Noble Quotes

1309 Noble quotes by 838 unique authors

Through this same man and me hath all this war been wrought, and the death of the most noblest knights of the world; for through… — Thomas Malory
In the name of noble purposes men have committed unspeakable acts of cruelty against one another. — J. William Fulbright
Again I entered my smithy to work and forge something from the noble material of time past. — Jean Froissart
The cry comes from the friends of the school-room, from those who would give the State a strong, great, noble citizenship, for protection from the… — Thomas Jordan Jarvis
The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it. — Marcus Aurelius
It is better by noble boldness to run the risk of being subject to half the evils we anticipate than to remain in cowardly listlessness… — Herodotus
Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die, but long after we are… — Daniel Burnham
All which is beautiful and noble is the result of reason and calculation. — Charles Baudelaire
The Englishman never enjoys himself except for a noble purpose. — A. P. Herbert
I think that is a noble goal that all of us should seek, to end wars and prevent wars as much as possible. — Michael Mullen
Though the male can be noble in reason and infinite in faculties, he is also easily amused by shiny toys, especially ones that do dumb… — Patricia Marx
Hero-worship in the sense of expressing our unbound admiration is one thing. To obey the hero is a totally different kind of worship. There is… — B R Ambedkar
What is Truth? Truth is something so noble that if God could turn aside from it, I would keep the Truth and turn aside from… — Unknown Author
The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think - rather to improve our minds, so as… — Unknown Author
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
I am absolutely convinced that no wealth in the world can help humanity forward, even in the hands of the most devoted worker. The example… — Albert Einstein
Give me work to do, Give me health, Give me joy in simple things, Give me an eye for beauty, A tongue for truth, A… — Unknown Author
God has put somrthing noble and good into every heart His hand created. — Mark Twain
If our greatest hungers were to be granted as easily as our bodily needs, we certainly would never be able to achieve the noble feelings… — Anne Austin
Unless we change our ways and our direction, our greatness as a nation will soon be a footnote in the history books, a distant memory… — Margaret Thatcher
To feel greatly, and understand greatly, and express greatly, the natural Beauty, is the sole business of poetry. The rest's diversion: those holy or noble… — Robinson Jeffers
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
Where all think alike, no one thinks very much — Walter Lippmann
To read well, that is, to read true books in a true spirit, is a noble exercise, and one that will task the reader more… — Henry David Thoreau
Infatuation is when you think he's as sexy as Robert Redford, as smart as Henry Kissinger, as noble as Ralph Nader, as funny as Woody… — Judith Viorst

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