Noble Quotes

1309 Noble quotes by 838 unique authors

A vow is fixed and unalterable determination to do a thing, when such a determination is related to something noble which can only uplift the… — Mahatma Gandhi
A solitary maple on a woodside flames in single scarlet, recalls nothing so much as the daughter of a noble house dressed for a fancy… — Henry James
Terence O'Ryan heard him and straightway brought him a crystal cup full of the foaming ebon ale which the noble twin brothers Bungiveagh and Bungardilaun… — James Joyce
Greek myths are heroic, noble and tragic; but the American Dream is heroic, comical, and uplifting. Americans are a people in whom overweening ambition is… — John C. Wright
Of every noble work the silent part is best; of all expression, that which cannot be expressed. — William Wetmore Story
If we wish to be free; if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending; if we… — Patrick Henry
It's OK to have fun in the Marine Corps. I like to say we are an imperfect people working in an institution that tries to… — James L. Jones
No profession or occupation is more pleasing than the military; a profession or exercise both noble in execution (for the strongest, most generous and proudest… — Michel de Montaigne
What makes a regiment of soldiers a more noble object of view than the same mass of mob? Their arms, their dresses, their banners, and… — Lord Byron
There is no position in sport as noble as goaltending. — Vladislav Tretiak
I have full confidence in your courage and devotion to duty and skill in battle. We will accept nothing less than full Victory! Good luck!… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
"Ju" means being natural or in other words the way which is natural and in accords with the truth of the universe and the one… — Kyuzo Mifune
Pleasure is continually disappointed, reduced, deflated, in favor of strong, noble values: Truth, Death, Progress, Struggle, Joy, etc. Its victorious rival is Desire: we are… — Roland Barthes
What a devil art thou, Poverty! How many desires - how many aspirations after goodness and truth - how many noble thoughts, loving wishes toward… — Walt Whitman
There is a noble manner of being poor, and who does not know it will never be rich. — Seneca the Younger
Chill penury repress'd their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. — Thomas Gray
What is a minority? The chosen heroes of this earth have been in a minority. There is not a social, political, or religious privilege that… — John Bartholomew Gough
Listen, my friend, there are two races of beings. The masses teeming and happy - common clay, if you like - eating, breeding, working, counting… — Jean Anouilh
The character truest to itself becomes eccentric rather than immovably centered, as Emerson defined the noble character of the hero. At the edge, the certainty… — James Hillman
It is not races but individuals that are noble and courageous or ignoble and craven or considerate or persistent or philosophical or reasonable. The race… — Edwin Way Teale

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