Applause Quote by Charles Caleb Colton

Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.

— Edmund Burke

The thinking part of mankind do not form their judgment from events; and their equity will ever attach equal glory to those actions which…

— George Washington

Great minds are to make others great. Their superiority is to be used, not to break the multitude to intellectual vassalage, not to establish…

— William Ellery Channing

“Glory ought to be the consequence, not the motive, of our actions; and although it happen not to attend the worthy deed, yet it…

— Pliny the Younger

People of great thoughts can become people of great deeds.

— Vikrant Parsai

Applause abates diligence.

— Samuel Johnson

In urging all writers to be steadfast in reliance on the ultimate victory of excellence, we should no less strenuously urge upon them to…

— George Henry Lewes

The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence; and the great welcome them out of vanity or need.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.

— Anonymous

Success listens only to applause. To all else it is deaf

— Elias Canetti

One might feel indignant at the injustice which deals out what is called fame with so unequal a hand, were it not for the…

— George Stillman Hillard

Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.

— Anonymous