Suffering does not necessarily ennoble you.

Good actions ennoble us, we are the sons of our own deeds.

The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it.

Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds.

Preserve my artistic creativity and ennoble my artistic fame.

Unless the theatre can ennoble you, make you a better person, you should flee from it.

Labor, in itself, is neither elevating or otherwise. It is the laborer's privilege to ennoble his work by the aim with which he undertakes it, and by the enthusiasm and faithfulness he puts into it.

A Christian reveals true humility by showing the gentleness of Christ, by being always ready to help others, by speaking kind words and performing unselfish acts, which elevate and ennoble the most sacred message that has come to our world.

One principle I've been fighting for that doesn't endear me to a lot of people is that black people can be just as complicated and screwed up as white people. Our motives can be just as base and violent. Suffering does not necessarily ennoble you.

I always felt called to serve, to empower and ennoble as many people as I could, teaching, truth-telling, exposing lies, bearing witness, and being willing to live and die for something bigger than yourself. I had a passion and love of learning and wisdom that was inseparable from a love of music and the arts.

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