Ennoble Quotes

28 quotes by 27 authors

Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds. — Miguel de Cervantes
A scientist is as weak and human as any man, but the pursuit of science may ennoble him even against his will. — Isaac Asimov
The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it. — Christian Nestell Bovee
Revenge is a common passion; it is the sin of the uninstructed. The savage deems it noble;but the religion of Christ, which is the sublime… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
Pain hardens, and great pain hardens greatly, whatever the comforters say, and suffering does not ennoble, though it may occasionally lend a certain rigid dignity… — A. S. Byatt
Unless the theatre can ennoble you, make you a better person, you should flee from it. — Constantin Stanislavski
My aspirations are to ennoble Photography and to secure for it the character and uses of High Art by combining the real and Ideal and… — Julia Margaret Cameron
Without courage, honor, compassion, pity, love and sacrifice, as William Faulkner pointed out, we know not of love, but lust. We debase our audience. But… — Earl Hamner, Jr.
Riches ennoble a man's circumstances, but not himself. — Immanuel Kant
Art can excite, titillate, please, entertain, and sometimes shock; but its ultimate function is to ennoble. — Marya Mannes
Preserve my artistic creativity and ennoble my artistic fame. — Giacomo Meyerbeer
Prudishness is pretense of innocence without innocence. Women have to remain prudish as long as men are sentimental, dense, and evil enough to demand of… — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Even Michelangelo on his deathbed thought he'd done nothing to ennoble art. He wanted to destroy his work-the Pieta! And this from the greatest artist… — John Huston
Embrace the faith that every challenge surmounted by your energy; every problem solved by your wisdom; every soul stirred by your passion; and every barrier… — Madeleine Albright
Labor, in itself, is neither elevating or otherwise. It is the laborer's privilege to ennoble his work by the aim with which he undertakes it,… — Lucy Larcom
Suffering does not necessarily ennoble you. — Henry Louis Gates
One principle I've been fighting for that doesn't endear me to a lot of people is that black people can be just as complicated and… — Henry Louis Gates
Business or toil is merely utilitarian. It is necessary but does not enrich or ennoble a human life. — Aristotle
What can ennoble sots, or slaves, or cowards? Alas! not all the blood, of all the Howards. — Alexander Pope
A Christian reveals true humility by showing the gentleness of Christ, by being always ready to help others, by speaking kind words and performing unselfish… — Ellen G. White

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