#noble

The Englishman never enjoys himself except for a noble purpose. ↗

— A. P. Herbert

#enjoys #except #himself #never #noble

Blessed are they who have the gift of making friends, for it is one of God's best gifts. It involves many things, but above all, the power of going out of one's self, and appreciating whatever is noble and loving in another. ↗

— Thomas Hughes

#another #appreciating #best #blessed #friends

Coercion may prevent many transgressions; but it robs even actions which are legal of a part of their beauty. Freedom may lead to many transgressions, but it lends even to vices a less ignoble form. ↗

— Wilhelm von Humboldt

#beauty #coercion #even #form #freedom

I'm an optimist in the sense that I believe humans are noble and honorable, and some of them are really smart. I have a very optimistic view of individuals. ↗

— Steve Jobs

#believe #honorable #humans #i #i believe

Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction. ↗

— Evelyn Waugh

#construct #destruction #efforts #human #noblest

Being a musician is a noble profession. ↗

— Paul Weller

#musician #noble #profession

Let this circumstance of our constitution therefore be directed to this noble purpose, and then all the objections urged against it by jealous tyranny and affrighted superstition will vanish. ↗

— Adam Weishaupt

#circumstance #constitution #directed #jealous #noble

There is a noble and a base side to every history. ↗

— Thomas Wentworth

#every #history #noble #side

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

About the twenty-third year of my age, I had many fresh and heavenly openings, in respect to the care and providence of the Almighty over his creatures in general, and over man as the most noble amongst those which are visible. ↗

— John Woolman

#age #almighty #amongst #care #creatures