He who is lord of himself, and exists upon his own resources, is a noble but a rare being.
Noble Quotes
It’s noble to be good. It’s nobler to teach others to be good, and less trouble.
No one can build her security on the nobleness of another person.
The noblest work of God? Man. Who found it out? Man.
Afflictions sent by providence melt the constancy of the noble minded, but confirm the obduracy of the vile, as the same furnace that liquifies the gold, hardens the clay.
Nature’s noblemen are everywhere, in town and out of town, gloved and rough-handed, rich and poor. Prejudice against a lord because he is a lord, is losing the chance of finding a good fellow, as much as prejudice against a ploughman because he is a ploughman.
Every noble activity makes room for itself.
Noble life demands a noble architecture for noble uses of noble men. Lack of culture means what it has always meant: ignoble civilization and therefore imminent downfall.
An honest god is the noblest work of man… God has always resembled his creators. Each nation has created a god, and the god has always resembled his creators. He hated and loved what they hated and loved, and he was invariably found on the side of those in power. Each god was intensely patriotic, […]
Be humble for you are made of dung. Be noble for you are made of stars.
