Pastoral Resources

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

What is madness but nobility of soul at odds with circumstance.

The German people is not marked by original sin, but by original nobility.

The nobility of a human being is strictly independent of that of his convictions.

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.

Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.

You have the right to kill me, but you don't have the right to judge me. That's life. There's nobility in that. There's focus. It's genuine. It's crystal and it's pure and it's available to everybody, so just shut your traps and put down your McDonalds, your vaccines, your Us Weekly, your TMZ and the rest of it.

If an honest man is the noblest work of God, then Mr. Lincoln's title to high nobility is clear and unquestioned.

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

It is the nobility of their style which will make our writers of 1840 unreadable forty years from now.

Strip the proud nobility of their bloated estates, reduce them to a level with plain republicans, send forth to labor, and teach their children to enter the workshops or handle the plow, and you will thus humble proud traitors.

For as long as this nation has known war, we have embraced the heroes it has produced. Americans have rightfully noted the honor and nobility of courage under hostile fire and thanked those who perished in their defense.

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

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