"The point is not to take the world's……" — Gustav Mahler
"The point is not to take the world's opinion as a guiding star but to go one's way in life and working unerringly, neither depressed by failure nor seduced by applause."
More Applause Quotes
- There are high spots in all of our lives and most of them have come about through encouragement from someone… — George Matthew Adams
- To the proud, the applause of the world rings in their ears; to the humble, the applause of heaven warms… — Ezra Taft Benson
- Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones. — Edmund Burke
- The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping . — Dale Carnegie
- Applause is a receipt, not a bill. — Dale Carnegie
- Cooking for people is an enormously significant expression of generosity and soulfulness, and entertaining is a way to be both… — Ted Allen
- To test a modest man's modesty do not investigate if he ignores applause, find out if he abides criticism. — Franz Grillparzer
- As long as mankind shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on their destroyers than on their benefactors, the thirst… — Edward Gibbon
- The applause of a single human being is of great consequence. — Samuel Johnson
- To receive applause for works which do not demand all our powers hinders our advance towards a perfecting of our… — Georg C. Lichtenberg
- Just about the only interruption we don't object to is applause. — Sydney J. Harris
- My advice to you concerning applause is this: enjoy it but never quite believe it — Robert Montgomery