Noble Quotes

1309 Noble quotes by 838 unique authors

A noble person is mindful and thankful for the favors he receives from others. — Gautama Buddha
Those who are nothing particular are noble people. Don't strive - just be ordinary. — Linji Yixuan
Every noble work is bound to face problems and obstacles. It is important to check your goal and motivation thoroughly. One should be very truthful,… — Dalai Lama
Whoever makes love grow boundless, and sets his mind for seeing the end of birth, his fetters are worn thin. If he loves even a… — Gautama Buddha
He who harms living beings is, for that reason, not an ariya (a Noble One); he who does not harm any living being is called… — Gautama Buddha
Bring your mind to noble silence. Unify your mind in noble silence. Concentrate your mind in noble silence... Enter into rapture and pleasure born of… — Gautama Buddha
Hereditary honors are a noble and a splendid treasure to descendants. — Plato
The honour of parents is a fair and noble treasure to their posterity, but to have the use of a treasure of wealth and honour,… — Plato
When a man has pity on all living creatures then only is he noble. — Gautama Buddha
Know you that Allah has made Islam the most sublime path for attainment of His supreme pleasure and the highest standards of his worship and… — Ali ibn Abi Talib
Following the Noble Path is like entering a dark room with a light in the hand; the darkness will all be cleared away, and the… — Gautama Buddha
Use your gifts well and you will discover others, among them a gift that is uniquely you. See these noble gifts in other people. Share… — Charlene Costanzo
. . . the triumph of my art is in thoroughly examining whether the thought which the mind of the young man brings forth is… — Plato
Trees bend low with ripened fruit; clouds hang down with gentle rain; noble people bow graciously. This is the way of generous things. — Bhartrhari
The disposition of noble dogs is to be gentle with people they know and the opposite with those they don't know...How, then, can the dog… — Plato
No artist work is so high, so noble, so grand, so enduring, so important for all time, as the making of character is a child. — Charlotte Saunders Cushman
The crusades of Vietnam and Watergate seemed like a good idea at the time, even a noble one, not only to the press but perhaps… — Howard Fineman
We need to be clear that there is no such thing as giving up one's privilege to be 'outside' the system. ONE IS ALWAYS IN… — Unknown Author
Prosperity has this property; it puffs up narrow souls, makes them imagine themselves high and mighty, and leads them to look down upon the world… — Plutarch
A noble hunger, long unsatisfied, met at last its proper food. — C.S. Lewis

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