#nobility

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

Rascals are always sociable, more's the pity! and the chief sign that a man has any nobility in his character is the little pleasure he takes in others' company. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#any #character #chief #company #his

Since art is considered a noble field, art should be used to promote all that is good and noble, and in a noble fashion. ↗

— E.A. Bucchianeri

#arts #arts-and-humanities #artsy #creative #creativity

Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart. ↗

— Kahlil Gibran

#nobility-of-spirit #soulful #beauty

Hast thou given the horse strength? Hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?...He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage... ↗

— Robert Olmstead

#horses #nobility #strength #courage

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. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#inspirational #love #made-me-cry #nobility #sacrifice

One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him. ↗

— Socrates

#nobility #forgiveness