Every one of these hundreds of millions of human beings is in some form seeking happiness…. Not one is altogether noble nor altogether trustworthy nor altogether consistent; and not one is altogether vile…. Not a single one but has at some time wept.

Now my belly is as noble as my heart.

Everyday courage has few witnesses. But yours is no less noble because no drum beats for you and no crowds shout your name.

The noble soul occupies itself with wisdom and friendship.

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.

God uses various agencies as ambassadors of His truth. The perfection of the instrument used gives character to the work. A noble character will command respect and confidence.

Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.

I do not remember having felt, as a boy, any passion for mathematics, and such notions as I may have had of the career of a mathematician were far from noble. I thought of mathematics in terms of examinations and scholarships: I wanted to beat other boys, and this seemed to be the way in which I could do so most decisively.

Give expression to the noble desires that lie in your heart.

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.

Nobody calls me mister with my boots off.

It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything.

I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.

To remain indifferent to the challenges we face is indefensible. If the goal is noble, whether or not it is realized within our lifetime is largely irrelevant. What we must do therefore is to strive and persevere and never give up.

It is a fair, even-handed, noble adjustment of things, that while there is infection in disease and sorrow, there is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humour.

One is not called noble who harms living beings. By not harming living beings one is called noble.

True art is made noble and religious by the mind producing it.

In high vengeance there is noble scorn.

Oh, they just have a bully time – take ships, and burn them, and get the money and bury it in awful places in their island where there’s ghosts and things to watch, it, and kill everybody in the ships – make ‘em walk a plank. they don’t kill the women – they’re too noble. And the women’s always beautiful, too.

Our cause is noble; it is the cause of mankind.

I want to think again of dangerous and noble things.
I want to be light and frolicsome.
I want to be improbable beautiful and afraid of nothing,
as though I had wings.

Truth is so excellent, that if it praises but small things they become noble.

I often think that men don’t understand what is noble and what is ignorant, though they always talk about it.