Ancestor Quote by Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

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

The trouble with noble descent is sinful pride.

— Rosie P

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

— Henry David Thoreau

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

— Proverb

There isnt anything noble about being superior to another person. True nobility is in being superior to the person you once were.

— Vampoxxxx

The slight reproach to which the virtue of patriotism is commonly liable, the noble are most likely to incur.

— Henry David Thoreau

The noblest people are those despising wealth, learning, pleasure and life; esteeming above them poverty, ignorance, hardship and death.

— Diogenes

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.

— Ernest Hemingway

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

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“There is nothing noble about being superior to some other person. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self.”

— Robin S. Sharma

If thou takest virtue for the rule of life, and valuest thyself upon acting in all things comfortably thereto, thou wilt have no cause…

— Miguel de Cervantes

“There isn’t anything noble about being superior to another person. True nobility is in being superior to the person you once were.”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour