Nobler Quotes

It is the work of fancy to enlarge, but of judgment to shorten and contract; and therefore this must be as far above the other as judgment is a greater and nobler faculty than fancy or imagination.

A tragic situation exists precisely when virtue does not triumph but when it is still felt that man is nobler than the forces which destroy him.

Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty.

To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true!

Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory.

The active part of man consists of powerful instincts, some of which are gentle and continuous; others violent and short; some baser, some nobler, and all necessary.

My rights all spring front an infinitely nobler source - from favor and grace of God.

In every age poets and social reformers have tried to stimulate the people of their own time to a nobler life by enchanting stories of the virtues of the heroes of old.

Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.

There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance.

The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others.

Action is greater than writing. A good man is a nobler object of contemplation than a great author. There are but two things worth living for: to do what is worthy of being written; and to write what is worthy of being read.

If our vaunted rule of the people does not breed nobler men and women than monarchies have done it must and will inevitably give place to something better.

Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.

There is nothing nobler or more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends.

Winning isn't worthwhile unless one has something finer and nobler behind it.

The whole world loves a maverick and the whole world wants the maverick to achieve something nobler than simple rebellion.

The experience of ages has shown that a man who works on the land is purer, nobler, higher, and more moral... Agriculture should be at the basis of everything. That's my idea.

To be good is noble; but to show others how to be good is nobler and no trouble.

What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who instructs the rising generation?

Is it really true that political self-interest is nobler somehow than economic self-interest?

Every man wants a woman to appeal to his better side, his nobler instincts, and his higher nature - and another woman to help him forget them.

There is nothing nobler than risking your life for your country.

'Tis nobler to lose honor to save the lives of men than it is to gain honor by taking them.

A nobler example, because a less personal one, of the pinch of poverty, is when it prevents the accomplishment of some cherished scheme for the benefit of the human race.