Ennobles Quotes

25 Ennobles quotes by 19 unique authors

The human being who lives only for himself finally reaps nothing but unhappiness. Selfishness corrodes. Unselfishness ennobles, satisfies. — B. C. Forbes
The value of culture is its effect on character. It avails nothing unless it ennobles and strengthens that. Its use is for life. Its aim… — W. Somerset Maugham
I believe that such constant realization ennobles one automatically. One's stature is greater, one's step more elastic, one's aura more powerful; and it makes other… — Walter Russell
My final, considered judgment is that the hardy bulb [garlic] blesses and ennobles everything it touches - with the possible exception of ice cream and… — Angelo Pellegrini
Can it be, that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a Nation with its virtue? The experiment, at least, is recommended by every… — George Washington
True love is that which ennobles the personality, fortifies the heart, and sanctifies the existence. — Henri Frederic Amiel
Patriotism is a salt against rottenness, a glorious spur to high endeavour; it recovers the half-obliterated virtue of loyalty, calls every man to service, and… — Unknown Author
Cruelty hardens and degrades, kindness reforms and ennobles. — Robert Green Ingersoll
A war for a great principle ennobles a nation. — Albert Pike
Where you are is of no moment, but only what you are doing there. It is not the place that ennobles you, but you the… — Petrarch
The sweetest lives are those to duty wed, Whose deeds, both great and small Are close-knot strands of an unbroken thread There love ennobles all.… — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Poetry ennobles the heart and the eyes, and unveils the meaning of all things upon which the heart and the eyes dwell. It discovers the… — Edith Sitwell
Travel ennobles the spirit and does away with our prejudices. — Oscar Wilde
There's no substitute for hard work and effort beyond the call of duty. That is what strengthens the soul and ennobles one's character. — Unknown Author
Truth is the mother of joy. Truth civilizes, ennobles and purifies. The grandest ambition that can enter the soul is to know the truth. — Robert Green Ingersoll
Music is part of us, and either ennobles or degrades our behavior. — Boethius
Love creates a communion with life. Love expands us, connects us, sweetens us, ennobles us. Love springs up in tender concern, it blossoms into caring… — Jack Kornfield
True kindness ennobles the giver — Jocelyn Murray
Selfishness corrodes. Unselfishness ennobles, satisfies. Don't put off the joy derivable from doing helpful, kindly things for others. — B. C. Forbes
At its heartmeat core, writing is about exploring the questions of your heart on the assumption that what intrigues you, what inflames or amuses or… — J. Michael Straczynski
Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive. — W. Somerset Maugham
Oh, but a real princess would know that hard work ennobles the soul,' Rose objected. 'That would be one of the signs. — Regina Doman
A war for a great principle ennobles a nation. A war for commercial supremacy, upon some shallow pretext, is despicable. — Albert Pike

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