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• Blessed are they who have the gift of making friends, for it is one of God's best gifts. It involves many things, but above all, the power of going out of one's self, and appreciating whatever is noble and loving in another.

  Thomas Hughes

  Friendship, Thank You, Blessed

  "George Edward Jelf: A Memoir". Book by Katherine Frances Jelf, p. 10, 1909.

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• There is a serene and settled majesty to woodland scenery that enters into the soul and delights and elevates it, and fills it with noble inclinations.

  Washington Irving

  Nature, Soul, Delight

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• When you do something noble and beautiful and nobody noticed, do not be sad. For the sun every morning is a beautiful spectacle and yet most of the audience still sleeps.

  John Lennon

  Inspirational, Sad, Beautiful

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• Better not be at all than not be noble.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Human Nature

  Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.635, Delphi Classics

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• But we can hold our spirits and our bodies so pure and high, we may cherish such thoughts and such ideals, and dream such dreams of lofty purpose, that we can determine and know what manner of men we will be, whenever and wherever the hour strikes and calls to noble action.

  Joshua

  Dream, Men, Purpose

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• Keep the Feast of the Resurrection. Be a Peter or a John; hasten to the Sepulchre, running together, running against one another, vying in the noble race (cf. Jn. 20:3-4). And even if you be beaten in speed, win the victory of zeal; not looking into the tomb, but going in.

  Gregory of Nazianzus

  Christian, Running, Winning

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• When a work lifts your spirits and inspires bold and noble thoughts in you, do not look for any other standard to judge by: the work is good, the product of a master craftsman.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Inspirational, Work, Judging

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• Treachery is noble when aimed at tyranny.

  Pierre Corneille

  Tyrants, Tyranny, Treachery

  "Character: Émilie". "Cinna" by Pierre Corneille, act III, scene iv, 1641.

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

  Dag Hammarskjold

  Giving, Approval, Individual

  "Living in Grace : The Shift to Spiritual Perception". Book by Beca Lewis, 2002.

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• We think of the noble object for which the professor appears tonight, we may be assured that the Lord will forgive any one who will laugh at the professor.

  Stephen Leacock

  Thinking, Laughing, Forgiving

  Stephen Leacock (2014). “My Discovery of England”, p.107, The Floating Press

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• I'm sorry my existence is not very noble or sublime.

  Keanu Reeves

  Sorry, Apology, Sublime

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I think that enduring, committed love between a married couple, along with raising children, is the most noble act anyone can aspire to. It is not written about very much.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Children, Couple, Thinking

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• It is more noble by silence to avoid an injury than by argument to overcome it.

  Francis Beaumont

  Friendship, Silence, Overcoming

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

  William H. Seward

  Law, Purpose, Constitution

  William H. Seward's speech at the United States Senate, March 11, 1850.

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• In my time, we served with noble and ethical leaders: Gerry Ford, Bob Michael, John Rhodes, men of impeccable honesty. We didn't have anybody locked up for a violation of ethics.

  Pete McCloskey

  Honesty, Men, Leader

  "Pete McCloskey Talks about GOP Corruption - IV". Interview with Kelpie Wilson, www.scoop.co.nz. March 1, 2006.

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• It is not difficult to govern. All one has to do is not to offend the noble families.

  Mencius

  Authority, Difficult

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• I am what some would say 'holy, and wholly other than you.' The problem is that many folks try to grasp some sense of who I am by taking the best version of themselves, projecting that to the nth degree, factoring in all the goodness they can perceive, which often isn't much, and then call that God. And while it may seem like a noble effort, the truth is that it falls pitifully short of who I really am. I'm not merely the best version of you that you can think of. I am far more than that, above and beyond all that you can ask or think.

  William P. Young

  Fall, Thinking, Who I Am

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• It is nobler to declare oneself wrong than to insist on being right --especially when one is right.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Philosophical, Nobility, Oneself

  Friedrich Nietzsche (1977). “The Portable Nietzsche”, p.115, Penguin

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• Life is indeed either a rich possession or a poor, according as it is made subservient to noble aims or ignoble pleasures.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Life, Rich, Pleasure

  Christian Nestell Bovee (1862). “Intuitions and Summaries of Thought”, p.14

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• Were the talents and virtues, which Heaven has bestowed on men, given merely to make then more obedient drudges, to be sacrificed to the follies and ambition of a few? Or, were not the noble gifts so equally dispensed with a divine purpose and law, that they should as nearly as possible be equally exerted, and the blessings of Providence be equally enjoyed by all?

  Samuel Adams

  Ambition, Blessing, Equality

  Speech in the State House of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, www.revolutionary-war-and-beyond.com. August 01, 1776.

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• No matter how noble the original intentions, the seductions of power can turn any movement from one seeking equal rights to one that would deny them to others.

  Tammy Bruce

  Power, Equality, Rights

  Tammy Bruce (2010). “The New Thought Police: Inside the Left's Assault on Free Speech and Free Minds”, p.58, Crown

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• The fact is, that among his hunters at least, the whale would by all hands be considered a noble dish, were there not so much of him; but when you come to sit down before a meat-pie nearly one hundred feet long, it takes away your appetite.

  Herman Melville

  Hands, Whales, Feet

  Herman Melville (2016). “Moby Dick (World Classics, Unabridged)”, p.207, Vij Books India Pvt Ltd

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• The night crept on apace, the moon went down, the stars grew pale and dim, and morning, cold as they, slowly approached. Then, from behind a distant hill, the noble sun rose up, driving the mists in phantom shapes before it, and clearing the earth of their ghostly forms till darkness came again.

  Charles Dickens

  Morning, Nature, Stars

  Charles Dickens (1872). “A Cyclopedia of the Best Thoughts of Charles Dickens”, p.333

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• Another nation is made out to be utterly depraved and fiendish, while one's own nation stands for everything that is good and noble. Every action of the enemy is judged by one standard - every action of oneself by another. Even good deeds by the enemy are considered a sign of particular devilishness, meant to deceive us and the world, while our bad deeds are necessary and justified by our noble goals, which they serve.

  Erich Fromm

  Tyrants, Goal, Enemy

  Erich Fromm (2013). “The Art of Loving”, p.121, Open Road Media

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