Fame Quotes

2089 Fame quotes by 1424 unique authors

Critics! Those cut-throat bandits in the paths of fame. — Robert Burns
The book written against fame and learning has the author's name on the title-page. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Give all to love: Obey thy heart; Friends, kindred, days, Estate, good fame, Plans, credit, and the Muse,- Nothing refuse. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Pilgrim of Eternity, whose fame Over his living head like heaven is bent, An early but enduring monument, Came, veiling all the lightnings of… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
The sculptor will chip off all unnecessary material to set free the angel. Nature will chip and pound us remorselessly to bring out our possibilities.… — Orison Swett Marden
The library is not a shrine for the worship of books. It is not a temple where literary incense must be burned or where one's… — Norman Cousins
In man's life, time is but a moment; being, a flux; sense is dim; the material frame corruptible; soul, an eddy of breath; fortune a… — Marcus Aurelius
As for life, it is a battle and a sojourning in a strange land; but the fame that comes after is oblivion. — Marcus Aurelius
Life is a warfare and a stranger's sojourn, and after fame is oblivion. — Marcus Aurelius
What needs my Shakespeare for his honour'd bones,- The labour of an age in piled stones? Or that his hallow'd relics should be hid Under… — John Milton
Thence to the famous orators repair, Those ancient, whose resistless eloquence Wielded at will that fierce democratie, Shook the arsenal, and fulmin'd over Greece, To… — John Milton
Enflamed with the study of learning and the admiration of virtue; stirred up with high hopes of living to be brave men and worthy patriots,… — John Milton
Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise — John Milton
Fame then was cheap, and the first comer sped; And they have kept it since by being dead. — John Dryden
In one of the decisive battles of World War I, disastrous reports poured into the headquarters of Marshal Foch, the commander of the Allied forces.… — James Keller
If you feel that . . . what you do this year or in the years to come does not make you very famous, take… — Howard W. Hunter
Physicians of the utmost fame, Were called at once; but when they came They answered, as they took their fees, 'There is no Cure for… — Hilaire Belloc
Goodness is always an asset. A man who is straight, friendly and useful may never be famous, but he is respected and liked by all… — Herbert Newton Casson
I spent twenty-two seasons playing professional baseball. Naturally, success in that field is measured by batting averages, number of home runs and RBIs, fielding averages,… — Harmon Killebrew
Mrs. Teasdale calls for rescue and Firefly delivers the famous line to his cohorts as they rescue her: "Remember, you're fighting for this woman's honor,… — Groucho Marx

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