Quotes about Nobility

Wine, one of the noblest cordials in nature.

to seat them with nobles, with the princes of His people.

If all the other noble qualities of life were placed in the balance against it, loyalty would outweigh them all.

Let the robe and the horse be entrusted to one of the king’s most noble princes. Let them array the man the king wants to honor and parade him on the horse through the city square, proclaiming before him, ‘This is what is done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor!’”

Miranda nods, because she knows that to be true: noble people don't do things for the money, they simply have money, and that's what allows them to be noble. They don't really have to think about it much; they sprout benevolent acts the way trees sprout leaves.

Young men, God does not show favoritism or respects the honors bestowed by men. He rewards no man's heritage, or wealth, or rank, or position. He does not see with man's eyes. The poorest saint that ever died in a ghetto is nobler in His sight than the richest sinner that ever died in a palace.

Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, the post of honoris a private station.

The mind stands upright when it is humbly submitted to God. For each thing exists to a higher and more noble state to the extent it stands firm in what perfects it more.

The nobility of what humans could be capable of, if only they weren't human.

Man is made for something better than disturbing dirt.

The first farmer was the first man, and all historic nobility rests on possession and use of land.

In him was vindicated the greatness of real goodness and the goodness of real greatness.