Ballet Quote by Kevin McKenzie

A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Noble passions are like vices: the more they are satisfied, the greater they grow, Mothers and gamblers are insatiable.

— Honore de Balzac

Nobleness was one word for making a fuss about the trivial inevitabilities of life, but there were others.

— Douglas Adams

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

To appreciate the noble is a gain which can never be torn from us.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Perhaps it is our obligation to be noble before it is our obligation to be happy.

— Kathleen McGowan

Noblesse oblige; or, superior advantages bind you to larger generosity.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

To be faithful to your instincts and the impulses that carry you in the direction of the excellence you most desire and value ...…

— George Edward Woodberry

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

When a noble deed is done, who is likely to appreciate it? They who are noble themselves.

— Henry David Thoreau

Nobility means strength of character, a word of honor, immovability and mind over matter.

— Anonymous

It is noble in its administration: to think and let think, beyond the narrow contracted prejudices of bitter sectarians in these modern times. It…

— Harry S. Truman