Renown Quotes

44 quotes by 40 authors

Science in England is not a profession: its cultivators are scarcely recognised even as a class. Our language itself contains no single term by which… — Charles Babbage
He who wins a thousand common hearts is entitled to some renown; but he who keeps undisputed sway over the heart of a coquette is… — Washington Irving
He, who practices right, but in the hope of acquiring great renown, is very near to vice. — Napoleon Bonaparte
Her virtues, graced with external gifts, Do breed love's settled passions in my heart; And like as rigour of tempestuous gusts Provokes the mightiest hulk… — William Shakespeare
All your renown is like the summer flower that blooms and dies; because the sunny glow which brings it forth, soon slays with parching power. — Dante Alighieri
NOTORIETY, n. The fame of one's competitor for public honors. The kind of renown most accessible and acceptable to mediocrity. A Jacob's-ladder leading to the… — Ambrose Bierce
Breathes there the man, with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land! Whose heart hath ne'er… — Walter Scott
Natural ability is by far the best, but many men have succeeded in winning high renown by skill that is the fruit of teaching. — Pindar
No festival of martial glory or warrior's renown is this; no pageant pomp of war-like conquest, no glory of fratricidal strife attend this day. It… — Peter J. McGuire
To set the cause above renown, To love the game beyond the prize, To honor, while you strike him down, The foe that comes with… — Henry Newbolt
The practice of perseverance is the discipline of the noblest virtues. To run well, we must run to the end. It is not the fighting… — Elias Lyman Magoon
The only true riches are those that make us rich in virtue. Therefore, if you want to be rich, beloved, love true riches. If you… — Pope Gregory I
The ones who count are those persons who - though they may be of little renown - respond to and are responsible for the continuation… — Martin Buber
Senator [Stephen] Douglas is of world-wide renown. All the anxious politicians of his party, or who have been of his party for years past, have… — Abraham Lincoln
Whatever man loves, that is his god. For he carries it in his heart; he goes about with it night and day; he sleeps and… — Martin Luther
I too shall lie in the dust when I am dead, but now let me win noble renown. — Homer
He who was Shri Rama, whose stream of love flowed with resistless might even to the Chandala (the outcaste); Oh, who ever was engaged in… — Swami Vivekananda
A watchful eye must be kept on ourselves lest while we are building ideal monuments of Renown and Bliss here we neglect to have our… — James Madison
Renown awaits the commander who first restores artillery to its prime importance on the battlefield. — Winston Churchill
The renown which riches or beauty confer is fleeting and frail mental excellence is a splendid and lasting possession. — Sallust

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