Quotes about Nobility
I am covered with fine gold, said the Prince, you must take it off, leaf by leaf, and give it to my poor.
— Oscar Wilde
Any fool can try to defend his or her mistakes - and most fools do - but it raises one above the herd and gives one a feeling of nobility and exultation to admit one's mistakes.
— Dale Carnegie
For many centuries, nobles and magnates supported artists, musicians and authors so that their creative works would be dedicated to them.
— Dale Carnegie
The true nature of man left to himself without restraint is not nobility but savagery
— Steven James
It is fortunate to come of distinguished ancestry. - It is not less so to be such that people do not care to inquire whether you are of high descent or not.
— George Bernard Shaw
there was only one aristocracy, that of decency, and that this was not inherited or bought with money or titles, but was only gained through good deeds.
— Isabel Allende
Valour is nobleness of the mind.
— Anonymous
To argue over who is the more noble is nothing more than to dispute whether dirt is better for making bricks or for making mortar.
— Teresa of Avila
Noble fathers have noble children.
— Euripides
Once a gentleman, and always a gentleman.
— Charles Dickens
The gentleman is generous and treats all men as his equals, especially those whom he feels to be inferior in rank and wealth.
— Hilaire Belloc
But that was not the Royal Way; the King's servants didn't have to stoop.
— Brother Andrew