Quotes about noble
noble practical science using
At its heart, engineering is about using science to find creative, practical solutions. It is a noble profession. Queen Elizabeth II
noble accents rhythm
I know noble accents And lucid, inescapable rhythms; But I know, too, That the blackbird is involved In what I know. Wallace Stevens
noble helping tradition
Our American tradition of neighbor helping neighbor has always been one of our greatest strengths and most noble traditions. Ronald Reagan
noble and-love calm
In Varenka, she realized that one has but to forget oneself and love others, and one will be calm, happy, and noble. Leo Tolstoy
noble fidelity
Trust reposed in noble natures obliges them the more. John Dryden
noble teach
There actually isn't anything better than a noble failure. It will always teach you something and you will always learn from the experience. Cat Deeley
noblemen lists holy
Are there any religions on your list that include the slaughter of noblemen as a holy duty? Brandon Sanderson
noble thee thyself
Noble have I created thee, yet thou hast abased thyself. Rise then unto that for which thou wast created.
noble way sophisticated
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. Jane Goodall
noble debate lord
The noble lord is the Rupert of debate. Benjamin Disraeli
noble firsts germs
For to be discontented with the divine discontent, and to be ashamed with the noble shame, is the very germ and first upgrowth of all virtue. Charles Kingsley
noble dominion riches
Providence has decreed that those common acquisitions, money, gems, plate, noble mansions, and dominion, should be sometimes bestowed on the indolent and unworthy; but those things which constitute our true riches, and which are properly our own, must be procured by our own labor. Desiderius Erasmus
noble sake faces
A courageous person is one who faces fearful things as he ought and as reason directs for the sake of what is noble. Aristotle
noble urban planning
A noble, logical diagram once recorded will never die. Daniel Burnham
noble city-planning architecture
Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die.
noble human-nature
Better not be at all than not be noble. Alfred Lord Tennyson
noble nobility
Better not to be at all Than not to be noble.
noble credit world
While I live, no rich or noble knave shall walk the world in credit to his grave. Alexander Pope
noble management wells
Management is the most noble of professions if it's practiced well, Clayton Christensen
noble honest birth
For he who is honest is noble, Whatever his fortunes or birth. Alice Cary
noble demand rebellion
It is not rebellion itself which is noble but the demands it makes upon us. Albert Camus
noble deeds chaos
Maybe this was how you stayed sane in wartime: a handful of noble deeds amid the chaos. Scott Westerfeld
noble annoying twisted
Also ... the plan sounded exactly like the sneaky, twisted, ridiculously annoying and noble sort of thing Leo Valdez would do. Rick Riordan
noble sides
There is a noble and a base side to every history. Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford
noble impossible speak
It's impossible to speak what it is not noble to do. Sophocles
noble lines letters
Have it compose a poem -- a poem about a haircut! But lofty, noble, tragic, timeless, full of love, treachery, retribution, quiet heroism in the face of certain doom! Six lines, cleverly rhymed, and every word beginning with the letter s! Stanislaw Lem
noble john-kerry supporter
George Bush says what John Kerry did was noble. Yet he sees him being savaged by his own supporters. Mark Shields
noble journalism knows
Journalism was looked upon as a more noble thing than it is now. I don't know if it carries the same cachet that it did then. Pat Oliphant
noble musician noble-profession
Being a musician is a noble profession. Paul Weller
noble care holy
In mortals there is a care for trifles which proceeds from love and conscience, and is most holy; and a care for trifles which comes of idleness and frivolity, and is most base. And so, also, there is a gravity proceeding from thought, which is most noble; and a gravity proceeding from dulness and mere incapability of enjoyment, which is most base. John Ruskin
noble pursuit
The shaming of Washington, insofar as it is even possible, is a very noble pursuit. Mark Leibovich
noble authority difficult
It is not difficult to govern. All one has to do is not to offend the noble families. Mencius
noble profession
If they had a profession at all, it had to be a noble cause. Now, it is about glamour, money, and fame.