Mind Quote by John Ruskin

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

— Edmund Burke

Only those with determination and a thirst to succeed will drink at the fountain of success.

— Rashida Rowe

The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.

— Tacitus

The general goodness, which is nourished in noble hearts makes every one think that strength of virtue to be in another whereof they find…

— Philip Sidney

Humility, after the first shock, is cheerful virtue.

— C. S. Lewis

It is a lively spark of nobleness to descend in most favour to one when he is lowest in affliction

— Philip Sidney

No generous mind delights to oppress the weak, but rather to cherish and protect.

— Anne Bronte

To be himself, one neeeds to be free from the pressure of evaluative praise

— Haim Ginott

The thirst after fame is greater than that after virtue; for who embraces virtue if you take away its rewards?

— Juvenal

True praise comes often even to the lowly; false praise only to the strong.

— Anonymous

The hunger for applause is the source for all conscious literature and heroism

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The interpretation that makes you ardent and hopeful and active and reverent is the true one.

— Rumi