Whoever rises above those who once pleased themselves with…

The gratification which affluence of wealth, extent of power, and eminence of reputation confer, must be always, by their own nature, confined to a…

— Samuel Johnson

That eminence of learning is not to be gained without labour, at least equal to that which any other kind of greatness can require,…

— Samuel Johnson

To expect that the intricacies of science will be pierced by a careless glance, or the eminences of fame ascended without labour, is to…

— Samuel Johnson

It is no less a proof of eminence to have many enemies than many friends

— Samuel Johnson

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

“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