Nobleness Quotes

“Christian morality (so called) has all the characters of a reaction; it is, in great part, a protest against Paganism. Its ideal is negative rather than positive; passive rather than action; innocence rather than Nobleness; Abstinence from Evil, rather than energetic Pursuit of Good: in its precepts (as has been well said) 'thou shalt not' predominates unduly over 'thou shalt.”
― John Stuart Mill, On Liberty

“Of all the parts of your body, be most vigilant over your index finger, for it is blame-thirsty. A pointed finger is a victim’s logo.”
― Joseph Brodsky

“[The utilitarian standard] is not the agent's own greatest happiness, but the greatest amount of happiness altogether; and if it may possibly be doubted whether a noble character is always the happier for its nobleness, there can be no doubt that it makes other people happier, and that the world in general is immensely a gainer by it.”
― John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism

“I will serve him, and give him all worship, seeing in him the imbodiment of what I would fain become. If I cannot be noble myself, I will yet be servant to his nobleness.”
― George MacDonald, Phantastes A Faerie Romance for Men and Women

“Don’t just tell children to seek gentleness and greatness, because they won’t understand what these words could mean. Instead, show them the lives of gentle and great people, and narrate their noble deeds. Children will immediately be carried by a longing for the same things, or for even better ones.”
― Giannis Delimitsos

“Nobility of blood is nobility of the jungle, modern nobility involves substance of character.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Brit Actually: Nursery Rhymes of Reparations