“Writers who get written about become self-conscious. They develop a regrettable habit of looking at themselves through the eyes of other people. They are no longer alone, they have an investment in critical praise, and they think they must protect it. This leads to a diffusion of effort. The writer watches himself as he works. He grows more subtle and he pays for it by loss of organic dash.” PeopleThinkingWritingSelfEyeGrowsLossEffortPayWatchesWrittenHabitProtectConsciousPraiseInvestmentCriticalSubtleSelf ConsciousThrough The EyesDiffusion Book:Selected Letters of Raymond Chandler Source: Selected Letters of Raymond Chandler
“Those who are truly wise will remain unmoved by feelings of happiness and suffering, fame and disgrace, praise and blame, gain and loss.They will remain calm like the eye of a hurricane.” FeelingsWisdomEyeSufferingLossWiseFameGainsPraiseBlameCalmDisgraceHurricanesGains And Losses Author:Gautama Buddha
“I have never worked for fame or praise, and shall not feel their loss as I otherwise would. I have never for a moment lost sight of the humble life I was born to, its small environments, and the consequently little right I had to expect much of myself, and shall have the less to censure, or upbraid myself with for the failures I must see myself make.” FeelsLittlesMomentsLostBornLossEnvironmentHumilityFailureFameSightPraiseHumbleCensureUpbraid Author:Clara Barton
“Do not any longer contend for mastery, for power, money, or praise. Be content to be a private, insignificant person, known and loved by God and me....of what importance is your character to mankind, if you was buried just now. Or if you had never lived, what loss would it be to the cause of God.” IfsPersonsCharacterCausesLossKnownMankindImportancePraiseBuriedMasteryInsignificant Author:John Wesley
“Praising what is lost makes the remembrance dear” LostMemoriesLossPraiseDearMemorableRemembranceRemembrance Day Author:William Shakespeare