Admirer Quote by Oliver Goldsmith

Glory is sometimes a low courtesan who on the road entices many who did not think of her. They are astonished to obtain favors…

— Michel, 14th Prince of Ligne

One does not want glory accepted as a matter of course. One wants to shock and astonish people with it.

— Diana Wynne Jones

“Glory is largely a theatrical concept. There is no striving for glory without a vivid awareness of an audience... The desire to escape or…

— Eric Hoffer

“True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, in writing what deserves to be read, and in so living as to make…

— Pliny the Elder

Glory consists of two parts: the one in setting too great a value upon ourselves, and the other in setting too little a value…

— Michel de Montaigne

“Glory is a veneer that reflects the light only from a distance.  Up close you can see through it, to bitter price paid in…

— Jay Allan

Glory relaxes often and debilitates the mind; censure stimulates and contracts,--both to an extreme. Simple fame is, perhaps, the proper medium.

— William Shenstone

False glory is the rock of vanity; it seduces men to affect esteem by things which they indeed possess, but which are frivolous, and…

— Jean de la Bruyere

Glory belongs to the act of being constant to something greater than yourself, to a cause, to your principles, to the people on whom…

— John McCain

Glory is a heavy burden, a murdering poison, and to bear it is an art. And to have that art is rare.

— Oriana Fallaci

Glory is a often praised thing because of the way it makes people feel, but Glory is for the weak hearted and actions based…

— Kevan Langley

True glory lies in noble deeds

— Anonymous