nobility

Link	Quote	Tags	Author
4b958d6	In the end you should always do the right thing even if it's hard.	integrity character inspirational nobility	Nicholas Sparks
ef69d76	Keep in mind that many people have died for their beliefs; it's actually quite common. The real courage is in living and suffering for what you believe.	courage nobility	Christopher Paolini
9695839	It's easy to run to others. It's so hard to stand on one's own record. You can fake virtue for an audience. You can't fake it in your own eyes. Your ego is your strictest judge. They run from it. They spend their lives running. It's easier to donate a few thousand to charity and think oneself noble than to base self-respect on personal standards of personal achievement. It's simple to seek substitutes for competence--such easy substitutes: love, charm, kindness, charity. But there is no substitute for competence.	virtue competence nobility self-respect	Ayn Rand
acf4215	Before I go," he said, and paused -- "I may kiss her?	sacrifice death love inspirational made-me-cry nobility	Charles Dickens
37e906c	"Before I go," he said, and paused -- "I may kiss her?" It was remembered afterwards that when he bent down and touched her face with his lips, he murmured some words. The child, who was nearest to him, told them afterwards, and told her grandchildren when she was a handsome old lady, that she heard him say, "A life you love."	sacrifice love inspirational made-me-cry nobility	Charles Dickens
3b64cbe	And do you know another thing, Arthur? Life is too bitter already, without territories and wars and noble feuds.	war life merlin pacifism nobility peace	T.H. White
0abff02	"Fransisco, you're some kind of very high nobility, aren't you?" He answered, "Not yet. The reason my family has lasted for such a long time is that none of us has ever been permitted to think he is born a d'Anconia. We are expected to become one."	birthright aristocracy meritocracy nobility talent	Ayn Rand
dbd8207	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 they to be noble. They don't really have to think about it much; they sprout benevolent acts the way trees sprout leaves.	wealth charitable-acts wealthy charity nobility	Margaret Atwood
54e2a49	I am only a peasant by position, not by nature!	tess nobility honour pride	Thomas Hardy
0423959	Yes, it was dangerous, but we are not put into this world, Mr. Burton, to avoid danger when an important fellow creature's life is at stake. You understand me?	miss-marple nobility honor	Agatha Christie
20b6585	Well, I am going to exercise my prerogative of roaring and show you how fares nobility. Watch me.	roar nobility	Jack London
8cdd278	It's not as if we're running a hospital for sick children down here, let's put it that way. Where's the nobility in patching up a bunch of old tables and chairs? Corrosive to the soul, quite possibly. I've seen too many estates not to know that. Idolatry! Caring too much for objects can destroy you. Only--if you care for a thing enough, it takes on a life of its own, doesn't it? And isn't the whole point of things--beautiful things--that they connect you to some larger beauty? Those first images that crack your heart wide open and you spend the rest of your life chasing, or trying to recapture, in one way or another?	care heart life corrosive patch-up connect objects nobility saving destroy soul	Donna Tartt
b3f1993	He reminded her of the way male lions look sad, as if their nobility is a terrible weight.	sadness nobility	Elizabeth Kostova

In the end you should always do the right thing even if it's hard.

integrity character inspirational nobility

Nicholas Sparks

ef69d76

Keep in mind that many people have died for their beliefs; it's actually quite common. The real courage is in living and suffering for what you believe.

courage nobility

Christopher Paolini

9695839

It's easy to run to others. It's so hard to stand on one's own record. You can fake virtue for an audience. You can't fake it in your own eyes. Your ego is your strictest judge. They run from it. They spend their lives running. It's easier to donate a few thousand to charity and think oneself noble than to base self-respect on personal standards of personal achievement. It's simple to seek substitutes for competence--such easy substitutes: love, charm, kindness, charity. But there is no substitute for competence.

virtue competence nobility self-respect

Ayn Rand

acf4215

Before I go," he said, and paused -- "I may kiss her?

sacrifice death love inspirational made-me-cry nobility

Charles Dickens

37e906c

"Before I go," he said, and paused -- "I may kiss her?" It was remembered afterwards that when he bent down and touched her face with his lips, he murmured some words. The child, who was nearest to him, told them afterwards, and told her grandchildren when she was a handsome old lady, that she heard him say, "A life you love."

sacrifice love inspirational made-me-cry nobility

Charles Dickens

3b64cbe

And do you know another thing, Arthur? Life is too bitter already, without territories and wars and noble feuds.

war life merlin pacifism nobility peace

T.H. White

0abff02

"Fransisco, you're some kind of very high nobility, aren't you?" He answered, "Not yet. The reason my family has lasted for such a long time is that none of us has ever been permitted to think he is born a d'Anconia. We are expected to become one."

birthright aristocracy meritocracy nobility talent

Ayn Rand

dbd8207

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 they to be noble. They don't really have to think about it much; they sprout benevolent acts the way trees sprout leaves.

wealth charitable-acts wealthy charity nobility

Margaret Atwood

54e2a49

I am only a peasant by position, not by nature!

tess nobility honour pride

Thomas Hardy

0423959

Yes, it was dangerous, but we are not put into this world, Mr. Burton, to avoid danger when an important fellow creature's life is at stake. You understand me?

miss-marple nobility honor

Agatha Christie

20b6585

Well, I am going to exercise my prerogative of roaring and show you how fares nobility. Watch me.

roar nobility

Jack London

8cdd278

It's not as if we're running a hospital for sick children down here, let's put it that way. Where's the nobility in patching up a bunch of old tables and chairs? Corrosive to the soul, quite possibly. I've seen too many estates not to know that. Idolatry! Caring too much for objects can destroy you. Only--if you care for a thing enough, it takes on a life of its own, doesn't it? And isn't the whole point of things--beautiful things--that they connect you to some larger beauty? Those first images that crack your heart wide open and you spend the rest of your life chasing, or trying to recapture, in one way or another?

care heart life corrosive patch-up connect objects nobility saving destroy soul

Donna Tartt

b3f1993

He reminded her of the way male lions look sad, as if their nobility is a terrible weight.

sadness nobility

Elizabeth Kostova