Noble Quotes

Avarice is opposed to nobility.It believes that by robbing many of all they have, that it (greed) is cloaked in the nobility that is the birthmark of the people.

Justin K. McFarlane Beau

Charlie dear, it is I who have to be proud of you. And I am very, very proud of you. You have called me pretty; and as long as I am pretty in your eyes, I am happy. You, dear old Charlie, are not handsome, but you are good, which is far more noble.

George Grossmith and Weedon Grossmith

Good fortune will elevate even petty minds, and gives them the appearance of a certain greatness and stateliness, as from their high place they look down upon the world; but the truly noble and resolved spirit raises itself, and becomes more conspicuous in times of disaster and ill fortune...

Plutarch

Many grim tales stem from your green lands, and still deeds both noble and evil shall yet unfold there.

I don't understand this irony - valuable things like cars, gold, diamond are made up of hard materials but most valuable things like money, contracts and books are made up of soft paper.

When your cause is noble, you shall never know fear.

Justin K. McFarlane Beau

Most priests wish they were as righteous as they seem to most members of their congregations.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana