Words matter. These are the best Noblest Quotes from famous people such as Confucius, Plato, Edmond Halley, Robert Kennedy, John Dryden, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
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.
The community which has neither poverty nor riches will always have the noblest principles.
This sight… is by far the noblest astronomy affords.
Science began as one of the noblest expressions of man’s reason. It will continue to serve humanity so long as it never forgets that human beings remain the heart of its purpose.
And love’s the noblest frailty of the mind.
The love of beauty in its multiple forms is the noblest gift of the human cerebrum.
I was born and grew up in the greatest, the noblest achievement of the human race on this planet – which was called the United States of America.
Of all the possessions of this life fame is the noblest; when the body has sunk into the dust the great name still lives.
The noblest men of all ages, Christian saints of the most transcendent spirituality have attained their wonderful development through the spiritual rays of this planet because of the intense feeling of Oneness with the divine and with all that lives and breathes in the universe.
Character is property. It is the noblest of possessions.
For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.
If God be God and man a creature made in image of the divine intelligence, his noblest function is the search for truth.
All wars, even the noblest, bring a reckoning of means and ends.
You may count on Mexico’s support, since your commitment to the noblest causes of mankind and your vast experience are and will be invaluable in enabling us, together, to achieve a better world.
That man is the noblest creature may also be inferred from the fact that no other creature has yet contested this claim.
Clemency is the noblest trait which can reveal a true monarch to the world.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the ambition of the great painters was to make paintings that were like music, which was then considered as the noblest art.
Cancer Boy probably has the saddest, noblest, sweetest heart of any character I’ve ever done.
You perhaps know me as a novelist. Literature is one of the arts – in fact, the noblest of the arts. That is not my opinion; it was first expressed by the ancients. As art, literature has many similarities with the other art forms.
Through this same man and me hath all this war been wrought, and the death of the most noblest knights of the world; for through our love that we have loved together is my most noble lord slain.
There is nothing more corrupting, nothing more destructive of the noblest and finest feelings of our nature, than the exercise of unlimited power.
Politics always fascinated me. In my 20s, I was involved in politics and, as I look in the mirror, not for the noblest of purposes. It was for sport.
Just what future the Designer of the universe has provided for the souls of men I do not know, I cannot prove. But I find that the whole order of Nature confirms my confidence that, if it is not like our noblest hopes and dreams, it will transcend them.
Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty.
The noblest search is the search for excellence.
The Charter of the United Nations expresses the noblest aspirations of man: abjuration of force in the settlement of disputes between states; the assurance of human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language or religion; the safeguarding of international peace and security.
Success in its highest and noblest form calls for peace of mind and enjoyment and happiness which come only to the man who has found the work that he likes best.
At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.
I have no doubt that if we act with proper focus, we can protect our borders, our sovereignty, and our citizens, all while remaining true to America’s noblest legacies.
The cathedral, at its noblest, is the best outward symbol of the spiritual nature of man, as it is also the most suggestive measure and prophecy of the corporate life of man.
If an honest man is the noblest work of God, then Mr. Lincoln’s title to high nobility is clear and unquestioned.
There is no such thing as disappointment for those who continue to cherish the selflessness of which is born the noblest inner self. There is no such thing as failure for those who invest in the potentialities of the Ideal of the Soul.
The greatest and noblest pleasure which we have in this world is to discover new truths, and the next is to shake off old prejudices.
