Nobility Quotes

257 quotes by 215 authors

Geology is rapidly taking its place as an introduction to the higher history of man. If the author has sought to exalt a favorite science,… — James Dwight Dana
I have seen soldiers panic at the first sight of battle, and a squire pulling arrows from his body to fight and save his dying… — Kevin Costner
There are many true ladies, and they differ somewhat from society generally. So does a true gentleman, on the same principle of refinement and nobility… — Maria Jane McIntosh
Each person decides in early childhood how he will live and how he will die... His trivial behavior may be decided by reason, but his… — Eric Berne
Our football belongs to the working class and has the size, nobility and generosity to allow everyone to enjoy it as a spectacle. — Cesar Luis Menotti
Democracy is nothing but the Tyranny of Majorities, the most abominable tyranny of all, for it is not based on the authority of a religion,… — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
She knew that the horse, born to serve nobly, had waited in vain for someone noble to serve. His spirit knew that nobility had gone… — D. H. Lawrence
Old dogs can be a regal sight. Their exuberance settles over the years into a seasoned nobility, their routines become as locked into yours as… — Gail Caldwell
The purpose of architecture is to shelter and enhance manâ€™s life on earth and to fulfill his belief in the nobility of his existence, — Eero Saarinen
The prince who relies upon their words, without having otherwise provided for his security, is ruined; for friendships that are won by awards, and not… — Niccolo Machiavelli
There is a shabby nobility in failing all by yourself. — Jay McInerney
I was no Marie Antoinette. I was not born to nobility, but I had a human right to nobility. — Imelda Marcos
To be a good father and mother requires that the parents defer many of their own needs and desires in favor of the needs of… — James E. Faust
It is of the nobility of man's soul that he is insatiable: for he hath a benefactor so prone to give, that he delighteth in… — Thomas Traherne
Nothing you can lose by dying is half as precious as the readiness to die, which is man's charter of nobility. — George Santayana
Eugenics was central to the entire Nazi enterprise, joined with romantic nativist and racist myths of the pure-bred Nordic. The emphasis on 'blood' called for… — Alison Thompson
War is awful. Nothing, not the valor with which it is fought nor the nobility of the cause it serves, can glorify war. War is… — John McCain
Lying increases the creative faculties, expands the ego, lessens the friction of social contacts. . . . It is only in lies, wholeheartedly and bravely… — Clare Boothe Luce
Everyone should be taught the nobility of labor, the heroism and splendor of honest effort. As long as it is considered disgraceful to labor, or… — Robert Green Ingersoll
It is as we respond to the understandings and feelings inherent in . . . art that we acquire much of our truth, much of… — Ursula Goodenough

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