Noble Quotes

1309 Noble quotes by 838 unique authors

Sensible men show their sense by saying much in few words. If noble actions are the substance of life, good sayings are its ornament and… — Charles Simmons
When the healthy nature of man acts as a whole, when he feels himself to be in the world as in a great, beautiful, noble,… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
One is astonished in the study of history at the recurrence of the idea that evil must be forgotten, distorted, skimmed over. We must not… — W. E. B. Du Bois
To realize that our knowledge is ignorance, This is a noble insight. To regard our ignorance as knowledge, This is mental sickness. Only when we… — Laozi
There are many possibilities that people can choose from. There are bad and there are good ones. So, look carefully to choose for yourself the… — Vladimir Aleksandrovich Antonov
This Bouillabaisse a noble dish is - A sort of soup or broth, or brew, Or hotchpotch of all sorts of fishes, That Greenwich never… — William Makepeace Thackeray
...We are intensely proud of their noble record and are glad to have had the whole world see how irresistible they are in their might… — Woodrow Wilson
It is quite gratifying to feel guilty if you haven't done anything wrong: how noble! Whereas it is rather hard and certainly depressing to admit… — Hannah Arendt
He is not dead who departs from life with a high and noble fame; but he is dead, even while living, whose brow is branded… — Johann Ludwig Tieck
Through nonviolent resistance the Negro will be able to rise to the noble height of opposing the unjust system while loving the perpetrators of the… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
For truth itself does not have the privilege to be employed at any time and in every way; its use, noble as it is, has… — Michel de Montaigne
Do not think it wasted time to submit yourself to any influence that will bring upon you any noble feeling. — John Ruskin
All men and women have passions, natural desires and noble ambitions, and also a conscience; they have sex, hunger, fear, anger, and are subject to… — Lin Yutang
Politics? Boring? Politics is history on the wing! What other sphere of human activity calls forth all that is most noble in men's souls, and… — Robert Harris
Vision is the Source and hope of life. The greatest gift ever given to mankind is not the gift of sight, but the gift of vision. Sight… — Myles Munroe
Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old, and when you do you'll fantasize that when you were… — Mary Schmich
I have no prouder boast to say I am Irish and have been privileged to fight for the Irish people and for Ireland. If I… — Unknown Author
There is one kind of charity common enough among us... It is that patchwork philanthropy which clothes the ragged, feeds the poor, and heals the… — Jamsetji Tata
Journalism was looked upon as a more noble thing than it is now. I don't know if it carries the same cachet that it did… — Pat Oliphant
By being so long in the lowest form [at Harrow] I gained an immense advantage over the cleverer boys. . . . I got into… — Winston Churchill
No speech can stain what is noble by nature. — Sophocles
The horse is flesh and blood on a noble scale — Unknown Author
Steadfastness is a noble quality, but unguided by knowledge or humility, it becomes rashness, or obstinacy. — Aaron Swartz
All the good, fine, noble, and creative acts of humanity were conceived as a spark in a single human consciousness. — Peter McWilliams
When I consider that the noble animals have been exterminated here - the cougar, panther, lynx, wolverine, wolf, bear, moose, deer, the beaver, the turkey,… — Henry David Thoreau

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