Among sportsmen are the noble, the diligent and the caring, as there are the callous, the cheats and the criminals. – Harsha Bhogle
Every person has a longing to be significant; to make a contribution; to be a part of something noble and purposeful. – John C. Maxwell
The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the antagonist so much as the rival of the author. – Isaac D’Israeli
Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind and unfits it for every noble enterprise, every expanded prospect. – James Madison
If an election is simply a one-day snapshot of transient mass delusions, then this is not a very noble form of government. – James Bovard
Have all the hopes of ages come to naught? Is life no more with noble meaning fraught? – Ada Cambridge
It is a true man’s part not to err, but it is also noble of a man to perceive his error. – Apollonius of Tyana
The pillory and stocks, the gibbet, and even the whipping-post, have seen many a noble victim, many a martyr. But I cannot think any save the most ignoble criminals ever sat in a ducking-stool. – Alice Morse Earle
George Bush says what John Kerry did was noble. Yet he sees him being savaged by his own supporters. – Mark Shields
A sovereign’s great example forms a people; the public breast is noble or vile as he inspires it. – David Mallet