nobility Quotes

A noble soul and real poetic talent are almost always inseparable.

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self.

A tragic situation exists precisely when virtue does not triumph but when it is still felt that man is nobler than the forces which destroy him.

To appreciate the noble is a gain which can never be torn from us.

A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them.

The community which has neither poverty nor riches will always have the noblest principles.

Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and beautiful end of a human being.

Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory.

A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself. The one produces aspiration; the other ambition, which is the way in which a vulgar man aspires.

Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.