Noble Quotes

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He had no failings which were not owing to a noble cause; to an ardent, generous, perhaps an immoderate passion for fame; a passion which… — Edmund Burke
Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die. — Daniel Burnham
Learning should be a joy and full of excitement. It is life's greatest adventure; it is an illustrated excursion into the minds of the noble… — Taylor Caldwell
Every noble work is at first impossible. — Thomas Carlyle
The power of noble deeds is to be preserved and passed on to the future. — Joshua Chamberlain
Globalism began as a vision of a world with free trade, shared prosperity, and open borders. These are good, even noble things to aim for. — Deepak Chopra
Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of the human mind. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our enemies, and who believe this to be great and manly.… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Puritanism was an honourable mood; it was a noble fad. In other words, it was a highly creditable mistake. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Thus we have given to man a pedigree of prodigious length, but not, it may be said, of noble quality. — Charles Darwin
A generous and noble spirit cannot be expected to dwell in the breasts of men who are struggling for their daily bread. — Dionysius of Halicarnassus
In such sad circumstances I but see myself exalted by my own enemies, for in order to defeat some small works of mine they try… — Marcello Malpighi
There is something so pure and frank and noble about Him that to doubt His sincerity would be like doubting the brightness of the sun. — Charles Edward Jefferson
This is the duty of our generation as we enter the twenty-first century - solidarity with the weak, the persecuted, the lonely, the sick, and… — Elie Wiesel
The church must never become a government factory, carrying on a nationalized industry of religion with the people as the bolts and nuts; with God… — Unknown Author
The America of Moctezuma and Atahualpa,the aromatic America of Columbus,Catholic America, Spanish America,the America where noble CuauhtÃ©moc said: "I am not on a bed of… — Ruben Dario
A permanent state of transition is man's most noble condition. — Juan Ramon Jimenez
What does labor want? We want more schoolhouses and less jails; more books and less arsenals; more learning and less vice; more leisure and less… — Samuel Gompers
And this is the time. It is the time for this land to become again a witness to the world for what is noble and… — George McGovern
Sometimes a noble failure serves the world as faithfully as a distinguished success. — Edward Dowden

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