Noble Quotes

1309 Noble quotes by 838 unique authors

Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop. — Tacitus
In my time, we served with noble and ethical leaders: Gerry Ford, Bob Michael, John Rhodes, men of impeccable honesty. We didn't have anybody locked… — Pete McCloskey
We thank thee for this opportunity to show our love for these heroes who have accomplished such wonders for the beloved United States, which was… — Lorenzo Snow
About the twenty-third year of my age, I had many fresh and heavenly openings, in respect to the care and providence of the Almighty over… — John Woolman
Music can noble hints impart, Engender fury, kindle love, With unsuspected eloquence can move, And manage all the man with secret art. — Joseph Addison
We may not know whether our understanding is correct, or whether our sentiments are noble, but the air of the day surrounds us like spring… — Abraham Joshua Heschel
I do not remember having felt, as a boy, any passion for mathematics, and such notions as I may have had of the career of… — G. H. Hardy
An artist need not be a minister or a collector in church, but he must have a warm heart for people, and I find it… — Vincent Van Gogh
Those who are socially inclined will find a new power to help humanity through the lessons of books written by noble and gifted people. — Paramahansa Yogananda
The fact is, that among his hunters at least, the whale would by all hands be considered a noble dish, were there not so much… — Herman Melville
The night crept on apace, the moon went down, the stars grew pale and dim, and morning, cold as they, slowly approached. Then, from behind… — Charles Dickens
Another nation is made out to be utterly depraved and fiendish, while one's own nation stands for everything that is good and noble. Every action… — Erich Fromm
The pursuit of perfection always implies a definite aristocracy, which is as much a goal of effort as a noble philosophy, an august civil polity… — Ralph Adams Cram
Were the talents and virtues which heaven has bestowed on men given merely to make them more obedient drudges, to be sacrificed to the follies… — Samuel Adams
No matter how noble the original intentions, the seductions of power can turn any movement from one seeking equal rights to one that would deny… — Tammy Bruce
In a mucked up lovely river, I cast my little fly. I look at that river and smell it And it makes me want to… — Greg Brown
In our behavior, in the words we write and speak, we can become ambassadors of God's inspiration. Whenever we strive to lift up others in… — Wilferd Peterson
Noble be man, helpful and good! — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Look around you. Your world-hosts are all in mutiny, in confusion, destitution; on the eve of fiery wreck and madness! They will not march farther… — Thomas Carlyle
What dangers you run, O noble souls! Often, you give your heart, but we take only your body. Your heart is left to you and… — Victor Hugo
In other words, although I don't like them, we do need noble-spirited souls. — Umberto Eco
Whatever is rightly done, however humble, is noble. (Quidvis recte factum quamvis humile praeclarum.) — Henry Royce
Thus, the word is more essential than cement. Thus, the word is not a small nothing. In this manner, noble people begin to grow, and… — Nadezhda Tolokonnikova
Listen to us rather than to Arkady Mamontov talking about us. Don't twist and distort everything we say. Let us enter into dialogue and contact… — Nadezhda Tolokonnikova
If we state the function of man to be a certain kind of life, and this to be an activity or actions of the soul… — Aristotle

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