Noble Quotes

1309 Noble quotes by 838 unique authors

Noble have I created thee, yet thou hast abased thyself. Rise then unto that for which thou wast created. — BahÃ¡'u'llÃ¡h
I believe I've passed the age of consciousness and righteous rage. I've found that just surviving is a noble fight. I once believed in causes… — Billy Joel
Dancing in all its forms cannot be excluded from the curriculum of all noble education; dancing with the feet, with ideas, with words, and, need… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Quickly, the dragon came at him, encouraged As Beowulf fell back; its breath flared, And he suffered, wrapped around in swirling Flames -- a king,… — Burton Raffel
Beloved Beowulf, remember how you boasted, Once, that nothing in the world would ever Destroy your fame; fight to keep it, Now, be strong and… — Burton Raffel
If any man wish to write in a clear style, let him be first clear in his thoughts; and if any would write in a… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I often think that men don't understand what is noble and what is ignorant, though they always talk about it. — Leo Tolstoy
I am sure of this, that by going much alone a man will get more of a noble courage in thought and word than from… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Never underestimate the capacity of noble young men to do incredibly foolish things for perfectly good reasons. — Jennifer Fallon
After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a sumptuous planet, sparkling with color, bountiful with life. Within decades… — Richard Dawkins
For, of course, being a girl, one’s whole dignity and meaning in life consisted in the achievement of an absolute, a perfect, a pure and… — D. H. Lawrence
Your noble friend will not accept pretension but will gently and very firmly confront you with your own blindness. Such friendship is creative and critical;… — John O'Donohue
A noble type of good. Heroic womanhood. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
We do not receive wisdom, we must discover it for ourselves, after a journey through the wilderness which no one else can make for us,… — Marcel Proust
Give expression to the noble desires that lie in your heart. — Gordon B. Hinckley
When someone is crying, of course, the noble thing to do is to comfort them. But if someone is trying to hide their tears, it… — Daniel Handler
Noble and great. Courageous and determined. Faithful and fearless. That is who you are and who you have always been. And understanding it can change… — Sheri L. Dew
Selective ignorance, a cornerstone of child rearing. You don't put kids under surveillance: it might frighten you. Parents should sit tall in the saddle and… — Garrison Keillor
Wisdom is the right application of knowledge; and true education...is the application of knowledge to the development of a noble and Godlike character. — David O. McKay
States' rights, as our forefathers conceived it, was a protection of the right of the individual citizen. Those who preach most frequently about states' rights… — Robert Kennedy
There is a way of losing that is finding. When soul overmasters sense. When the noble and divine self overcomes the lower self. When duty… — Joshua Chamberlain
love as a passion—it is our European specialty—must absolutely be of noble origin; as is well known, its invention is due to the Provencal poet-cavaliers,… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Life is too bitter already, without territories and wars and noble feuds — T.H. White
Everyday courage has few witnesses. But yours is no less noble because no drum beats for you and no crowds shout your name. — Robert Louis Stevenson
Roxane: His face is like yours, burning with spirit and imagination. He is proud and noble and young and fearless and beautiful- Cyrano:(losing all his… — Edmond Rostand

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