“There is an optimism which nobly anticipates the eventual triumph of great moral lows, and there is an optimism which cheerfully tolerates unworthiness.”
Agnes Repplier
“The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of a mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one”
Wilhelm Stekel
“Cowards falter, but danger is often overcome by those who nobly dare.”
Elizabeth the Queen Mother
“The immature man wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mature man wants to live humanely for one.”
“It is better to be nobly remembered than nobly born”
John Ruskin
“A life lived nobly is often short, harsh, and forgotten.”
William Stobart Mitch
“Nobly, nobly Cape Saint Vincent to the North-west died away; / Sunset ran, one glorious blood-red, reeking into Cadiz bay.”
Robert Browning
