Noble Quotes

1309 Noble quotes by 838 unique authors

It's been written that the most sublime figure in American history was George Washington on his knees in the snow at Valley Forge. He personified… — Ronald Reagan
It will be forgotten, on the one hand, that jealousy is the usual concomitant of violent love, and that the noble enthusiasm of liberty is… — Alexander Hamilton
But the fact being once established, that the press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood, I leave to others to restore it to… — Thomas Jefferson
George, your reckless and wanton foreign policies killed my son, Spc. Casey Austin Sheehan, in the illegal and unjust war on Iraq. Helping to bring… — Cindy Sheehan
Recollect that the Almighty, who gave the dog to be companion of our pleasures and our toils, hath invested him with a nature noble and… — Walter Scott
Live up to the best that is in you: Live noble lives, as you all may, in whatever condition you may find yourselves. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man, and never fails to see a bad one. He is the human… — Henry Ward Beecher
As noble Art has survived noble nature, so too she marches ahead of it, fashioning and awakening by her inspiration. Before Truth sends her triumphant… — Friedrich Schiller
Be NOBLE! and the nobleness that liesIn other men, sleeping, but never dead,Will rise in majesty to meet thine own. — James Russell Lowell
All that is noble is in itself of a quiet nature, and appears to sleep until it is aroused and summoned forth by contrast. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
If you wish to make a man look noble, your best course is to kill him. What superiority he may have inherited from his race,… — Alexander Smith
Nurses quietly go about their work in a noble profession, uncelebrated soldiers toiling through the days and nights in service to the sick, the injured… — Steve Lopez
Every person has a longing to be significant; to make a contribution; to be a part of something noble and purposeful. — John C. Maxwell
Deep, solemn optimism, it seems to me, should spring from this firm belief in the presence of God in the individual; not a remote, unapproachable… — Helen Keller
From yon blue heavens above us bent The gardener Adam and his wife Smile at the claims of long descent. Howe'er it be, it seems… — Alfred Lord Tennyson
The noble simplicity in the works of nature only too often originates in the noble shortsightedness of him who observes it. — Georg C. Lichtenberg
As the war was just in its origin and necessary and noble in its objects, we can reflect with a proud satisfaction that in carrying… — James Madison
All I want to do is hit someone in the mouth. It's a whole lot easier than working for a living. Don't make anything noble… — Randall Cobb
I like cars that are ahead of their times, and that were noble failures because they were built to a higher standard than the consumer… — Jay Leno
Humans can be noble. The question is: Will we put forth what is necessary? — Keith Raniere
Most book things now (with a few exceptions) are just built around nice, safe books written for nice and safe book club readers. These are… — Scott McClanahan
Through books you will meet poets and novelists whose creations will fire your imagination. You will meet the great thinkers who will share with you… — Neil Armstrong
Sometimes it’s more noble to tell a small lie than to deliver a painful truth. — Robin Williams
I would say that among my many huge emotional miscalculations was my taking a film career for granted. It is the most awesome privilege to… — Robert Downey, Jr.
Collage is the noble conquest of the irrational, the coupling of two realities, irreconcilable in appearance, upon a plane which apparently does not suit them. — Max Ernst

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