Noble Quotes - Page 8

And though it is much to be a nobleman, it is more to be a gentleman.

Better not be at all than not be noble.

Well could he ride, and often men would say, "That horse his mettle from his rider takes: Proud of subjection, noble by the sway, What rounds, what bounds, what course, what stop he makes!" And controversy hence a question takes, Whether the horse by him became his deed, Or he his manage by the well-doing steed.

Men so noble, However faulty, yet should find respect For what they have been: 'tis a cruelty To load a falling man.

But there is a higher law than the Constitution, which regulates our authority over the domain, and devotes it to the same noble purposes.

I was in the category of people who thought that his [Bernie Sanders ]campaign was worthy, even noble and it would push Hillary [Clinton] to the left.

Friendship involves many things but, above all the power of going outside oneself and appreciating what is noble and loving in another.

Life is too bitter already, without territories and wars and noble feuds

When he endures nothing but endless miseries-- What pleasure is there in living the day after day, Edging slowly back and forth toward death? Anyone who warms their heart with the glow Of flickering hope is worth nothing at all. The noble man should either live with honor or die with honor. That's all there is to be said.

I tell my students, it's got to be warm, dry, and noble.

"Gospel preachers nowadays preach the gospel of the Crucifixion, the Apostles preached the gospel of the Resurrection as well. The Crucifixion loses its meaning without the Resurrection. Without the Resurrection the death of Christ was only the heroic death of a noble martyr; with the Resurrection it is the atoning death the Son of God. It shows that death to be of sufficient value to cover our sins, for it was the sacrifice of the Son of God."

Common men should esteem learning as silver, noble men prize it as gold, and princes as jewels.

No matter how noble and special people want to make the playoffs out to be... it's a crapshoot.

Eroticism is first and foremost a thirst for otherness. And the supernatural is the supreme otherness. This is perhaps the most noble aim of poetry, to attach ourselves to the world around us, to turn desire into love, to embrace, finally what always evades us, what is beyond, but what is always there – the unspoken, the spirit, the soul.

Throughout history, even the harshest and most shameful measures are regularly accompanied by professions of noble intent - and rhetoric about bestowing freedom and independence.

In the early 2000s, I was introduced to the noble art of kickboxing, it thrilled me, and I loved it. I loved the honour and the discipline, and I also loved the punching.

I love idyllic places and the kind of suspension of history they offer. But noble beauty is not enough. One must complicate the picture, because there's nowhere to "escape" to on the planet in pursuit of a hermetic pastoralism or a redemptive wilderness sublime.

God has put something noble and good into every heart His hand created.

Innocence in genius, and candor in power, are both noble qualities.

Truth is so excellent, that if it praises but small things they become noble.

He is not dead who departs from life with a high and noble fame; but he is dead, even while living, whose brow is branded with infamy.

You have been overcome; and whether you are overcome by envy or by a so-called noble influence, you are still a slave, you are not free.

Certainly it is one of our sweetest experiences that when we are touched by some noble affection or pure joy, we remember the dead most tenderly, and feel more powerfully drawn to them.

She mixes religion with desertion to make it sound noble.

No-thing less splendid than a golden sepulchre would have suited so noble a heart.