Noble Quotes

It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses.

In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds.

All noble enthusiasms pass through a feverish stage, and grow wiser and more serene.

He had no failings which were not owing to a noble cause; to an ardent, generous, perhaps an immoderate passion for fame; a passion which is the instinct of all great souls.

What it values most of all is the sum total of events and the advance of civilization, which carries individuals along with it; but, indifferent to details, it cares less to have them real than noble or, rather, grand and complete.

An Englishman never enjoys himself, except for a noble purpose.