Fame Quote by Baruch Spinoza

“The good things which belong to prosperity are to be wished, but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.”

— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Riches, honors and pleasure are the sweets which destroy the mind's appetite for heavenly food; poverty, disgrace and pain are the bitters which restore…

— George Horne

What are riches - grandeur - health itself, to the luxury of a pure conscience, the health of the soul; - and what the…

— Ann Radcliffe

The value of three things is justly appreciated by all classes of men: youth, by the old; health, by the diseased; and wealth, by…

— Omar Khayyam

All the good things of the world are no further good to us than as they are of use; and of all we may…

— Daniel Defoe

Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest

— Francis Bacon

The very greatest things - great thoughts, discoveries, inventions - have usually been nurtured in hardship, often pondered over in sorrow, and at length…

— Samuel Smiles

All natural goods perish. Riches take wings; fame is a breath; love is a cheat; youth and health and pleasure vanish.

— William James

The first element of greatness is fundamental humbleness (this should not be confused with servility); the second is freedom from self; the third is…

— Margot Asquith

“For all the value that the true, the truthful, the selfless may deserve, it would still be possible that a higher and more fundamental…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

There is only one thing in the world that is really valuable, it is to do good.

— African Spir

Three outstanding qualities make for success: judgment, industry, health. And the greatest of these is judgment.

— Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook