Zitat des Tages über Edelste / Noblest:
Give us that grand word 'woman' once again, and let's have done with 'lady'; one's a term full of fine force, strong, beautiful, and firm, fit for the noblest use of tongue or pen; and one's a word for lackeys.
For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.
Success in its highest and noblest form calls for peace of mind and enjoyment and happiness which come only to the man who has found the work that he likes best.
There is that indescribable freshness and unconsciousness about an illiterate person that humbles and mocks the power of the noblest expressive genius.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the ambition of the great painters was to make paintings that were like music, which was then considered as the noblest art.
This sight... is by far the noblest astronomy affords.
Just what future the Designer of the universe has provided for the souls of men I do not know, I cannot prove. But I find that the whole order of Nature confirms my confidence that, if it is not like our noblest hopes and dreams, it will transcend them.
And love's the noblest frailty of the mind.
I will far rather see the race of man extinct than that we should become less than beasts by making the noblest of God's creation, woman, the object of our lust.
That service is the noblest which is rendered for its own sake.
The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.
Father asked us what was God's noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad, but babies never are.
The sense of this word among the Greeks affords the noblest definition of it; enthusiasm signifies God in us.
The Charter of the United Nations expresses the noblest aspirations of man: abjuration of force in the settlement of disputes between states; the assurance of human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language or religion; the safeguarding of international peace and security.
There is nothing more corrupting, nothing more destructive of the noblest and finest feelings of our nature, than the exercise of unlimited power.
The heart was always seen as the noblest of the internal organs as well as the most vital. The hearts of martyrs or future candidates for sainthood would be preserved, but never their livers, say, or the entrails - at least not on their own; it was either the heart by itself or the whole lot together.
The end of man is action, and not thought, though it be of the noblest.
Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.
At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.
The greatest and noblest pleasure which we have in this world is to discover new truths, and the next is to shake off old prejudices.
Of all the possessions of this life fame is the noblest; when the body has sunk into the dust the great name still lives.
The noblest spirit is most strongly attracted by the love of glory.
By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.
The progress of the American Revolution has been so rapid and such the alteration of manners, the blending of characters, and the new train of ideas that almost universally prevail, that the principles which animated to the noblest exertions have been nearly annihilated.
The community which has neither poverty nor riches will always have the noblest principles.
If God be God and man a creature made in image of the divine intelligence, his noblest function is the search for truth.
Clemency is the noblest trait which can reveal a true monarch to the world.
The noblest search is the search for excellence.
Almost all the noblest things that have been achieved in the world, have been achieved by poor men; poor scholars, poor professional men, poor artisans and artists, poor philosophers, poets, and men of genius.
An honest God is the noblest work of man.
Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction.
Through this same man and me hath all this war been wrought, and the death of the most noblest knights of the world; for through our love that we have loved together is my most noble lord slain.
Morality in its noblest forms remains inexplicable unless one takes into account that power of growth in the human soul which has led generation after generation from lower religious and ethical standards to higher ones which often clash with worldly advantages.
You may count on Mexico's support, since your commitment to the noblest causes of mankind and your vast experience are and will be invaluable in enabling us, together, to achieve a better world.
If an honest man is the noblest work of God, then Mr. Lincoln's title to high nobility is clear and unquestioned.
We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs. He most lives who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best.
