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Noble Quotes by Michael Josephson
- We judge our own character by our best intentions and most noble acts, but we will be judged by our last worst act.
- No one is born with good character; it's not a hereditary trait. And it isn't determined by a single noble act. Character is established by…
- Ordinary people, even weak people, can do extraordinary things through temporary courage generated by a situation. But the person of character does not need the…
- Its a sign of troubled times when the concept of pressure becomes an acceptable excuse for ethical shortcuts and moral shortcomings. Pressures are just temptations…
More Noble Quotes
- In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the… — Aristotle
- To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does… — Aristotle
- The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the noble sort of natures not to desire… — Aristotle
- In my deepest troubles, I frequently would wrench myself from the persons around me and retire to some secluded part of our… — John James Audubon
- A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower… — Marcus Aurelius
- If Christ Jesus dwells in a man as his friend and noble leader, that man can endure all things, for Christ helps… — Teresa of Avila
- You have to be doing things that matter - responsibility, but also responsibility with epic and beautiful and noble tasks. — Michelle Bachelet
- Ambition it is the last infirmity of noble minds. — James M. Barrie
- Everything that is beautiful and noble is the product of reason and calculation. — Charles Baudelaire
- When someone sets out to be controversial or provocative or shocking as an end in itself, I don't think that's a noble… — Rob Bell
- Sun-worship and pure forms of nature-worship were, in their day, noble religions, highly allegorical but full of profound truth and knowledge. — Annie Besant
- Everyone knows the beautiful story of Abraham and the sacrifice of Isaac. How this noble father led his child to the slaughter;… — Annie Besant