Noble Quotes - Page 30

• 'Tis virtue, and not birth that makes us noble: Great actions speak great minds, and such should govern.

  John Fletcher

  Mind, Action, Birth

  Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, Mr. Theobald (Lewis), Mr. Seward, Sidrach Simpson (1750). “The Works of Mr. Francis Beaumont, and Mr. John Fletcher: In Ten Volumes. Collated with All the Former Editions, and Corrected. With Notes Critical and Explanatory”, p.133

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• Autobiography is the most fascinating thing you can do because you get to touch the human condition. And in the end, what else is there? To me, it's the ultimate affirmation of life, and a miracle of this transient, extremely fragile organism. To celebrate that, I think, is a noble thing to do.

  Jim Dine

  Thinking, Miracle, Affirmation

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• The noble caste was in the beginning always the barbarian caste: their superiority lay, not in their physical strength, but primarily in their psychical - they were more complete human beings.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Barbarians, Physical Strength, Castes

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• The noble type of man feels himself to be the determiner of values, he does not need to be approved of, he judges 'what harms me is harmful in itself', he knows himself to be that which in general accords honour to things, he creates values.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Men, Judging, Doe

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• For a people is only as great, as free, as lofty, as advanced as its women are free, noble and progressive.

  Susan B. Anthony

  People, Progressive, Lofty

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• Presently we have to train our unconscious to function better. Then we can depend upon our instincts, that will be noble instincts. At this moment, our instincts are very impure. When we have practiced for a long time, living the higher values of life and following the instructions of great masters or the Scriptures, that is when you have trained your unconscious. Then when a situation comes, you can to an extent, depend on your inner voice.

  Chinmayananda Saraswati

  Voice, Long, Scripture

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• You present a challenge to Satan's plan. You carry something of God within you, something noble and holy, something the world needs - wisdom, kindness, mercy, skill. If Satan can neutralize you, he can mute your influence.

  Max Lucado

  Kindness, Skills, Challenges

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• All men are, or ought to be free, possessing unalienable rights, and the high and noble qualifications of the laws of nature and of self-preservation, to think, and act, and say as they please, while they maintain a due respect to the rights and privileges of all other creatures, infringing upon none.

  Joseph Smith, Jr.

  Men, Thinking, Law

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• Even when our intentions are noble and our efforts sincere, even when we dedicate our lives to the service of others, the corrosive pressure of frantic over-activity can nonetheless cause suffering in ourselves and others. A "successful" life can become a violent enterprise.

  Wayne Muller

  Successful, Effort, Suffering

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• Whenever the spirit of fanaticism, at once so credulous and so crafty, has insinuated itself into a noble mind, it insensibly corrodes the vital principles of virtue and veracity.

  Edward Gibbon

  Mind, Principles, Spirit

  Edward Gibbon (2015). “The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire:”, p.430, Sheba Blake Publishing

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• Freedom is unlikely to be lost all at once and openly. It is far more likely to be eroded away, bit by bit, amid glittering promises and expressions of noble ideals.

  Thomas Sowell

  Expression, Promise, Unlikely

  Thomas Sowell (2001). “The Quest for Cosmic Justice”, p.184, Simon and Schuster

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• What is especially disturbing about the political left is that they seem to have no sense of the tragedy of the human condition. Instead, they tend to see the problems of the world as due to other people not being as wise or as noble as themselves.

  Thomas Sowell

  Wise, People, Political

  Thomas Sowell (2010). “Dismantling America: And Other Controversial Essays”, p.337, Basic Books

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• 'Live and let life' used to be a noble approach to life. Now you're considered compassionate if you demand that government impose your preferences on others.

  John Stossel

  Government, Demand, Preference

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• I have a noble history of being rejected by a lot of places, only to discover that the one that finally lets me in is in fact the perfect fit.

  Renee Fleming

  Perfect, Facts, Fit

  Renee Fleming (2005). “The Inner Voice: The Making of a Singer”, p.40, Penguin

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• Is anyone really surprised that Warren, who is the ultimate embodiment of concentrated decision-making power, picked somebody [Bill and Melinda Gates] who he thinks is like him in many important ways? It was a noble and sensible decision.

  Charlie Munger

  Thinking, Decision, Important

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• People always ask me, when I had the idea for TOMS, did it change my life? As romantic and noble as it is, no it did not change my life. But when I went to Argentina on that first shoe-drop, it did change my life.

  Blake Mycoskie

  Shoes, Ideas, People

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• Whether you think a film will affect society or it's plain entertainment, it's all excellent, it's all noble.

  Joaquin Phoenix

  Thinking, Entertainment, Film

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• Technically, I'm a knight. My family goes back a thousand years in the Naples area. We're a titled, noble people.

  Paul Sorvino

  Knights, Years, People

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• I believe we are most likely to succeed when ambition is focused on noble and worthy purposes and outcomes rather than on goals set out of selfishness.

  John Wooden

  Believe, Ambition, Goal

  John Wooden, Jay Carty (2009). “Coach Wooden's Pyramid of Success”, p.99, Revell

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• Love is the supreme good; it is the overflowing life, the giving of ourselves to noble ends and causes.

  Wilferd Peterson

  Love Is, Giving, Causes

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• The truth is I would do my job for free! I love it every day. If you can possibly choose a vocation that's an avocation, a job that's really a hobby, then you'll be way ahead of the game. You should not pick an occupation because your think your parents want you to do it, or because you think it's the noble thing to do. You should only pick a job because it turns you on.

  Henry Louis Gates

  Jobs, Thinking, Games

  "Gates Unlocked: Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. The "The African Americans" Interview". Interview with Kam Williams, lasentinel.net. October 17, 2013.

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• For a noble heart, the most precious gift becomes poor, when the giver stops loving.

  William Shakespeare

  Heart, Poor, Precious Gifts

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• In one point of view, Gothic is not only the best, but the only rational architecture, as being that which can fit itself most easily to all services, vulgar or noble.

  John Ruskin

  Views, Gothic, Architecture

  John Ruskin (1854). “On the nature of Gothic architecture: and herein of the true functions of the workman in art. Being the greater part of the 6th chapter of the 2nd vol. of 'Stones of Venice'. [48 p.].”, p.18

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• Among life's sweetest blessings is fellowship with men and women whose ideals and aspirations are high and noble. Next to a sense of kinship with God comes the helpfulness, encouragement, and inspiration of friends.

  David O. McKay

  Encouragement, Inspiration, Blessing

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• Teaching is a very noble profession that shapes the character, caliber, and future of an individual. If the people remember me as a good teacher, that will be the biggest honour for me.

  Abdul Kalam

  Teacher, Teaching, Character

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