Noblest Quotes

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At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs. He most lives who thinks… — Philip James Bailey
The noblest spirit is most strongly attracted by the love of glory. — James A. Baldwin
America's support for human rights and democracy is our noblest export to the world. — William Bennett
We have no right to pick out all that is noblest and fairest in man, to project these qualities into space, and to call them… — Annie Besant
Father asked us what was God's noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad, but babies never are. — Louisa May Alcott
The love of beauty in its multiple forms is the noblest gift of the human cerebrum. — Alexis Carrel
Pity is one of the noblest emotions available to human beings; self-pity is possibly the most ignoble . . . . [It] is an incapacity,… — Eugene H. Peterson
Friendship above all ties does bind the heart; And faith in friendship is the noblest part. — Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery
It is proper to take alarm at the first experiment on our liberties. We hold this prudent jealousy to be the first duty of citizens… — James Madison
Were not the disadvantages of slavery too obvious to stand in need of it, I might enumerate and describe the tedious train of calamities inseparable… — Alexander Hamilton
Prayer is the supreme activity of all that is noblest in our personality, and the essential nature of prayer is faith. — Oswald Chambers
Mourning is one of the most profound human experiences that it is possible to have... The deep capacity to weep for the loss of a… — Edwin S. Shneidman
The end of man is action, and not thought, though it be of the noblest. — Thomas Carlyle
Ah, to build, to build! That is the noblest art of all the arts. Painting and sculpture are but images, Are merely shadows cast by… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Comrades ! You have voluntarily accepted a mission that is the noblest that the human mind can conceive of. For the fulfillment of such a… — Subhas Chandra Bose
God hides some ideal in every human soul. At some time in our life we feel a trembling, fearful longing to do some good thing.… — Robert Collyer
The noblest question in the world is: 'What good may I do in it?' — Benjamin Franklin
Great minds tend toward banality. It is the noblest effort of individualism. But it implies a sort of modesty, which is so rare that it… — Andre Gide
You may have the loftiest goals, the highest ideals, the noblest dreams, but remember this nothing works unless you do. — Nido R Qubein

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