Noble Quotes

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When what you read elevates your mind and fills you with noble aspirations, look for no other rule by which to judge a book; it… — Jean de la Bruyere
To express gratitude is gracious and honorable, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live with gratitude ever in our hearts is to… — Thomas S. Monson
Our horizon is the creation of a noble society to which, like the medieval builder of those glorious cathedrals, you will have added your conception,… — Adrienne Clarkson
Thinking gets you nowhere. It may be a fine and noble aid in academic studies, but you can't think your way out of emotional difficulties.… — Etty Hillesum
I too shall lie in the dust when I am dead, but now let me win noble renown. — Homer
Medicine is of all the Arts the most noble; but, owing to the ignorance of those who practice it, and of those who, inconsiderately, form… — Hippocrates
Literature is the most noble of professions. In fact, it is about the only one fit for a man. — Edgar Allan Poe
Descartes constructed as noble a road of science, from the point at which he found geometry to that to which he carried it, as Newton… — Voltaire
As not every instance of similitude can be considered as a proof of imitation, so not every imitation ought to be stigmatised as plagiarism. The… — Samuel Johnson
Innocence in genius, and candor in power, are both noble qualities. — Madame de Stael
So let me put it thus: Hold on to your principles of morality and ethics, use your willpower to the limit, pay great heed to… — David Lloyd-Jones
The viewer who sees only a study in the picture of the glass jug illuminated from behind fails to appreciate the masterly composition, the noble… — Alexander Rodchenko
Enchanted worlds still exist because the child within us never dies. The doorways may be more obscure, but we can still seek them out. There… — Ted Andrews
Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks; methinks… — John Milton
Let us have love and more love; a love that melts all opposition, a love that conquers all foes, a love that sweeps away all… — Abdu'l-BahÃ¡
It is noble in its administration: to think and let think, beyond the narrow contracted prejudices of bitter sectarians in these modern times. It is… — Harry S. Truman
So the nature required to make a really noble Guardian of our commonwealth will be swift and strong, spirited, and philosophic. — Plato
GENEROUS, adj. Originally this word meant noble by birth and was rightly applied to a great multitude of persons. It now means noble by nature… — Ambrose Bierce
As for this young Ali, one cannot but like him. A noble-minded creature, as he shows himself, now and always afterwards; full of affection, of… — Edward Gibbon
The constitution regulates our stewardship; the constitution devotes the domain to union, to justice, to defense, to welfare, and to liberty. But there is a… — William H. Seward
But there is a higher law than the Constitution, which regulates our authority over the domain, and devotes it to the same noble purposes. — William H. Seward
Patience is a noble virtue, and, when rightly exercised, does not fail of its reward. — George Washington
Three cheers for war, noble and beautiful above all. — Benito Mussolini
It's time that we recognized that ours was in truth a noble cause. — Ronald Reagan
Thus the castle of each feudal chieftain became a school of chivalry, into which any noble youth, whose parents were from poverty unable to educate… — Horatio Alger

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