Hardship Quote by Diogenes

The noblest are they who turning from the things the vulgar crave, seek the source of a blessed life in worlds to which the…

— John Lancaster Spalding

It is perhaps common in the world for individuals and nations to suffer for their noble qualities more than for their ignoble ones. For…

— Daniel Patrick Moynihan

Those who foolishly pride themselves on their nobility mistake that which makes them noble, for it is only the virtue of their ancestors that…

— Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

people who pay greater respect to a wealthy villain than to an honest, upright man in poverty, almost deserve to be enslaved; they plainly…

— John Hancock

The nobles and the noble Houses maneuver for advantage. They do things they think will help them, or hurt and enemy, or both. Usually,…

— Robert Jordan

“associate with the noblest of people you can find; read good books; live with the mighty”

— Thomas Davidson

Nobility is defined by the demands it makes on us - by obligations, not by rights. Noblesse oblige. 'To live as one likes is…

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

Those who are nothing particular are noble people. Don't strive - just be ordinary.

— Linji Yixuan

Many speak the truth when they say that they despise riches, but they mean the riches possessed by others.

— Charles Caleb Colton

Believe not much them that seem to despise riches, for they despise them that despair of them.

— Francis Bacon

Nobility is expensive, nonproductive, and parasitic, siphoning away too much of society’s energy to satisfy its frivolous cravings.

— Alan Weisman

There is nothing noble in being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.

— Proverb