble and glorious deeds we are ready to acknowledge, are yet not to be endured when…

— Aeschines

The wolf's clear, intelligent eyes brushed mine. The wolf is gentle-hearted. Not noble, not cowardly, just nonfighting.

— Lois Crisler

O the eye's light is a noble gift of Heaven! All beings live from light, each fair created thing; the very plants…

— Friedrich Schiller

“The noble man wants to create something new and a new virtue. The good want the old, and that old should be…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Do not think it wasted time to submit yourself to any influence that will bring upon you any noble feeling.

— John Ruskin

Measures are an innovation that changed a world of innocent and noble simplicity into one forever filled with dishonesty.

— Josephus

The noble-minded are calm and steady. Little people are forever fussing and fretting.

— Confucius

What has miserable, inefficient Mexico...to do with the great mission of peopling the New World with a noble race?

— Walt Whitman