“The sage puts his own person last, and yet it is found in the foremost place.”
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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.
“If thou wilt know or learn anything profitably, desire to be unknown, and to be little esteemed.”
Thomas à Kempis
HumilityObscurity
“There was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.”
The Bible (Ecclesiastes 9:15)
Unsung HeroesWisdom
“As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.”
The Bible (Psalm 103:15-16)
Fleeting FameMortality
“Surely every man walketh in a vain shew.”
The Bible (Psalm 39:6)
VanityAppearances
“He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.”
The Bible (Proverbs 12:9)
SubstancePretension
“For that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.”
The Bible (Luke 16:15)
ValuesPopularity
“But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth.”
The Bible (Matthew 6:3)
Quiet GivingHumility
“He must increase, but I must decrease.”
The Bible (John 3:30)
HumilityFaith
“We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.”
The Bible (Luke 17:10)
DutyHumility
“Of whom the world was not worthy.”
The Bible (Hebrews 11:38)
Unsung HeroesFaith
“For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.”
The Bible (2 Corinthians 10:18)
Self-PraiseApproval
“Put not your trust in princes. His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.”
The Bible (Psalm 146:3-4)
PowerMortality
“Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down.”
The Bible (Obadiah 1:4)
PrideDownfall
“What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour?”
The Bible (Esther 6:6)
HonourPride
“There were giants in the earth in those days; mighty men which were of old, men of renown.”
The Bible (Genesis 6:4)
LegendRenown
“By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches, and honour, and life.”
The Bible (Proverbs 22:4)
HumilityHonour
“Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.”
The Bible (Psalm 131:1)
HumilityContentment
“Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.”
The Bible (Matthew 5:5)
MeeknessBlessing
“Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time.”
The Bible (1 Peter 5:6)
HumilityTiming
“For, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.”
The Bible (Luke 1:48)
LegacyBlessing
“And that his name may be famous in Israel.”
The Bible (Ruth 4:14)
FameBlessing
“Let us now praise famous men, and our fathers that begat us.”
The Bible (Sirach 44:1)
Famous MenHeritage
“And some there be, which have no memorial; who are perished, as though they had never been.”
The Bible (Sirach 44:9)
ForgottenHumility
“Their bodies are buried in peace; but their name liveth for evermore.”
The Bible (Sirach 44:14)
LegacyRemembrance