Bears Quote by Henry David Thoreau

I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name.

— Emily Dickinson

When one has never heard a man's name in the course of one's life, it speaks volumes for him; he must be quite respectable.

— Oscar Wilde

Truly a man does not live by bread alone. A good name is still to be preferred over great riches. Especially is it to…

— Ezra Taft Benson

The fame of great men ought to be judged always by their big, fancy names.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Some men do as much begrudge others a good name, as they want one themselves: and perhaps that is the reason of it.

— William Penn

Fame is a series of misunderstandings surrounding a name.

— Joni Mitchell

A good name is seldom got by giving it oneself.

— William Wycherley

Fame is nothing but an empty name.

— Charles Churchill

The word of the man of character will go further than all the riches of a man without a good name...

— Jesse Joseph

A man's heart must be very frivolous if the possession of fame rewards the labor to attain it. For the worst of reputation is…

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

Men often mistake notoriety for fame, and would rather be remarked for their vices and follies than not be noticed at all!

— Harry S. Truman

Fame is the sum of the misunderstanding that gathers about a new name.

— Rainer Maria Rilke