“We are determined not to take as the aim of our life fame, profit, wealth, or sensual pleasure, nor to accumulate wealth while millions are hungry and dying. We are committed to living simply and sharing our time, energy, and material resources with those who are in need.” NeedsEnergyWealthPleasureMillionsOur LivesDyingMaterialsFameResourcesAimProfitCommittedDeterminedHungrySensualOur TimeConsumerismOverconsumptionSensual Pleasure Book:Being Peace Source: Being Peace
“For our family, the entire structure of our life, our home, our business relationships - the entire purpose is for everyone to be able to create in a way that makes them happy. Fame is almost an inconsequential by-product of what we're really trying to accomplish. We are trying to put great things into the world, we're trying to have fun, and we're trying to become the greatest versions of ourselves in the process of doing things we love.” WorldWayTryingHomeAblePurposeFunProcessOur LivesProductsFameStructureAccomplishGreat ThingsVersionsHaving FunOur FamilyInconsequentialBusiness Relationship Author:Will Smith
“There is a certain virtue in every good man, which night and day stirs up the mind with the stimulus of glory, and reminds it that all mention of our name will not cease at the same time with our lives, but that our fame will endure to all posterity.” MenMindNightCertainNamesVirtueOur LivesFameGloryPraiseEndureVery GoodCeaseGood ManPosterityStimulus Book:Select Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero Source: Select Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero
“Money can come and go, and fame comes and goes. Peace of mind and a relationship with God is far more important, so this is the precedent that we've set in our lives. The bottom line is, we all die, so Jesus is the answer.” MindImportantDiesJesusLinesAnswersOur LivesFameBottomPeace Of MindBottom LineComes And GoesRelationship With GodPrecedentDynasty Author:Phil Robertson
“Mrs. Nixon and I share the sorrow of millions of Americans at the death of Louis Armstrong. One of the architects of an American art form, a free and individual spirit, and an artist of worldwide fame, his great talents and magnificent spirit added richness and pleasure to all our lives.” ArtFormSpiritArtistIndividualPleasureMillionsOur LivesShareTalentSorrowFameArchitectMagnificentRichnessArmstrongGreat Talent Author:Richard M. Nixon
“We have lots of heroes today - sportsmen, supermodels, media personalities. They come, they have their 15 minutes of fame, and they go. But the influence of good teachers stays with us. They are the people who really shape our lives.” PeopleTodayTeacherOur LivesInfluenceMinutesMediaPersonalityHeroShapesFameGood TeacherSportsmanSupermodel Author:Jonathan Sacks
“There are high spots in all of our lives and most of them have come about through encouragement from someone else. I don't care how great, how famous or successful a man or woman may be, each hungers for applause.” MenMayMotivationalCareSuccessSuccessfulOur LivesFameEncouragementHungerDon't CareSpotsI Don't CareEncouragingApplause Author:George Matthew Adams
“Fame has also this great drawback, that if we pursue it, we must direct our lives so as to please the fancy of men.” IfsMenOur LivesPleaseFameDirectPursueFancyDrawbacks Author:Baruch Spinoza
“The world is a wonderfully weird place, consensual reality is significantly flawed, no institution can be trusted, certainty is a mirage, security a delusion, and the tyranny of the dull mind forever threatens -- but our lives are not as limited as we think they are, all things are possible, laughter is holier than piety, freedom is sweeter than fame, and in the end it's love and love alone that really matters.” ThinkingWorldMindEndsMatterRealityForeverOur LivesSecurityFameLaughterAll ThingsAnd LoveInstitutionsTyrannyCertaintyDullDelusionTrustedFlawedPietyMiragesAlone In LoveWeird PlacesDull Minds Author:Tom Robbins
“We label judges with having the meanest motives, and yet we desire that our reputation and fame should depend upon the judgment of men, who are all, either from their jealousy or preoccupation or want of intelligence, opposed to us - and yet despite their bias, just for the sake of making these men decide in our favor, we peril in so many ways both our peace and our life.” MenWayWantShouldDesireOur LivesJudgingDependsFameJudgmentSakeFavorsReputationDespiteLabelsMotiveBiasPerilPreoccupation Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“Alot of people think our lives are all about taking pictures and stuff like that. But it becomes a real bother when they're taking pictures of you all the time.” ThinkingRealStuffOur LivesFameBotherTaks Author:Robert Pattinson