“No great man lives in vain.”
Thomas Carlyle
GreatnessLegacy
Famous Quotes
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Famous Quotes
Read 200 of the best famous quotes about fame, reputation, glory and being remembered, from Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, Milton, Franklin and more.
“Men of great ambition have sought happiness and found fame.”
Napoleon Bonaparte
AmbitionHappiness
“The trophies of Miltiades would not let him sleep.”
Plutarch
AmbitionRivalry
“The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.”
Cicero
ChallengeGlory
“Soon, very soon, thou wilt be ashes, or a skeleton, and either a name or not even a name.”
Marcus Aurelius
MortalityHumility
“Do you not think it a matter worthy of lamentation that when there is such a vast multitude of worlds, we have not yet conquered one?”
Alexander the Great
AmbitionPerspective
“The man of distinction is solid and straightforward, and loves righteousness. As to the man of notoriety, he assumes the appearance of virtue.”
Confucius
CharacterReputation
“Let the fool wish for a false reputation, for precedence among the Bhikshus, for lordship in the convents, for worship among other people!”
Buddha (Dhammapada)
VanityWisdom
“As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.”
The Bible (Proverbs 27:21)
PraiseCharacter
“For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.”
The Bible (Luke 14:11)
HumilityPride
“For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.”
The Bible (John 12:43)
ApprovalFaith
“For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass.”
The Bible (1 Peter 1:24)
Fleeting GloryMortality
“Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.”
The Bible (1 Samuel 18:7)
CelebrityJealousy
“There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him.”
The Bible (Ecclesiastes 4:16)
Fleeting PopularityPerspective
“His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun.”
The Bible (Psalm 72:17)
Lasting LegacyFaith
“I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.”
The Bible (Isaiah 56:5)
LegacyPromise
“For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces.”
The Bible (Esther 9:4)
FameRising Up
“For he was wiser than all men; and his fame was in all nations round about.”
The Bible (1 Kings 4:31)
WisdomFame
“The highest condition takes rise in the lowest.”
Publilius Syrus
Humble BeginningsSuccess
“Envy feeds on the living; it ceases when they are dead.”
Ovid
EnvyLegacy
“O how quickly passeth away the glory of the world!”
Thomas à Kempis
Fleeting GloryHumility
“Fame is a magnifying glass.”
Thomas Fuller
FameScrutiny
“The love of praise, howe'er conceal'd by art, reigns, more or less, and glows, in every heart.”
Edward Young
PraiseHuman Nature
“History is little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.”
Edward Gibbon
HistoryReputation
“Lo, all our pomp of yesterday is one with Nineveh and Tyre!”
Rudyard Kipling
Fleeting GloryHumility