Nobility Quotes

257 quotes by 211 authors

In most films - especially in regards to the protagonist - really from the get-go they set up some scenario that endears that character to… — Joaquin Phoenix
The nobility of a human being is strictly independent of that of his convictions. — Jean Rostand
Be noble minded! Our own heart, and not other men's opinions of us, forms our true honor. — Friedrich Schiller
Rascals are always sociable, more's the pity! and the chief sign that a man has any nobility in his character is the little pleasure he… — Arthur Schopenhauer
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge. — William Shakespeare
You have the right to kill me, but you don't have the right to judge me. That's life. There's nobility in that. There's focus. It's… — Charlie Sheen
It is the nobility of their style which will make our writers of 1840 unreadable forty years from now. — Stendhal
Everyone has something that blocks us from the full experience and expression of our nobility. — Iyanla Vanzant
Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul. — Rebecca West
Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives. — Oscar Wilde
Chivalry!---why, maiden, she is the nurse of pure and high affection---the stay of the oppressed, the redresser of grievances, the curb of the power of… — Walter Scott
We care about moral issues, nobility, decency, happiness, goodnessâ€”the issues that matter in the real world, but which can only be addressed, in their purity,… — Orson Scott Card
The devotion of such titans of spirit as Lenin to an Ideal must bear fruit. The nobility of his selflessness will be an example through… — Mahatma Gandhi
You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
What nobility of feeling! To sacrifice your own pleasure to preserve the comfort of others! It is a thing, I confess, that would never occur… — Susanna Clarke
It would need someone very remarkable to recover your name, Stephen, someone of rare perspicacity, with extraordinary talents and incomparable nobility of character. Me, in… — Susanna Clarke
the depth of a person's character is not measured by his or her physical strength, but by the depth of his or her nobility. — Frank Peretti
It is both revealing and invigorating to occasionally set aside the worries of life, seek the company of a friendly book and mingle with the… — Gordon B. Hinckley
Listen, my dear Cors, why don't you forgive God for allowing pain? If He didn't allow it, human courage, bravery, nobility, and self-sacrifice would all… — Walter M. Miller, Jr.
Kings cannot ennoble thee, thou good, great soul, for One who is higher than kings hath done that for thee; but a king can confirm… — Mark Twain

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