Quotes about Nobility

I will venture to say, that in no writings whatever can be found more bark and steel for the mind, if I may use the expression; more that can brace and invigorate every manly and noble sentiment. No. 32 on patience, even under extreme misery, is wonderfully lofty, and as much above the rant of stoicism, as the Sun of Revelation is brighter than the twilight of Pagan philosophy.

True and false fears let us refrain, Let us love nobly, and live, and add again Years and years unto years, till we attain To write threescore: this is the second of our reign.

All great virtues become great men.

Health is the condition of wisdom, and the sign is cheerfulness, - an open and noble temper.

All daring and courage, all iron endurance of misfortune-make for a finer, nobler type of manhood.

Honor is the greatest poet.

He is truly great that is little in himself, and that maketh no account of any height of honors.

No matter if the path is tough, and your nights are long,So long as your cause is noble and your mind is strong.

A man does not have to be an angel to be a saint.

Prayer is the supreme activity of all that is noblest in our personality and the essential nature of prayer is faith.

A perfect woman, nobly planned,To warn, to comfort, and command.And yet a Spirit still, and brightWith something of angelic light.

St Augustine had this to say about pressure: 'To be under pressure is inescapable. Pressure takes place through all the world: war, siege, the worries of state. We all know men who grumble under these pressures, and complain. They are cowards. They lack splendor. But there is another sort of man who is under the same pressure, but does not complain. For it is the friction which polishes him. It is pressure which refines and makes him noble.