Noble Quotes

1309 Noble quotes by 838 unique authors

Do not feed children on maudlin sentimentalism or dogmatic religion; give them nature... Do not terrify them in early life with the fear of an… — Luther Burbank
The octave formed a circle and gave our noble earth its form. — Pythagoras
I never have held death in contempt, though in the course of my explorations I have oftentimes felt that to meet one's fate on a… — John Muir
Do there exist many worlds, or is there but a single world? This is one of the most noble and exalted questions in the study… — Albertus Magnus
The battle we have fought, and are still fighting for the forests is a part of the eternal conflict between right and wrong, and we… — John Muir
Life is the application of noble and profound ideas to life. — Matthew Arnold
I am no more proud of my career as an athlete than I am of the fact that I am a direct descendant of that… — Jim Thorpe
In short, the Gaon was a one-sided, severe ascetic, and would never have deserved the title of a good father, a good husband, an amiable… — Solomon Schechter
Forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future. Give everyone a smile. Spend so much time improving… — Norman Vincent Peale
You, our youth of today, are among the most illustrious spirits to be born into mortality in any age of the world. Yours is a… — Harold B. Lee
Age's terms of peace, after the long interlude of war with life, have still to be concluded-Youth must keep decently away-so many old wounds may… — Eugene O'Neill
The grand stye arises in poetry, when a noble nature, poetically gifted, treats with simplicity or with severity a serious subject. — Matthew Arnold
I believe that you and I - and everyone we'll ever meet - has the inborn capacity to be heroic, to take daring, courageous, and… — Tony Robbins
In a state of tranquility, wealth, and luxury, our descendants would forget the arts of war and the noble activity and zeal which made their… — Samuel Adams
Your life is like a book. The title page is your name, the preface your introductions to the world. The pages are a daily record… — Grenville Kleiser
A noble truth is a sacred creed. — Bob Dylan
It doesn't matter how bad things are, something good could happen always. And it doesn't matter how many excuses you have for behaving in an… — Viggo Mortensen
Sure, love vincit omnia; is immeasurably above all ambition, more precious than wealth, more noble than name. He knows not life who knows not that:… — William Makepeace Thackeray
I ask you all so earnestly to open girl's schools in every village and try to uplift them. If the Conditions of women are raised,… — Swami Vivekananda
If we make up our minds that this is a drab and purposeless universe, it will be that, and nothing else. On the other hand,… — Helen Keller
There still shines the most important nuance by virtue of which the noble felt themselves to be men of a higher rank. They designate themselves… — Friedrich Nietzsche
While every noble morality develops from a triumphant affirmation of itself, slave morality from the outset says No to what is "outside," what is "different,"… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Life is indeed either a rich possession or a poor, according as it is made subservient to noble aims or ignoble pleasures. — Christian Nestell Bovee
Every noble life becomes a revelation of the spirit which the love and joy of mankind cannot let perish from remembrance. — Amos Bronson Alcott
I sat day after day in my little room, waiting for inspiration to visit me, trying to invent a pseudonym that would express, in a… — Romain Gary

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