“Politics is a noble activity. We should revalue it, practise it with vocation and a dedication that requires testimony, martyrdom, that is to die for the common good.” ShouldDiesCommonActivityNobleDedicationTestimonyVocationCommon GoodMartyrdomPractise Author:Pope Francis
“The glorious memory of brave men is continually renewed; the fame of those who have performed any noble deed is never allowed to die; and the renown of those who have done good service to their country becomes a matter of common knowledge to the multitude, and part of the heritage of posterity.” MenCountryMatterDoneDiesMemoriesCommonFameBraveDeedsNobleGloriousHeritageMultitudesPosterityBrave ManRenownGood ServiceCommon KnowledgeNoble Deeds Book:The Histories Source: The Histories
“Man is mortal. Everyone has to die some day or the other. But one must resolve to lay down one's life in enriching the noble ideals of self-respect and in bettering one's human life. We are not slaves. Nothing is more disgraceful for a brave man than to live life devoid of self-respect.” MenHumansSelfDiesIdealsLaysBraveSlaveNobleMortalsLive LifeHuman LifeSelf RespectResolveBrave ManEnrichingDisgraceful Author:B. R. Ambedkar
“Be sure the safest rule is that we should not dare to live in any scene in which we dare not die. But, once realise what the true object is in life that it is not pleasure, not knowledge, not even fame itself, 'that last infirmity of noble minds' but that it is the development of character, the rising to a higher, nobler, purer standard, the building-up of the perfect Man and then, so long as we feel that this is going on, and will (we trust) go on for evermore, death has for us no terror; it is not a shadow, but a light; not an end, but a beginning!” MenFeelsShouldMindLongEndsCharacterLightLastsDeathDiesPerfectPleasureObjectsBuildingGoes OnDevelopmentHigherSceneFameStandardsShadowTerrorDareNobleRisingRealisingInfirmityBuilding UpPerfect ManEvermore Book:Delphi Complete Works of Lewis Carroll (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Lewis Carroll (Illustrated)
“He who has resolved to conquer or die is seldom conquered; such noble despair perishes with difficulty.” DiesDespairDifficultyNobleConquerValor Author:Pierre Corneille
“To be an object of hatred and aversion to their contemporaries has been the usual fate of all those whose merit has raised them above the common level. The man who submits to the shafts of envy for the sake of noble objects pursues a judicious course for his own lasting fame. Hatred dies with its object, while merit soon breaks forth in full splendor, and his glory is handed down to posterity in never-dying strains.” MenHas BeensDiesCoursesLevelsCommonBreakFateDyingObjectsHe ManFameGloryHatredRaisedSakeEnvyNoblePursueMeritLastingUsualSubmitStrainPosteritySplendorAversion Author:Thucydides
“I have lived in the pursuit of a vision, both personal and social. Personal: to care for what is noble, for what is beautiful, for what is gentle; to allow moments of insight to give wisdom at more mundane times. Social: to see in imagination the society that is to be created, where individuals grow freely, and where hate and greed and envy die because there is nothing to nourish them. These things I believe, and the world, for all its horrors, has left me unshaken.” WorldGivingBelieveMomentsCareBeautifulHateDiesIndividualLeftI BelieveSocialGrowsImaginationVisionHorrorGreedInsightEnvyNoblePursuitGentleMundane Book:Bertrand Russell's Best Source: Bertrand Russell's Best
“The noble person who has eaten of his lord's bounty should die in his lord's battles; to return to one's home dead and wrapped in a horse's hide is a happy fate. Am I the sort of people to bring to nought the grand designs of my country?” PeopleShouldPersonsCountryHomeDiesLordFateDesignReturnBattleHorseNobleBounty Author:Zhou Yu
“Each say following another, either hastening or putting off our death--what pleasure does it bring? I count that man worthless whois cheered by empty hopes. No, a noble man must either live or die well.” MenWellsDoeDiesHopePleasureEmptyFollowingNobleWorthlessNoble Man Author:Sophocles