Noble Quotes
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The Englishman never enjoys himself except for a noble purpose.
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A state is not a mere society, having a common place, established for the prevention of mutual crime and for the sake of exchange.... Political society exists for the sake of noble actions, and not of mere companionship.
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I'm sorry my existence is not very noble or sublime.
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Friends are an aid to the young, to guard them from error; to the elderly, to attend to their wants and to supplement their failing power of action; to those in the prime of life, to assist them to noble deeds.
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Medicine is of all the Arts the most noble; but, owing to the ignorance of those who practice it, and of those who, inconsiderately, form a judgment of them, it is at present behind all the arts.
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A courageous person is one who faces fearful things as he ought and as reason directs for the sake of what is noble.
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Pleasure causes us to do base actions and pain causes us to abstain from doing noble actions.
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Boxing is a noble sport.
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We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.
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Have all the hopes of ages come to naught? Is life no more with noble meaning fraught?
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To generous souls every task is noble.
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I have a noble body. It adapts to all I ask of it.
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Eroticism is first and foremost a thirst for otherness. And the supernatural is the supreme otherness. This is perhaps the most noble aim of poetry, to attach ourselves to the world around us, to turn desire into love, to embrace, finally what always evades us, what is beyond, but what is always there – the unspoken, the spirit, the soul.
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An Englishman never enjoys himself, except for a noble purpose.
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Serial killers are everywhere! Well, perhaps not in our neighborhood, but on our television screens, at the movie theatres, and in rows and rows of books at our local Borders or Barnes and Noble Booksellers.
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Though the male can be noble in reason and infinite in faculties, he is also easily amused by shiny toys, especially ones that do dumb things on his desk.
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Numerous are the academic professors, but rare are wise and noble teachers.
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Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
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There is a serene and settled majesty to woodland scenery that enters into the soul and delights and elevates it, and fills it with noble inclinations.
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I don't find anyone more noble than Jesus.
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Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks; methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam.
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Hearts are the strongest when they beat in response to noble ideals.
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Learn Arabic, for it strengthens the intelligence and increases one’s noble conduct (al-murû`ah).
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Only the noble of heart are called to difficulty.
