The true nature of man left to himself without restraint is not nobility but savagery.
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self.
The German people is not marked by original sin, but by original nobility.
War alone brings up to their highest tension all human energies and imposes the stamp of nobility upon the peoples who have the courage to make it.
It is the nobility of their style which will make our writers of 1840 unreadable forty years from now.
Ever since I was a kid, I've always been fascinated by the Arthurian Legend, and, you know, the notion of nobility in battle and the - the notion of chivalry.
Now, my father Matthias was not only eminent on account of is nobility, but had a higher commendation on account of his righteousness, and was in great reputation in Jerusalem, the greatest city we have.
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.
The human element, the human flaw and the human nobility - those are the reasons that chess matches are won or lost.
But a parcel of walled soil does not make the heart of a ruler or define the nobility of a people!
Pride is always a better lever against the nobility than reason.
Wisdom of the Ages: "True Nobility" Comes not from thinking one is better than others-it comes from working toward the betterment of all.
There's a nobility in his eye, a regal serenity about him. Does he not personify all that men try to be and never can be?
If an honest man is the noblest work of God, then Mr. Lincoln's title to high nobility is clear and unquestioned.
You watch stuff like 'The Real Housewives' and you start to think, 'We're all so vacuous! Is there any nobility to any of these people?' But then you look out into the world, and there are people who are doing cool stuff with their lives.
I believe in the nobility of entertaining people and I take great, great pride that people are willing to give me two or three hours of their busy lives.
the depth of a person's character is not measured by his or her physical strength, but by the depth of his or her nobility.
There may be as much nobility in being last as in being first, because the two positions are equally necessary in the world, the one to complement the other.
There are a countless variety of hardships in any life," Kedean answered,"...only the most basic of which can be solved with mansions, gold pieces, and titles of nobility.
Rascals are always sociable, and the chief sign that a man has any nobility in his character is the little pleasure he takes in others company.
There's no nobility with war. It's tear-'em-up destruction that leaves you frustrated, bitter and angry... If you really knew what it was like for an hour, you wouldn't want anyone to go through it.
