Who fears not to do ill fears the name, And free from conscience, is a slave to fame. (Quote by - Sir John Denham)

Who would wish to be among the commonplace crowd of the little famous -- who are each individually lost in a throng made up of themselves? (Quote by - John Keats)

My goal had been to win a championship, work toward the Hall of Fame, have my jersey retired by the team and I'd go in as a lifelong New York Giant, but I'm now resigned to the fact that this won't happen. (Quote by - Michael Strahan)

The best people renounce all for one goal, the eternal fame of mortals; but most people stuff themselves like cattle. (Quote by - Heraclitus)

Ah! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar! (Quote by - James Beattie)

Whatever fame came did so not because I sought it. (Quote by - Jo Stafford)

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful. (Quote by - John Wooden)

There has never been a statue erected to the memory of someone who let well enough alone. (Quote by - Jules Ellinger)

A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become well known, then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognised. (Quote by - Fred Allen)

The fame of great men ought to be judged always by the means they used to acquire it. (Quote by - Francois De La Rochefoucauld)

Fame, we may understand, is no sure test of merit, but only a probability of such: it is an accident, not a property of a man. (Quote by - Thomas Carlyle)

Integrity of life is fame's best friend, which nobly, beyond death, shall crown in the end. (Quote by - John Webster)

The woman who can create her own job is the woman who will win fame and fortune. (Quote by - Amelia Earhart)

Every day I work at not taking this fame thing seriously. Fortunately I have a great group of friends who help me do this. (Quote by - Bruce Willis)

That equals to being a fool, having fame and no fortune. A lot of guys out there have fame doing this and doing that, but they are broke. (Quote by - Mike Tyson)

I wouldn't know how I would have coped with The Beatles' sort of fame. (Quote by - Noel Redding)

To myself alone do I owe my fame. (Quote by - Pierre Corneille)

It is a good motive, fame and money, as it is tangible and measurable. Being an artist is neither measurable nor tangible and certainly not a way to become rich. (Quote by - Dirk Benedict)

I courted fame but as a spur to brave and honest deeds; who despises fame will soon renounce the virtues that deserve it. (Quote by - David Mallet)

Fame has also this great drawback, that if we pursue it, we must direct our lives so as to please the fancy of men. (Quote by - Baruch Spinoza)

The charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it is attached, even death. (Quote by - Blaise Pascal)

Fame an fortune are nothing if you're not happy and healthy. (Quote by - Erika Slezak)

Worldly fame is but a breath of wind that blows now this way, and now that, and changes name as it changes direction. (Quote by - Dante)

Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow. (Quote by - Marcus T. Cicero)

Critics! Those cut-throat bandits in the paths of fame. (Quote by - Robert Burns)