Nobility Quotes - Page 2

Noble though it may be, our way of life is nothing but servitude. It does not take long for servitude to turn to subjugation.
– Shikandin Draupada

Since art is considered a noble field, art should be used to promote all that is good and noble, and in a noble fashion.

Greed is mistaken nobility. Instead of robbing all the pain and hardship from people's lives and rescuing them from danger, greed robs provisions from providers.

And do you know another thing, Arthur? Life is too bitter already, without territories and wars and noble feuds.

Keep in mind that many people have died for their beliefs; it's actually quite common. The real courage is in living and suffering for what you believe.

I am only a peasant by position, not by nature!

Hast thou given the horse strength? Hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?...He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage...

We like to admit to only that which already glows, although it is nobler to support brightness before it glows, not afterwards.

Nobility is not only in forgiveness.

After joyfully working each morning, I would leave off around midday to challenge myself to a footrace. Speeding along the sunny paths of the Jardin du Luxembourg, ideas would breed like aphids in my head - for creative invention is easy and sublime when air cycles quickly through the lungs and the body is busy at noble tasks.