Noblest Quotes

The end of man is action, and not thought, though it be of the noblest.

Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty.

And wit's the noblest frailty of the mind.

The greatest and noblest pleasure which we have in this world is to discover new truths, and the next is to shake off old prejudices.

I happen to think that American politics is one of the noblest arts of mankind; and I cannot do anything else but write about it.

For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.

The noblest spirit is most strongly attracted by the love of glory.

America is an idea. And it's the solemn responsibility of each 'temporary' president to protect and nurture that noblest of all ideas - with integrity. This man, Mitt Romney, has shown - not through his experience, but through his actions and words - that he is unqualified to carry out that responsibility.

If God be God and man a creature made in image of the divine intelligence, his noblest function is the search for truth.

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.

At the beginning of the 20th century, the ambition of the great painters was to make paintings that were like music, which was then considered as the noblest art.

I will far rather see the race of man extinct than that we should become less than beasts by making the noblest of God's creation, woman, the object of our lust.

Father asked us what was God's noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad, but babies never are.

Almost all the noblest things that have been achieved in the world, have been achieved by poor men; poor scholars, poor professional men, poor artisans and artists, poor philosophers, poets, and men of genius.

If an honest man is the noblest work of God, then Mr. Lincoln's title to high nobility is clear and unquestioned.

The love of beauty in its multiple forms is the noblest gift of the human cerebrum.

Through this same man and me hath all this war been wrought, and the death of the most noblest knights of the world; for through our love that we have loved together is my most noble lord slain.

America's support for human rights and democracy is our noblest export to the world.

Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.

Clemency is the noblest trait which can reveal a true monarch to the world.

Of all the possessions of this life fame is the noblest; when the body has sunk into the dust the great name still lives.

There is nothing more corrupting, nothing more destructive of the noblest and finest feelings of our nature, than the exercise of unlimited power.

You may count on Mexico's support, since your commitment to the noblest causes of mankind and your vast experience are and will be invaluable in enabling us, together, to achieve a better world.

The noblest search is the search for excellence.

An honest God is the noblest work of man.

Just what future the Designer of the universe has provided for the souls of men I do not know, I cannot prove. But I find that the whole order of Nature confirms my confidence that, if it is not like our noblest hopes and dreams, it will transcend them.

Give us that grand word "woman" once again, and let's have done with "lady"; one's a term full of fine force, strong, beautiful, and firm, fit for the noblest use of tongue or pen; and one's a word for lackeys.

Cancer Boy probably has the saddest, noblest, sweetest heart of any character I've ever done.

There is that indescribable freshness and unconsciousness about an illiterate person that humbles and mocks the power of the noblest expressive genius.

The community which has neither poverty nor riches will always have the noblest principles.