“Be sure the safest rule is that we should not dare to live in any scene in which we dare not die. But, once realise what the true object is in life that it is not pleasure, not knowledge, not even fame itself, 'that last infirmity of noble minds' but that it is the development of character, the rising to a higher, nobler, purer standard, the building-up of the perfect Man and then, so long as we feel that this is going on, and will (we trust) go on for evermore, death has for us no terror; it is not a shadow, but a light; not an end, but a beginning!” MenFeelsShouldMindLongEndsCharacterLightLastsDeathDiesPerfectPleasureObjectsBuildingGoes OnDevelopmentHigherSceneFameStandardsShadowTerrorDareNobleRisingRealisingInfirmityBuilding UpPerfect ManEvermore Book:Delphi Complete Works of Lewis Carroll (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Lewis Carroll (Illustrated)
“I care about doing the work as best as I can do, and that it should go on reaching people. It's not about fame and it's not about me. It's about creating something that might allow someone else to create something.” PeopleShouldI CanMightCareCan DoGoes OnFameCreatingReachingI CareCreating Something Author:Jeanette Winterson
“There's no comparison between the most precious parts of one's personal life and success and wealth. If you lost someone near and dear to you, you can't relate it to any amount of fame, fortune and luxury. You just have to go on living.” IfsLostWealthGoes OnAmountFameFortuneDearLuxuryRelateComparisonPersonal LifeLost Someone Author:Robert Plant
“Fame is very agreeable, but the bad thing is that it goes on 24 hours a day.” HoursGoes OnFameBad Things Author:Gabriel Garcia Marquez