To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true! —H. L. Mencken More about this quote Tags: war ideas death nobility Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Everything that is beautiful and noble is the product of reason and calculation. —Charles Baudelaire More about this quote Tags: beauty nobility reason rationality Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
What is a minority? The chosen heroes of this earth have been in a minority. There is not a social, political, or religious privilege that you enjoy today that was not bought for you by the blood and tears and patient suffering of the minority. It is the minority that have stood in the vanguard of every moral conflict, and achieved all that is noble in the history of the world. —John B. Gough More about this quote Tags: history privilege morality suffering nobility heroes conflict minority Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Being a mother is a noble status, right? Right. So why does it change when you put "unwed" or "welfare" in front of it? —Florynce Kennedy More about this quote Tags: nobility marriage motherhood welfare Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge. —William Shakespeare More about this quote Tags: nobility mercy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Noble life demands a noble architecture for noble uses of noble men. Lack of culture means what it has always meant: ignoble civilization and therefore imminent downfall. —Frank Lloyd Wright More about this quote Tags: nobility Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It is nobler to declare oneself wrong than to insist on being right - especially when one is right. —Friedrich Nietzsche More about this quote Tags: nobility Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I too shall lie in the dust when I am dead, but now let me win noble renown. —Homer More about this quote Tags: nobility Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives. —Oscar Wilde More about this quote Tags: nobility Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath. —Solon More about this quote Tags: nobility Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The truth is that there is nothing noble in being superior to somebody else. The only real nobility is in being superior to your former self. —Whitney Young More about this quote Tags: nobility Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
No one can build his security upon the nobleness of another person. —Willa Cather More about this quote Tags: nobility Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email