Noble Quotes

To do nothing by halves is the way of noble spirits.

Literature is the most noble of professions. In fact, it is about the only one fit for a man.

Magnanimity is sufficiently defined by its name, nevertheless one can say it is the good sense of pride, the most noble way of receiving praise.

For my part I consider the earth very noble and admirable precisely because of the diverse alterations, changes, generations, etc. that occur in it incessantly.

Our minds are finite and far from noble. Knowing their limits can help us to become better reasoners.

Following the Noble Path is like entering a dark room with a light in the hand; the darkness will all be cleared away, and the room will be filled with light.

The essence of art that is at all noble is the DREAM, and this dream dwells only upon what is distant, absent, vanished, unattainable.

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

What makes poetry? A full heart, brimful of one noble passion.

All that is noble is in itself of a quiet nature, and appears to sleep until it is aroused and summoned forth by contrast.

It is the minority that has stood in the vain of every moral conflict, and achieved all that is noble in the history of the world.

I'm not an expert on Islam, but I think there are lots of noble religions whose basic principles could stand considerably more observation in the world of business.

I believe we are most likely to succeed when ambition is focused on noble and worthy purposes and outcomes rather than on goals set out of selfishness.

Silence is sometimes more significant and sublime than the most noble and most expressive eloquence, and is on many occasions the indication of a great mind.

I am going to enjoy life in Paris I know. It is so human and there is something noble in the city... It is a real city, old and fine and life plays in it for everybody to see.

Principles are like prayers; noble, of course, but awkward at a party.

Our generation must fulfill the most noble of duties by ensuring the survival of future generations through the most basic of survival mechanisms - adaptation.

Did I not tell you earlier that a Jew is such a noble, precious jewel that God and all the angels dance when he farts?

I should like, if I could, to leave a humble gift -- a bit of chaste prose that had caught up some noble moods.

Give a man a noble cause and he would fight to the death for what he believed in,but get the woman he loves to leave him and his once honourable principles would cease to be quite so important.

Nothing can be fairer, or more noble, than the holy fervor of true zeal.

There are tonalities which are noble and others which are vulgar, harmonies which are calm or consoling, and others which are exciting because of their boldness.

A noble space, unlike any other of our time, for it is both strong and delicate. It seems to call at once for a Boeing 747 and for a string quartet.

To think truly is noble and to be deceived is base.

If we are going to live as disciples of Jesus, we have to remember that all noble things are difficult.

I'm not trying to be noble. I'm afraid. And the idea of having more love than I've ever had-- and knowing I might never have it again-- that scares me worse than anything.

I have a noble history of being rejected by a lot of places, only to discover that the one that finally lets me in is in fact the perfect fit.

Hidden behind the facade of pompous jargon and noble affections, there is more sheer larceny per square foot on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange than any place else in the world.

The only noble thing a man can do with money is to build a schooner.

It's time that we recognized that ours was in truth a noble cause.

The great lesson of biography is to show what man can be and do at his best. A noble life put fairly on record acts like an inspiration to others.

The noble people will be nobly ruled, and the ignorant and corrupt ignobly.

The task must be made difficult, for only the difficult inspires the noble-hearted.

A politician is forced to make a habit of noble phrases and optimistic lies. In the end they infect himself.

I won a noble fame; But with a sudden frown, The people snatched my crown, And, in the mire, trod down My lofty name.

Chill penury repress'd their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul.

But knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er unroll; Chill Penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul.

The onward march of the human race requires that the heights around it constantly blaze with noble lessons of courage. Deeds of daring dazzle history and form one of man's guiding lights.

History is the necessary food of good and noble sentiments. It ought to give us at once humility and confidence in the face of greatness.

God took pattern after a pine tree and built you noble.

I envy not in any moods The captive void of noble rage, The linnet born within the cage, That never knew the summer woods.

A comely female inhabiting the Mohammedan Paradise to make things cheery for the good Mussulman, whose belief in her existence marks a noble discontent with his earthly spouse, whom he denies a soul.

Sun-worship and pure forms of nature-worship were, in their day, noble religions, highly allegorical but full of profound truth and knowledge.

Three cheers for war, noble and beautiful above all.

There are only two noble pursuits in life: knowledge and love.

Beauty is spoiled by an immoral nature; noble birth by bad conduct; learning, without being perfected; and wealth by not being properly utilised.

Boldness in the course of a noble fight is worth the risk... If you stand on truth, you'll only regret your timidity later, but you'll never regret being bold.

Life is indeed either a rich possession or a poor, according as it is made subservient to noble aims or ignoble pleasures.

Elephants suffer from too much patience. Their exhibitions of it may seem superb,-such power and such restraint, combined, are noble,-but a quality carried to excess defeats itself.

The surest proof of being endowed with noble qualities is to be free from envy.