Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jane Goodall

And I thought how sad it was that, for all our sophisticated intellect, for all our noble aspirations, our aggressive behavior was not just similar in many ways to that of the chimpanzees - it was even worse. Worse because human beings have the potential to rise above their baser instincts, whereas chimpanzees probably do not.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Better not be at all than not be noble.

Alexander Pope

While I live, no rich or noble knave shall walk the world in credit to his grave.

Alice Cary

For he who is honest is noble, Whatever his fortunes or birth.

Sophocles

It's impossible to speak what it is not noble to do.

Paul Weller

Being a musician is a noble profession.

Carlo Goldoni

Noble bold is an accident of fortune; noble actions characterize the great. [It., Il sangue nobile e un accidente della fortuna; le azioni nobili caratterizzano il grande.]

Fulton J. Sheen

We become like that which we love. If we love what is base, we become base; but if we love what is noble, we become noble.

Horace

Noble descent and worth, unless united with wealth, are esteemed no more than seaweed.

Brian Tracy

If you do not do the thing you fear, the fear controls your life.

Jane Fonda

If I can change, anybody can change.

Brent Weeks

If you are not free to say no, your yes is meaningless.

Billie Joe Armstrong

You can't go voicing something if it's just not right.

Aristophanes

Even if you persuade me, you won’t persuade me.

Antonio Porchia

If you are good to this one and that one, this one and that one will say that you are good. If you are good to everyone, no one will say that you are good.

Douglas Sirk

If I couldn't read, I couldn't live.

Donald Barthelme

Is it permitted to differ with Kierkegaard? Not only permitted but necessary. If you love him.

Dr. Seuss

If you can see things out of whack, then you can see how things can be in whack.