What Is Fame Quotes
Do not be taken in or flattered by your own success or fame. Take not only as to whether or not the old creation, including everything which comes by birth, has gone through the cross.
My advice to a young man seeking deathless fame would be to espouse an unpopular cause and devote his life to it.
He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of genius.
Who would not rather have the fame of Archimedes than that of his conqueror Marcellus?
If we have youth, beauty, blessed gifts, strength, if we find fame, fortune, favor, fulfillment, it is easy to be nice, to turn a warm heart to the world.
I actually work at my craft, and I actually want to be the best in my category, and I want to be a true actress. And a lot of people just want fame, and there's a huge difference.
Fame is a lot of fun, but it's not interesting. I loved being noticed and praised, even the banquets. But they didn't have anything that I wanted. After about six months, I found it boring.
I don't play the sport for fame. I don't try to win tournaments for fame. I don't do any of that. It's just me. I'm just Bubba. I goof around. I joke around. I just want to be me and play golf.
Fame is fleeting. That stuff comes and goes. You know, as soon as I play poorly ... you won't be doing this interview--you'll be interviewing the next guy.
The regular season is where you make your name, but the postseason is where you make your fame
Success is to be measured not by wealth, power, or fame, but by the ratio between what a man is and what he might be.
Now, I don't know how they judge all that, but if anybody in the world deserves to be in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, Ritchie Valens does.
I'm still not sure what is meant by good fortune and success. I know fame and power are for the birds. But then life suddenly comes into focus for me. And, ah, there stand my kids.
It has always been the opinion and judgment of wise men that nothing can be so uncertain as fame or power not founded on its own strength.
I want every young man who sees me to know that I'm not that different from them. I wasn't born into wealth. I wasn't born into fame. I made a lot of mistakes - but I kept at it.
Don't cling to fame. You're just borrowing it. It's like money. You're going to die, and somebody else is going to get it.
Follow your passion. Nothing - not wealth, success, accolades or fame - is worth spending a lifetime doing things you don't enjoy.
I almost choke on my popcorn when I hear film stars, who walk on red carpets as much as the rest of us do on zebra crossings, criticising youngsters who crave fame.
A man must love a thing very much if he not only practices it without any hope of fame and money, but even... without any hope of doing it well.
Simple, genuine goodness is the best capital to found the business of this life upon. It lasts when fame and money fail, and is the only riches we can take out of this world with us.
The best fame is a writer's fame. It's enough to get a table at a good restaurant, but not enough to get you interrupted when you eat.
When emerging from humble beginnings, those around you tend to underestimate your authenticity because they knew you before you were 'somebody'.
What is fame? The advantage of being known by people of whom you yourself know nothing, and for whom you care as little.
You'll be a poorer person all your life if you don't know some of the great stories and great poems.
I won't become a household word, or achieve the fame I deserve in my lifetime because of the way I look.
Luckily, thanks to the way my parents taught me, I think I can handle the fame in the right manner.
May the countryside and the gliding valley streams content me. Lost to fame, let me love river and woodland.