Noble Quotes

1309 Noble quotes by 838 unique authors

It is a fair, even-handed, noble adjustment of things, that while there is infection in disease and sorrow, there is nothing in the world so… — Charles Dickens
There's no guarantee that justice will win out or that a noble sacrifice will make any difference. But when it does, there's something that still… — Brent Weeks
The nobles and the noble Houses maneuver for advantage. They do things they think will help them, or hurt and enemy, or both. Usually, it's… — Robert Jordan
Noble dragons don't have friends. The nearest they can get to the idea is an enemy who is still alive. — Terry Pratchett
Equality before the law is probably forever unattainable. It is a noble ideal, but it can never be realized, for what men value in this… — H. L. Mencken
You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
How noble and good everyone could be if, every evening before falling asleep, they were to recall to their minds the events of the whole… — Anne Frank
A beggar's book outworths a noble's blood. — William Shakespeare
That night Demosthenes published a scathing denunciation of the population limitation laws. People should be allowed to have as many children as they like, and… — Orson Scott Card
We remain a young nation, but in the words of Scripture, the time has come to set aside childish things. The time has come to… — Barack Obama
It is at despair at not being able to be noble and beautiful by natural means that we have made up our faces so strangely. — Charles Baudelaire
...it was the arts, those noble expressions of the human spirit that are communicated through literature, dance, song, film, drama, painting and sculpture, among the… — Bill Cosby
Let us be those creative dissenters who will call our beloved nation to a higher destiny. To a new plateau of compassion, to a more… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Templeton was down there now, rummaging around. When he returned to the barn, he carried in his mouth an advertisement he had torn from a… — Elwyn Brooks White
Be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. Talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person you meet. Make all your friends… — Norman Vincent Peale
I am not always good and noble. I am the hero of this story, but I have my off moments. — P.G. Wodehouse
Being a writer is part of a noble tradition, as is being a musician – the last egalitarian and open associations. No matter what happens… — Anne Lamott
Man indeed is the most noble, by creation, of all the creatures in the visible World; but by sin he has made himself the most… — John Bunyan
It didn't make you noble to step away from something that wasn't working, even if you thought you were the reason for the malfunction. Especially… — Sarah Dessen
Love is not popular. Not noble. . . not love, no reward. Trust love. Is not love. Trust yourself. — Ibi Kaslik
My son, be worthy of your noble name, worthily borne by your ancestors for over five hundred years. Remember it’s by courage, and courage alone,… — Alexandre Dumas
I had always found comfort in the leaves, in their silence. They were like a parchment that holds words of wisdom. Simply holding them in… — Silas House
The task must be made difficult, for only the difficult inspires the noble-hearted. — Soren Kierkegaard
To do good is noble. To tell others to do good is even nobler and much less trouble. — Mark Twain
Money is a needful and precious thing, and when well used, a noble thing, but I never want you to think it is the first… — Louisa May Alcott

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