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Real nobility is based on scorn, courage, and profound indifference.

I come from a class which used to be called the gentry - which is nowadays mistakenly used to include the nobility, but in fact is not. The gentry was essentially the untitled landowning class.

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

A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them.

And though it is much to be a nobleman, it is more to be a gentleman.

Virtue is the truest nobility.

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

Nobility of spirit has more to do with simplicity than ostentation, wisdom rather than wealth, commitment rather than ambition.

There's nobility in hard work, traditional values.

I always felt there was some kind of nobility centered in my desire and passion for what I do.