Quotes about noble
noble way steps
It didn't make you noble to step away from something that wasn't working, even if you thought you were the reason for the malfunction. Especially then. It just made you a quitter. Because if you were the problem, chances were you could also be the solution. The only way to find out was to take another shot. Sarah Dessen
noble christ buyers
He who duly esteemeth Christ, is a noble bidder, and so a noble and liberal buyer. Samuel Rutherford
noble lapland norway
Norway, too, has noble prospects; and Lapland is remarkable for prodigious noble wild prospects. But, Sir, let me tell you, the noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees is the high road that leads him to England! Samuel Johnson
noble helping tradition
Our American tradition of neighbor helping neighbor has always been one of our greatest strengths and most noble traditions. Ronald Reagan
noble facts toil
In all my work I like to convey the fact that I like cooks, that it's noble toil and that it is hard. Rocco DiSpirito
noble way facts
Noble acts and momentous events happen in the same way and produce the same impression as the ordinary facts. Roberto Rossellini
noble accents rhythm
I know noble accents And lucid, inescapable rhythms; But I know, too, That the blackbird is involved In what I know. Wallace Stevens
noble wealth descent
Noble descent and worth, unless united with wealth, are esteemed no more than seaweed. Horace
noble ifs
We become like that which we love. If we love what is base, we become base; but if we love what is noble, we become noble. Fulton J. Sheen
noble earth etc
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. Galileo Galilei
noble spirit duty
If the duties before us be not noble, let us ennoble them by doing them in a noble spirit; we become reconciled to life if we live in the spirit of Him who reconciled the life of God with the lowly duties of servants. Frederick William Robertson
noble body bursting
This noble body, equipped with everything necessary, almost to the point of bursting, also appeared to carry freedom around with it. Franz Kafka
noble plant
A noble plant suites not with a stubborne ground. George Herbert
noble killing absurd
Only sterility is noble and dignified. Only killing what never was is elevated and perverse and absurd. Fernando Pessoa
noble shy knows
It is noble to be shy, illustrious not to know how to act, great not to have a gift for living.
noblemen rewards cleanliness
I'll follow, as they say, for reward. He that rewards me, God reward him. If I do grow great, I'll grow less; for I'll purge, and leave sack, and live cleanly, as a nobleman should do. Francis Bacon
noble vengeance scorn
In high vengeance there is noble scorn. George Eliot
noble trustworthy form
Every one of these hundreds of millions of human beings is in some form seeking happiness.... Not one is altogether noble nor altogether trustworthy nor altogether consistent; and not one is altogether vile.... Not a single one but has at some time wept. H. G. Wells
noble bold-actions fortune
Noble bold is an accident of fortune; noble actions characterize the great. [It., Il sangue nobile e un accidente della fortuna; le azioni nobili caratterizzano il grande.] Carlo Goldoni
noble holy zeal
Nothing can be fairer, or more noble, than the holy fervor of true zeal. Moliere
noble littles consciousness
... they are structures that we build every time we engage in a thought that's just a little bit higher than a thought we had a moment before, or an activity that's just a little bit more noble than the activity we engaged in a moment before. Ken Wilber
noble thee disposition
Serve a noble disposition, though poore, the time comes that hee will repay thee.
noble
Noble houskeepers neede no dores.
noble yoke rubbish
Once you cease to be a master, once you throw off your master's yoke, you are no longer human rubbish, you are a human being, and all the things that adds up to. So, too, with the slaves. Once they are no longer slaves, once they are free, they are no longer noble and exalted; they are just human beings. Jamaica Kincaid
noble heroic type
A noble type of good. Heroic womanhood. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
noble deeds nobility
Be noble in every thought And in every deed!
noble feels
He is noble who both feels and acts nobly. Heinrich Heine
noble accomplish
He who requires urging to do a noble act will never accomplish it. Khalil Gibran
noble authority difficult
It is not difficult to govern. All one has to do is not to offend the noble families. Mencius
noble planning comedy
In every case, I find pre-planning noble, but not always that useful in comedy. You know comedy once you're doing it. John Mulaney
noble and-love calm
In Varenka, she realized that one has but to forget oneself and love others, and one will be calm, happy, and noble. Leo Tolstoy
noble wealth drink
By which I get my wealth-- And very gladly will I drink Your Honour's noble health. Lewis Carroll
noble-deeds noble deeds
The power of noble deeds is to be preserved and passed on to the future. Joshua Chamberlain