FAME Avoid shame, but do not seek glory—nothing so expensive as glory.
Sydney Smith (1771–1845)
Fame is a fickle food
Upon a shifting plate.
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (1830–1886)
Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else.
Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809–1894)
Fame, like flame, is harmless until you start inhaling it.
O. A. Battisti
God is not impressed with celebrities or those who would like to be. He is impressed by only one man—Christ. And only those who accept Christ by faith receive God’s approval.
Erwin W. Lutzer (1941– )
I had the world, and it wasn’t nothin’.
Muhammad Ali (1942– )
It is better to be a nobody who accomplishes something than a somebody who accomplishes nothing.
Men think highly of those who rise rapidly in the world; whereas nothing rises quicker than dust, straw, and feathers.
August W. Hare (1792–1834)
Popularity is a crime from the moment it is sought; it is only a virtue where men have it whether they will or no.
Marquis of Halifax (1633–1695)
Popularity? It’s glory’s small change.
Victor Hugo (1802–1885)
Seeking to perpetuate one’s name on earth is like writing on the sand by the seashore; to be perpetual it must be written on eternal shores.
Dwight Lyman Moody (1837–1899)
The best of men are still sinners. If we take pride in the “greats” of this world, we have a warped view of God’s values. He chooses the base, the lowly, and the unknown.
Erwin W. Lutzer (1941– )
What is fame? An empty bubble.
James Grainger (1721–1766)
