Quotes About Nobility

esta adversidad no es un infortunio, mas soportarlo noblemente es una suerte.                               50.

no ser tramposo, tener nobleza, aguantar los trabajos, despreciar los placeres, no quejarse de tu destino, necesitar poco, la buena disposición, la liberalidad, la sencillez, no ser charlatán, la grandeza. ¿

If his mind is filled with nobility, with a grasp of all time, all existence, do you think our human life will mean much to him at all?' " Ã¢â'¬ËœHow could it?' he said. " Ã¢â'¬ËœOr death be very frightening?' " 'Not in the least.

Make it not any longer a matter of dispute or discourse, what are the signs and properties of a good man, but really and actually be such.

But of all the bonds of fellowship, there is none more noble, none more powerful than when good men of congenial character are joined in intimate friendship.

If people think that friendship springs from weakness and from a purpose to secure someone through whom we may obtain that which we lack, they assign her, if I may so express it, a lowly pedigree indeed, and an origin far from noble, and they would make her the daughter of poverty and want.

Miranda nods, because she knows that to be true: noble people don't do things for the money, they simply have money, and that's what allows them to be noble. They don't really have to think about it much; they sprout benevolent acts the way trees sprout leaves.

There has never been a man mean and at the same time virtuous.

The world was one thing, but all people are not of it. Some are better than it, apart from it, more splendid, untouchable and pure.

Hmmm, very good," he said. "All my companions are of the best blood." "You're telling me," said my Master. I couldn't rip my eyes off him, off his changing face. It seemed now his cheeks did darken, or maybe it was only their curve as he smiled. His lips were rosy. "And I'm not finished, Amadeo," he whispered. "I've only begun.

In the old days, even the most inconsequential people were impressive. You don't hear such stories these days, do you?

Your Royal Grace, Forgive my boldness. If I might inquire: How old are you? —Kimber

It was a basic tenet of faith with men of Ranulf's class that a knight, trained in the ways of war since boyhood, could easily vanquish lesser foes, as much a belief in the superiority of blood and breeding as in the benefits of battle lore and killing competence. Ranulf had accepted this comforting conviction, too, but no one seemed to have told his assailants that they were inferior adversaries.

Sharon Kay Penman

Yes, but it can be no condescension for the son of a count to serve the son of a king.

If honor be your clothing, the suit will last a lifetime. —William Arnot

he "rules" with a kind of Gaullist grandeur, testing the constitutional limits of office, while pursuing a politics of "daring, sacrifice," and "nobility."30 Above all, ideally the executive stands not for programs but for "virtue." That means, among other things, he is prepared to act in defiance of the popular will.

Noble and great. Courageous and determined. Faithful and fearless. That is who you are and who you have always been. And understanding it can change your life, because this knowledge carries a confidence that cannot be duplicated any other way.

Show no fear to your enemies. Only contempt. Never let anyone look down on you. You're just as good as any of them. I don't care who they are. Better in fact. In our world, Dagans are royalty and you, my son, are a prince.

She was from the bloodline of kings. He was from the bloodline of killers.' (Carlos)

The nobility which exists within any cause is to be found not in any achievement, but instead within the struggle.

Retracing the various episodes of one's life, one is disconcerted to discover that one was not as noble as one thought oneself at the time.

The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.

The noblest are they who turning from the things the vulgar crave, seek the source of a blessed life in worlds to which the senses do not lead.