Enthusiasm is a virtue rarely to be met with in seasons of calm and unruffled prosperity. Enthusiasm flourishes in adversity, kindles in… — Thomas Chalmers Copy Share Image
If any ambitious man have a fancy to revolutionize, at one effort, the universal world of human thought, human opinion, and human… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
The renown which riches or beauty confer is fleeting and frail mental excellence is a splendid and lasting possession. — Sallust Copy Share Image
The melancholy ghosts of dead renown, Whispering faint echoes of the world's applause. — Edward Young Copy Share Image
Whatever man loves, that is his god. For he carries it in his heart; he goes about with it night and day;… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Natural ability is by far the best, but many men have succeeded in winning high renown by skill that is the fruit… — Pindar Copy Share Image
Senator [Stephen] Douglas is of world-wide renown. All the anxious politicians of his party, or who have been of his party for… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
A watchful eye must be kept on ourselves lest while we are building ideal monuments of Renown and Bliss here we neglect… — James Madison Copy Share Image
All the entertainment and talk of history is nothing almost but fighting and killing: and the honour and renown that is bestowed… — John Locke Copy Share Image
[Every age], however destitute of science or virtue, sufficiently abounds with acts of blood and military renown. — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
All's well that ends well; still the fine's the crown. Whate'er the course, the end is the renown. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
The glorious memory of brave men is continually renewed; the fame of those who have performed any noble deed is never allowed… — Polybius Copy Share Image
If not for that of conscience, yet at least for ambition's sake, let us reject ambition, let us disdain that thirst of… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Only to two or three persons in all the world are the reminiscences of a man's early youth interesting: to the parent… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
The only true riches are those that make us rich in virtue. Therefore, if you want to be rich, beloved, love true… — Pope Gregory I Copy Share Image
To set the cause above renown, To love the game beyond the prize, To honor, while you strike him down, The foe… — Henry Newbolt Copy Share Image
“It is well known that geometry presupposes not only the concept of space but also the first fundamental notions for constructions in… — Bernhard Riemann Copy Share Image
The main reason for choosing a project is not really the renown of the director that's making the project. I feel like… — Song Kang-Ho Copy Share Image
Who, for the poor renown of being smart, Would leave a sting within a brother's heart? — Edward Young Copy Share Image
So if you care to find me/ Look to the western sky/ As someone told me lately/ Everyone deserves the chance to… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
Arjuna is a warrior of great renown, says he won't fight. He tells Krishna: I can't fight because I love these people.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image