Truth is the mother of joy. Truth civilizes, ennobles and purifies. The grandest ambition that can enter the soul is to know the truth.
A war for a great principle ennobles a nation.
True kindness ennobles the giver
True love is that which ennobles the personality, fortifies the heart, and sanctifies the existence.
Poverty ennobles no one; it brutalizes common people and makes them hungry and old.
An epithet or metaphor drawn from nature ennobles art; an epithet or metaphor drawn from art degrades nature.
Where you are is of no moment, but only what you are doing there. It is not the place that ennobles you, but you the place, and this only by doing that which is great and noble.
My final, considered judgment is that the hardy bulb [garlic] blesses and ennobles everything it touches - with the possible exception of ice cream and pie.
Selfishness corrodes. Unselfishness ennobles, satisfies. Don't put off the joy derivable from doing helpful, kindly things for others.
Travel ennobles the spirit and does away with our prejudices.
