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“Do not let your "eye" be drawn by the false "beacon lamps" -of wealth, or position, or fame, or possessions. Be vigilant over your will and desires, for these are the corrupt forces that dwell within, and keep you from living free.”

Eye Desire Force Wealth Position Fame Possession Over You Consumerism Lamps Overconsumption Vigilant Beacons

Author:John of the Cross

“A man's heart must be very frivolous if the possession of fame rewards the labor to attain it. For the worst of reputation is that it is not palpable or present - we do not feel or see or taste it.”

Ifs Men Feels Heart Worst Taste Fame Labor Rewards Possession Reputation Frivolous

Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

“The ascent to greatness, however steep and dangerous, may entertain an active spirit with the consciousness and exercise of its own power: but the possession of a throne could never yet afford a lasting satisfaction to an ambitious mind.”

Mind May Spirit Consciousness Dangerous Greatness Exercise Fame Satisfaction Possession Active Lasting Ambitious Thrones Steep Ascent

Book:The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Source: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

“Some of my youthful readers are developing wonderful imaginations. This pleases me. When I was young I longed to write a great novel that should win me fame. Now that I am getting old my first book is written to amuse children. For aside from my evident inability to do anything "great," I have learned to regard fame as a will-o-the-wisp which, when caught, is not worth the possession; but to please a child is a sweet and lovely thing that warms one's heart and brings its own reward.”

“Sadly, as with so much about history's heroes, it's the spotting of potential fame that's the difficulty, whether it's publishing their poems, hanging their paintings, or buying their old underwear. Think of the great men whose lives passed in penury and hacking coughs due to public unawareness that their littlest possession would end up at Sothebys or the basement at Fort Knox.”

Thinking Men Ends Painting Hero Fame Difficulty Possession Dues Great Men Buying Publishing Underwear Basements Hacking Forts Unawareness

Book:Chocolate and Cuckoo Clocks: The Essential Alan Coren

Source: Chocolate and Cuckoo Clocks: The Essential Alan Coren

“I always ask young writers, 'Are you certain you want to be a writer? If you're absolutely sure, then do it.' If you really want to write, writing has to take precedence over everything else, except for taking care of your loved ones. It has to be more important than any possession, more important than fame. We hear about just a few writers who get famous, but most of them don't. It's got to mean more than that.”

Ifs Want Writing Mean Important Care Young Certain Asks Fame Possession Loved Ones Young Writers Precedence

Author:Herbert Gold

“If my sense of security lies in my reputation or in the things I have, my life will be in a constant state of threat and jeopardy-a fear that these possessions may be lost, stolen, or devalued. If I'm in the presence of someone of greater net worth, fame, or status, I feel inferior. If I'm in the presence of someone of lesser net worth, fame or status, I feel superior. My sense of self-worth constantly fluctu-ates. I don't have any sense of constancy, anchorage, or persistent selfhood. I am constantly trying to protect and insure my assets, properties, securities, position, or reputation.”

“Without possessions, success, fame; who are you?”

Fame Possession

Author:Rajneesh

“I believe that anyone can be successful in life, regardless of natural talent or the environment within which we live. This is not based on measuring success by human competitiveness for wealth, possessions, influence, and fame, but adhering to God's standards of truth, justice, humility, service, compassion, forgiveness, and love.”

Source: The Jimmy Carter Library

“The crown and glory of life is character. It is the noblest possession of a man, constituting a rank in itself, and an estate in the general good-will; dignifying every station, and exalting every position in society. It exercises a greater power than wealth, and secures all the honor without the jealousies of fame. It carries with it an influence which always tell; for it is the result of proved honor, rectitude, and consistency-qualities which, perhaps more than any other, command the general confidence and respect of mankind.”

Source: Happy Homes and the Hearts that Make Them. Or Thrifty People and why They Thrive

“Of all the possessions of this life fame is the noblest; when the body has sunk into the dust the great name still lives.”

Life Stills Body Literature Names Fame Possession Dust This Life Still Life

Author:Friedrich Schiller