Noble Quotes

1309 Noble quotes by 838 unique authors

Where'er a noble deed is wrought, Where'er is spoken a noble thought, Our hearts in glad surprise To higher levels rise. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The desire for fame tempts even noble minds. — Saint Augustine
Learn, earn, return - these are the 3 phases of life. Jack Balousek There is no more noble occupation in the world than to assist… — Alan Loy McGinnis
I sent my ex-husband a bully card: You held hate in one heart and spoke niceties with the other, you laid warm hands upon me… — Jenny Jay
The noble Lord, Lord Harrison, said, 'Fox hunting is cruel and I therefore want it banned.' He went on to discuss the option of controlling… — Unknown Author
Then to side with Truth is noble when we share her wretched crust, Ere her cause bring fame and profit, and 't is prosperous to… — James Russell Lowell
Noble souls, through dust and heat, rise from disaster and defeat the stronger. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Our greatest prejudice is against death. It spans age, gender and race. We spend immeasurable amounts of energy fighting an event that will eventually triumph.… — Unknown Author
One would always want to think of oneself as being on the side of love, ready to recognize it and wish it well -but, when… — Shirley Hazzard
No doubt science cannot admit of compromises, and can only bring out the complete truth. Hence there must be controversy, and the strife may be,… — Rudolf Virchow
[The unreactivity of the noble gas elements] belongs to the surest of experimental results. — Unknown Author
Is the noble Lord aware that, at the age of 80, there are very few pleasures left to me, but one of them is passive… — Unknown Author
The gross perversion and destruction of motherhood by the abortionist filled me with indignation, and awakened active antagonism. That the honorable term 'female physician' should… — Elizabeth Blackwell
Revenge is a common passion; it is the sin of the uninstructed. The savage deems it noble;but the religion of Christ, which is the sublime… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
'Tis more noble to forgive, and more manly to despise, than to revenge an Injury. — Benjamin Franklin
The less men think, the more they talk. — Baron de Montesquieu
In the alchemy of man's soul almost all noble attributes- courage, honor, love, hope, faith, duty, loyalty, and so on - can be transmuted into… — Eric Hoffer
Believe in something big. Your life is worth a noble motive. — Walter Inglis Anderson
A Lady with a Lamp shall stand In the great history of the land, A noble type of good, Heroic womanhood. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
There are many ways to love someone. Sometimes we want love so much, we're not too choosy about who we love. Other times, we make… — Raymond E. Feist
Of all the differences between man and the lower animals, the moral sense or conscience is by far the most important . . . [I]t… — Charles Darwin
I fully subscribe to the judgement of those writers who maintain that of all the differences between man and the lower animal, the moral sense… — Charles Darwin
Good Hamlet, cast thy nighted colour off ... Do not for ever with thy vailed lids Seek for thy noble father in the dust. — William Shakespeare
We were preparing not Peace only, but Eternal Peace. There was about us the halo of some divine mission. We were bent on doing great,… — Harold Nicolson
Commit yourself to the noble struggle for human rights. You will make a greater person of yourself, a greater nation of your country and a… — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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