#nobility

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. ↗

— Flavius Josephus

#city #commendation #eminent #father #great

I wanted to be Katharine Hepburn-ish - there was a bit of nobility about her. ↗

— Sally Field

#bit #her #i #nobility #wanted

A successful villain should have all these things at his or her villainous fingertips, or else give up villainy altogether and try to lead a life of decency, integrity, and kindness, which is much more challenging and noble, if not always quite as exciting. ↗

— Lemony Snicket

#life

The human element, the human flaw and the human nobility - those are the reasons that chess matches are won or lost. ↗

— Viktor Korchnoi

#element #flaw #human #human element #lost

Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul. ↗

— Rebecca West

#adventures #desire #fertilize #nobility #ought

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self. ↗

— Elijah Wood

#fellow #fellow men #former #lies #men

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. ↗

— John Lasseter

#busy #entertaining #entertaining people #give #give me

I believe that history has shape, order, and meaning; that exceptional men, as much as economic forces, produce change; and that passe abstractions like beauty, nobility, and greatness have a shifting but continuing validity. ↗

— Camille Paglia

#believe #change #continuing #economic #economic forces

Nobility, without virtue, is a fine setting without a gem. ↗

— Jane Porter

#gem #nobility #setting #virtue #without

Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath. ↗

— Solon

#more #nobility #oath #put #than