Nobility Quotes

257 quotes by 211 authors

The German people is not marked by original sin, but by original nobility. — Alfred Rosenberg
The nobility of our calling will always be rooted in two commitments difficult to observe: refusal to lie about what we know, and resistance to… — Albert Camus
There is dignity in suffering; nobility in pain; but failure is a salted wound, that burns and burns again! — Woody Allen
Now, my father Matthias was not only eminent on account of is nobility, but had a higher commendation on account of his righteousness, and was… — Josephus
Once a sage asked why scholars always flock to the doors of the rich, whilst the rich are not inclined to call at the doors… — Abu Rayhan al-Biruni
There are epidemics of nobleness as well as epidemics of disease. — James Anthony Froude
Every noble action is selfish. Some selfish actions are nobler than others. But they are all selfish. And as such there can be no action… — Kedar Joshi
He is man whose heart is spirited and eyes are wet each moment on account of the sorrow, compassion, virtue, beauty, and nobility that decorate… — Kedar Joshi
The nobility which exists within any cause is to be found not in any achievement, but instead within the struggle. — Derek R. Audette
Better not to be at all Than not to be noble. — Alfred Lord Tennyson
A noble soul alone can noble souls attract; And knows alone, as ye, to hold them. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
No noble thing can be done without risks. — Michel de Montaigne
Be noble in every thought And in every deed! — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
O lady, nobility is thine, and thy form is the reflection of thy nature! — Euripides
Fond man! though all the heroes of your line Bedeck your halls, and round your galleries shine In proud display; yet take this truth from… — Juvenal
Men don't like nobility in woman. Not any men. I suppose it is because the men like to have the copyrights on nobility -- if… — Dorothy Parker
Any fool can try to defend his or her mistakes- and most fools do- but it raises one above the herd and gives one a… — Dale Carnegie
A martial nobility and stubborn commons, possessed of arms, tenacious of property, and collected into constitutional assemblies form the only balance capable of preserving a… — Edward Gibbon
It becomes possible to admit that plainness may coexist with nobility of nature, and fine features with baseness; and yet to hold that mental and… — Herbert Spencer
It is perhaps common in the world for individuals and nations to suffer for their noble qualities more than for their ignoble ones. For nobility… — Daniel Patrick Moynihan

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