Noble Quotes - Page 13

True, the lion is a mighty, noble animal, but it is an animal nevertheless...

I am a shell-fish just come from being saturated with the waters of the Lucrine lake, near Baiae; but now I luxuriously thrust for noble pickle.

George Bush says what John Kerry did was noble. Yet he sees him being savaged by his own supporters.

Woman is the symbol to man of the uncleanness of bodily existence, of which he purifies himself by putting her to noble uses. She thus has for him a double, contradictory significance; she is the subject of his bawdry and the subject of his romance.

What a glorious legacy of faith, courage, and ingenuity those noble early Mormon pioneers have left for us to build upon. My admiration for them deepens the longer I live.

He who requires urging to do a noble act will never accomplish it.

Humans can be noble. The question is: Will we put forth what is necessary?

I have often heard it said that the Irish are too ready to forgive. It is a noble failing.

Of what use are pedigrees, or to be thought of noble blood, or the display of family portraits, O Ponticus?

The joy which is caused by truth and noble thoughts shows itself in the words by which they are expressed.

In mortals there is a care for trifles which proceeds from love and conscience, and is most holy; and a care for trifles which comes of idleness and frivolity, and is most base. And so, also, there is a gravity proceeding from thought, which is most noble; and a gravity proceeding from dulness and mere incapability of enjoyment, which is most base.

It seems a fantastic paradox, but it is nevertheless a most important truth, that no architecture can be truly noble which is not imperfect.

No art can be noble which is incapable of expressing thought, and no art is capable of expressing thought which does not change.

Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise. That last infirmity of noble mind. To scorn delights, and live laborious days.

A noble man is led far by woman's gentle words. [Ger., Ein edler Mann wird durch ein gutes Wort Der Frauen weit gefuhrt.]

A noble man is led by woman's gentle words.

If thou wouldst hear what seemly is and fit, inquire of noble woman; they can tell, who in life's common usage hold their place by graceful deed and aptly chosen word.

Still this planet's soil for noble deeds grants scope abounding.

A noble soul alone can noble souls attract; And knows alone, as ye, to hold them.

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.

Is the noble Lord aware that, at the age of 80, there are very few pleasures left to me, but one of them is passive smoking?

There is nothing so clear-sighted and sensible as a noble mind in a low estate.

Some new machinery with adequate powers must be created now if our fine phrases and noble sentiments are to have substance and meaning for our children.

A noble deed is a step towards heaven.

The proper work of man, the grand drift of human life, is to follow reason, that noble spark kindled in us from heaven.