Noble Quotes

Politics is a profession; a serious, complicated and, in its true sense, a noble one.

To be really great in little things, to be truly noble and heroic in the insipid details of everyday life, is a virtue so rare as to be worthy of canonization.

One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum, in which men steal through existence, like sluggish waters through a marsh, without either honor or observation.

Noble deeds that are concealed are most esteemed.

It is right noble to fight with wickedness and wrong; the mistake is in supposing that spiritual evil can be overcome by physical means.

The association promotes a way of life, not causes; a harmony in living, not political faiths; a bilateral loyalty, not commercial or social projects. Yet it is an association for as noble a purpose as any involved in any prior decisions.

Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.

We thank thee for this opportunity to show our love for these heroes who have accomplished such wonders for the beloved United States, which was founded by noble and inspired men.

The power of noble deeds is to be preserved and passed on to the future.

The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.

Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die.

Over all our happy country - over all our Nation spread, Is a band of noble heroes - is our Army of the Dead.

To attempt the destruction of our passions is the height of folly. What a noble aim is that of the zealot who tortures himself like a madman in order to desire nothing, love nothing, feel nothing, and who, if he succeeded, would end up a complete monster!

All beautiful and noble qualities have been united in me... I shall be the fruit which will leave eternal vitality behind even after its decay. How great must be your joy, therefore, to have given birth to me.

If there ever is a struggle, making a good movie will always supersede the need to be noble.

That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest number of noble and happy human beings.

Wisdom, prudence, forethought, these are essential. But not second to these that noble courage which adventures the right, and leaves the consequences to God.

Do noble things, not dream them all day long.

Government is never so noble as when it is addressing wrongs.

At this moment, by an undeserved stroke of fortune, I am the direct voice of the poets of my race and the indirect voice for the noble Spanish and Portuguese tongues.

But we can hold our spirits and our bodies so pure and high, we may cherish such thoughts and such ideals, and dream such dreams of lofty purpose, that we can determine and know what manner of men we will be, whenever and wherever the hour strikes and calls to noble action.

Of every noble work the silent part is best, of all expression that which can not be expressed.

Have all the hopes of ages come to naught? Is life no more with noble meaning fraught?

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self.

Just as a man would not cherish living in a body other than his own, so do nations not like to live under other nations, however noble and great the latter may be.

George Bush says what John Kerry did was noble. Yet he sees him being savaged by his own supporters.

There is a noble and a base side to every history.

Be noble minded! Our own heart, and not other men's opinions of us, forms our true honor.

Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and beautiful end of a human being.

The labor movement means just this: it is the last noble protest of the American people against the power of incorporated wealth.