Nobility Quotes
257 quotes by 211 authors
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Nobility of birth does not always insure a corresponding unity of mind; if it did, it would always act as a stimulus to noble actions;…
— Charles Caleb Colton
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The first farmer was the first man, and all historic nobility rests on possession and use of land.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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In my opinion, the trombone is the true head of the family of wind instruments, which I have named the 'epic' one. It possesses nobility…
— Hector Berlioz
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The only thing in the world worth a damn is the strange, touching, pathetic, awesome nobility of the individual human spirit.
— John D. MacDonald
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A conservative, I take it, is a man who despises vulgarity; but the argument which is concerned exclusively with calculations of success, and is based…
— Leo Strauss
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Our reverence for the nobility of manhood will not be lessened by the knowledge that man is in substance and in structure, one with the…
— Thomas Huxley
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Nobility of spirit has more to do with simplicity than ostentation, wisdom rather than wealth, commitment rather than ambition.
— Riccardo Muti
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After traveling through fourteen foreign countries and appearing before all the royalty and nobility I have only one wish today. That is that when my…
— Annie Oakley
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The smallest of actions is always better than the noblest of intentions.
— Robin Sharma
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Strip the proud nobility of their bloated estates, reduce them to a level with plain republicans, send forth to labor, and teach their children to…
— Thaddeus Stevens
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Super-heroes were created to represent the best in all of us. We should aspire to match their nobility, not their ability to shoot big chrome…
— Mark Waid
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Do not use your energy except for a cause more noble than yourself. Such a cause cannot be found except in Almighty God Himself: to…
— Ibn Hazm
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If an honest man is the noblest work of God, then Mr. Lincoln's title to high nobility is clear and unquestioned.
— Matthew Simpson
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For as long as this nation has known war, we have embraced the heroes it has produced. Americans have rightfully noted the honor and nobility…
— James T. Walsh
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Every person has a train of thought on which they travel when they are alone. The dignity and nobility of their life, as well as…
— Joseph Fort Newton
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Wrong education and upbringing produces ugly personalities, whereas a fine upbringing and good education will bring forth superior sense and feeling, as well as nobility…
— Shinichi Suzuki
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God saves us because He loves us. It has nothing to do with our goodness or nobility, our achievements or agility. Our salvation depends completely…
— Dillon Burroughs
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A man's worth depends upon the nobility of his aspirations.
— Ali ibn Abi Talib
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There is no nobility with bad manners.
— Ali ibn Abi Talib
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You give up your future, lose your dreams, are stained with despair . . . Yet at the same time you shake off your past,…
— SebastiAn
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