Noble Quotes

1309 Noble quotes by 838 unique authors

It is meant that noble minds keep ever with their likes; for who so firm that cannot be seduced. — William Shakespeare
It is with noble sentiments that bad literature gets written. — Andre Gide
A state is not a mere society, having a common place, established for the prevention of mutual crime and for the sake of exchange. .… — Aristotle
It is noble to teach oneself; it is still nobler to teach others. — Mark Twain
The life of man is made up of action and endurance; the life is fruitful in the ratio in which it is laid out in… — Henry Parry Liddon
Do noble things, not dream them all day long: And so make Life, Death, and the vast Forever one grand, sweet song. — Charles Kingsley
It is only after an unknown number of unrecorded labors, after a host of noble hearts have succumbed in discouragement, convinced that their cause is… — Francois Guizot
Greediness consists in ravishing the goods of another through violence or cunning, as in the two noble professions of the conqueror and courtier. But the… — Augustin Thierry
No one is an unjust villain in his own mind. Even - perhaps even especially those who are the worst of us. Some of the… — Jim Butcher
For what purpose humanity is there should not even concern us: why you are here, that you should ask yourself: and if you have no… — Friedrich Nietzsche
The lie is so vile, that even if it were in speaking well of godly things, it would take off something from God's grace; and… — Leonardo da Vinci
Anger is a more noble emotion than indifference. — Terry Rossio
When mourning the loss of our departed friends, I cannot help but think that in every death there is a birth; the spirit leaves the… — Wilford Woodruff
There are only two noble pursuits in life: knowledge and love. — Carlos Salinas de Gortari
For words divide and rend But silence is most noble till the end. — Algernon Charles Swinburne
It would be a wonderful experience to stand there in those enchanted surroundings and hear Shakespeare and Milton and Bunyan read from their noble works.… — Unknown Author
She knew that the horse, born to serve nobly, had waited in vain for someone noble to serve. His spirit knew that nobility had gone… — D. H. Lawrence
Well could he ride, and often men would say, "That horse his mettle from his rider takes: Proud of subjection, noble by the sway, What… — William Shakespeare
...Vaulted with such ease into his seat, As if an angel dropp'd down from the clouds, To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus, And witch… — William Shakespeare
Think truly, and thy thoughts shall the world's famine feed. Speak truly, and each word of thine Shall be a fruitful seed. Live truly, and… — Horatius Bonar
You who prattle that morality is social and that man would need no morality on a desert island - it is on a desert island… — Ayn Rand
[Why] should not the Bible regain the place it once held as a school book? Its morals are pure, its examples captivating and noble. The… — Fisher Ames
Let the American youth never forget, that they possess a noble inheritance, bought by the toils, and sufferings, and blood of their ancestors; and capacity,… — Joseph Story
I also believe this blessed land was set apart in a very special way, a country created by men and women who came here not… — Ronald Reagan
Our cause is noble; it is the cause of mankind! — George Washington

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