Eminent Quotes

112 quotes by 101 authors

There is, however, another purpose to which academies contribute. When they consist of a limited number of persons, eminent for their knowledge, it becomes an… — Charles Babbage
No student ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him: it is the amount and excellence of what is over… — Charles Kendall Adams
The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones. — Henry Ward Beecher
It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. All the illustrious persons of… — Joseph Addison
Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being… — Edmund Burke
For a man to attain to an eminent degree in learning costs him time, watching, hunger, nakedness, dizziness in the head, weakness in the stomach,… — Miguel de Cervantes
A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society. — B R Ambedkar
We profess to teach the principles and practice of medicine, or, in other words, the science and art of medicine. Science is knowledge reduced to… — Samuel Wilks
In less than eight years "The Origin of Species" has produced conviction in the minds of a majority of the most eminent living men of… — Alfred Russel Wallace
Possess purity in an eminent degree, and jealously preserve this fragrant flower. I earnestly desire to see you shine by the brilliancy of this virtue;… — Paul of the Cross
No words can express how much the world owes to sorrow. Most of the Psalms were born in the wilderness. Most of the Epistles were… — George MacDonald
I believe that the road to pre-eminent success in any line of work is to make yourself master of that line of work. — Andrew Carnegie
An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one. — Tacitus
The trouble with tea is that originally it was quite a good drink. So a group of the most eminent British scientists put their heads… — George Mikes
Haldane was engaged in discussion with an eminent theologian. "What inference," asked the latter, "might one draw about the nature of God from a study… — John B. S. Haldane
Criticism, though dignified from the earliest ages by the labours of men eminent for knowledge and sagacity, has not yet attained the certainty and stability… — Samuel Johnson
He [said of one or other eminent colleagues] is a very busy man, and half of what he publishes is true, but I don't know… — Erwin Chargaff
Plenty of mathematicians, Hardy knew, could follow a step-by-step discursus unflaggingly-yet counted for nothing beside Ramanujan. Years later, he would contrive an informal scale of… — Robert Kanigel
It is not eminent talent that is required to ensure success in any pursuit, so much as purpose-not merely the power to achieve, but the… — Samuel Smiles
He is lofty, and I am eminent. — Gough Whitlam

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