Noblest Quotes

298 quotes by 240 authors

The more we know about this universe, the more mysterious it is. The old world that Job knew was marvelous enough, and his description of… — Harry Emerson Fosdick
Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction. — Simone Weil
However horrible the incidents of war may be, the soldier who is called upon to offer and to give his life for his country is… — Douglas MacArthur
From scenes like these old Scotia's grandeur springs, That makes her loved at home, revered abroad: Princes and lords are but the breath of kings,… — Robert Burns
Human beings seem to be a poor invention. If they are the noblest works of God where is the ignoblest? — Mark Twain
The whole drift of our law is toward the absolute prohibition of all ideas that diverge in the slightest form from the accepted platitudes, and… — H. L. Mencken
God's noblest work. Man who found it out? Man. — Mark Twain
No science is speedily learned by the noblest genius without tuition. — Isaac Watts
I am for liberty of conscience in its noblest, broadest, and highest sense. But I cannot give liberty of conscience to the pope and his… — Abraham Lincoln
Sympathy for the lowest animals is one of the noblest virtues with which man is endowed. — Charles Darwin
This position will not be disputed, so long as it is admitted that the desire of reward is one of the strongest incentives of human… — Alexander Hamilton
Do not think me mad. It is not to make money that I believe a Christian should live. The noblest thing a man can do… — David Livingstone
We are all excited by the love of praise, and the noblest are most influenced by glory. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The highest spiritual quality, the noblest property of mind a man can have, is this of loyalty. — Algernon Charles Swinburne
Loyalty in time of need is possibly one of the noblest of victories a courtier can win over himself. — Honore de Balzac
I paint ideas, not things. My intention is less to paint works that are pleasing to the eye than to suggest great thoughts which will… — George Frederic Watts
Tea is a work of art and needs a master hand to bring out its noblest qualities. We have good and bad teas, as we… — Okakura Kakuzo
Mourn not for the vanished ages with their grand, heroic men, who dwell in history's pages and live in the poets pen for the grandest… — Ella Wheeler Wilcox
This is a wonderful time to be living here on earth. Our opportunities are limitless. While there are some things wrong in the world today,… — Thomas S. Monson
However much I may sympathise with and admire worthy motives, I am an uncompromising opponent of violent methods even to serve the noblest of causes. — Mahatma Gandhi

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