“Though a hundred crooked paths may conduct to a temporary success, the one plain and straight path of public and private virtue can alone lead to a pure and lasting fame and the blessings of posterity.” MayVirtuePathIntegrityBlessingPureFameHundredLastingTemporaryPosterityCrookedStraight Path Book:Orations and Speeches on Various Occasions Source: Orations and Speeches on Various Occasions
“Many famous feet have trod Sublunary paths, and famous hands have weighed The strength they have against the strength they need; And famous lips interrogated God Concerning franchise in eternity.” NeedsHandsPathFeetGreatnessFameEternityLips Author:Philip Larkin
“One current of continuity runs underneath all the abortive phases of my life. From childhood on I have been obliged to drop anything I was doing to run after any man who seemed to know a little more than I did about God . . . I most want to write about: how a modern woman has sought the face of God-not the name nor the fame but the face [ital] of God-and what adventures came to meet her on this ancient human path.” KnowsMenWantWritingHumansLittlesHas BeensRunningFacesReligionNamesWomenPathModernChildhoodAdventureFameAncientCurrentsPhasesObligedContinuityModern Woman Author:Mary Antin
“If you desire the path of sincerity, develop a love for obscurity. Flee from the clatter and clinks of fame. Be like the roots of a tree; it keeps the tree upright and gives it life, but it itself is hidden underneath the earth and eyes cannot see it.” IfsGivingEyeEarthDesirePathTreeFameRootsSincerityObscurity Author:Abdullah ibn Mubarak