It stands on a slight eminence

“But young men have not only this frivolous ambition of being thought masters of execution, inciting them on the one hand, but also their…

— Anonymous

It is no slight testimonial, both to the merit and worth of Christianity, that in all ages since its promulgation the great mass of…

— John Quincy Adams

In conclusion I congratulate you, my fellow-citizens, upon the high state of prosperity to which the goodness of Divine Providence has conducted our common…

— Zachary Taylor

There is a form of eminence which does not depend on fate; it is an air which sets us apart and seems to prtend…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

An incessant change of means to attain unalterable ends is always going on; we must take care not to let these sundry means undo…

— George S. Patton

Power is seldom innocent, and envy is the yokefellow of eminence.

— Martin Farquhar Tupper

The one profession where you can gain great eminence without ever being right.

— George Meany

I will be satisfied if my epitaph shall be written thus: 'Here lies one who never rose to any eminence, who only courted the…

— Thaddeus Stevens

I do not find illness an eminence, and I do not understand how people can use it to draw attention to themselves since the…

— John Steinbeck

If I were a German today, I would be proud, proud but also worried. I would be proud of the magnificent achievement of rebuilding…

— Margaret Thatcher

The chief distinction in the intellectual powers of the two sexes is shown by mans attaining to a higher eminence, in whatever he takes…

— Charles Darwin

But the desire of obtaining the advantages, and of escaping the burthens, of political society, is a perpetual and inexhaustible source of discord; nor…

— Edward Gibbon

Distinction is an eminence that is attained but too frequently at the expense of a fireside.

— William Gilmore Simms

The building of Kuwait and her Eminence, it's defense and protection, is primarily a responsibility by her people and the efforts of her children

— Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah

[Science] has challenged the super-eminence of religion; it has turned all philosophy out of doors except that which clings to its skirts; it has…

— Katharine Fullerton Gerould