Reality is rarely what we imagine. Great and noble things do not always happen for great and noble reasons. — Tracy Thompson Copy Share Image
A sovereign's great example forms a people; the public breast is noble or vile as he inspires it. — David Mallet Copy Share Image
'Live and let life' used to be a noble approach to life. Now you're considered compassionate if you demand that government impose… — John Stossel Copy Share Image
Trees bend low with ripened fruit; clouds hang down with gentle rain; noble people bow graciously. This is the way of generous… — Bhartrhari Copy Share Image
The most noble fate a man can endure is to place his own mortal body between his loved home and the war's… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Our American tradition of neighbor helping neighbor has always been one of our greatest strengths and most noble traditions. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
There never will exist anything permanently noble and excellent in the character which is a stranger to resolute self-denial. — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
I regard the Jewish race as the born enemy of pure humanity and everything that is noble in it. — Richard Wagner Copy Share Image
Regardless of whether one is a writer or a reader, one's task consists first of all in mastering a life that is… — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
For my part I consider the earth very noble and admirable precisely because of the diverse alterations, changes, generations, etc. that occur… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
The Catholic Church has a dignity far surpassing that of every merely human society, for it was founded by Christ the Lord.… — Pope John XXIII Copy Share Image
If a woman be herself pure and noble-hearted, she will come into every circle as a person does into a heated room,… — Frances Power Cobbe Copy Share Image
In the early 2000s, I was introduced to the noble art of kickboxing, it thrilled me, and I loved it. I loved… — Nick Frost Copy Share Image
“Once you cease to be a master, once you throw off your master's yoke, you are no longer human rubbish, you are… — Jamaica Kincaid Copy Share Image
Unity and self-sacrifice, of themselves, even when fostered by the most noble means, produce a facility for hating. Even when men league… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
I like cars that are ahead of their times, and that were noble failures because they were built to a higher standard… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
When he endures nothing but endless miseries-- What pleasure is there in living the day after day, Edging slowly back and forth… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
When mourning the loss of our departed friends, I cannot help but think that in every death there is a birth; the… — Wilford Woodruff Copy Share Image
Mr. Thornton," said Margaret, shaking all over with her passion, "go down this instant, if you are not a coward. Go down… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
Who would have believed that the daughters of that mighty city would one day be wandering as servants and slaves on the… — St. Jerome Copy Share Image
I believe that you and I - and everyone we'll ever meet - has the inborn capacity to be heroic, to take… — Tony Robbins Copy Share Image
The Noble Eight-Fold Path is the path of living in awareness. Mindfulness is the foundation. By practicing mindfulness, you can develop concentration,… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
place where man laughs, sings, picks flowers, chases butterflies and pets birds, makes love with maidens, and plays with children. Here he… — Confucius Copy Share Image
If the purpose of life is just to live this life and then die, it's hard to answer the purpose of pain… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
In every case, I find pre-planning noble, but not always that useful in comedy. You know comedy once you're doing it. — John Mulaney 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
He who walks in the eightfold noble path with unswerving determination is sure to reach Nirvana. — Buddha Copy Share Image
No artist work is so high, so noble, so grand, so enduring, so important for all time, as the making of character… — Charlotte Saunders Cushman Copy Share Image
You have been overcome; and whether you are overcome by envy or by a so-called noble influence, you are still a slave,… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Where'er a noble deed is wrought, Where'er is spoken a noble thought, Our hearts in glad surprise To higher levels rise. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
I know noble accents And lucid, inescapable rhythms; But I know, too, That the blackbird is involved In what I know. — Wallace Stevens Copy Share Image
It is noble to succeed, but it's nobler still to help the other person to succeed. — Vikrant Parsai Copy Share Image
Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and beautiful end of a human being. — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self. — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
Every person has a longing to be significant; to make a contribution; to be a part of something noble and purposeful. — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Sometimes a noble failure serves the world as faithfully as does a distinguished success. — Edward Dowden Copy Share Image
Blessed is he who devotes his life to great and noble ends, and who forms his well-considered plans with deliberate wisdom. — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
Someday all the children of the world will learn the truth about their noble inheritance. When that happens, a miracle will unfold… — Charlene Costanzo Copy Share Image
At its heart, engineering is about using science to find creative, practical solutions. It is a noble profession. — Queen Elizabeth II Copy Share Image
Love is the most difficult and dangerous form of courage. Courage is the most desperate, admirable and noble kind of love. — Delmore Schwartz Copy Share Image
