Eminent Quotes

The ages of greatest public spirit are not always eminent for private virtue. — David Hume

To find the courage to keep writing after constant failure is awesomeness. Winning is eminent. — Sereda Aleta Dailey

It is not the mere study of the Law, but to become eminent in the profession of it, which is to yield honor and profit. — George Washington

The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones. — Henry Ward Beecher

Eminent nutritionists have traded their independence for the food industry's favors. — Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal

It is the very nature of grace to make a man strive to be most eminent in that particular grace which is most opposed to his bosom sin. — Thomas Brooks

But it is a noteworthy fact that eminent qualities in men may often be traced to similar qualities in their mothers. — Unknown

I believe that the road to pre-eminent success in any line of work is to make yourself master of that line of work. — Andrew Carnegie

Everyone could have been pre-eminent at something, if they had been aware of their best quality. — Baltasar Gracian

I read the other day some verses written by an eminent painter which were original and not conventional. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society. — B.R. Ambedkar

A man is eminent as long as he is orthodox. When he begins to think for himself he becomes a crank. — Walter Hadwen

The eminent strategy had won yesterday,
but defeat will be felt by enemy tomorrow. — Toba Beta

It was still the pre-eminent social networking site for the 0-3 age group — Greg Egan

One can say that three pre-eminent qualities are decisive for the politician: passion, a feeling of responsibility, and a sense of proportion. — Max Weber

Precision is a precise art. Poignancy is pre-eminent and precludes prevarication. — Steven Erikson

Left to faggots and their defenders, all our forefathers, eminent ancestors and international heroes were either homosexual or bisexual. — Bill Gaede

An eminent teacher of girls said, the idea of a girl's education, is, whatever qualifies them for going to Europe. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

A doctor's reputation is made by the number of eminent men who die under his care. — George Bernard Shaw

The quality of a society depends on its capacity to produce eminent personalities. — Gonzalo Fernandez De La Mora

The right to privacy is the pre-eminent right of any democracy. — Marty Rubin

Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent. — Jonathan Swift

For most people it's easier to support an eminent person in deserved disgrace than an obscure one who has been wronged. — Shirley Hazzard

My first novel was rejected by some of the most eminent publishers in the world. Starting again was a real wrench. — Wilbur Smith

An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one. — Tacitus

Darwin said if you made a list of eminent men, next of a list of eminent women, it was obvious that men were better at everything. — Jacky Fleming

It is probable that there is no one thing that it is of eminent importance for a child to learn. — William Godwin

The most eminent virtue is doing simply what we have to do. — Jose Maria Peman

We must name the eminent and fascinating Prince N. - once the vanquisher of female hearts all over Europe. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

A man must have very eminent qualities to hold his own without being polite. — Jean De La Bruyere

I really never cared about any occupation or stream. I just wanted to be an eminent personality. — Bharat Budhani

Even the most eminent persons are subject to the laws of gravity. — Winston Churchill

Those who have been eminent in philosophy, politics, poetry, and the arts have all had tendencies toward melancholia. — Aristotle.

Governments have monopolies on certain things, like eminent domain and deadly force. — P. J. O'Rourke

Reason can never be popular. Passions and feelings may become popular, but reason will always remain the sole property of a few eminent individuals. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

There was hardly an eminent writer in Paris who was unacquainted with the inside of the Conciergerie or the Bastille. — Lytton Strachey

When Numa died, Rome by the twin disciplines of peace and war was as eminent for self-mastery as for military power. — Livy

Life levels all men. Death reveals the eminent. — George Bernard Shaw

Persecution to persons in a high rank stands them in the stead of eminent virtue. — Jean Francois Paul De Gondi

It is the practice of the multitude to bark at eminent men, as little dogs do at strangers. — Seneca The Younger

Cities depend on a healthy mix of uses and people for their vitality. As a pre-eminent world city, London is a magnet to people from across the globe. — Richard Rogers

Though just biographical record will touch the failings of the good and the eminent with tenderness. — Anna Seward

God created you not as an ordinary personality, but eminent, peculiar, and with a special assignment — Sunday Adelaja

A man improves more by reading the story of a person eminent for prudence and virtue, than by the finest rules and precepts of morality. — Joseph Addison

What does eminent domain mean?" Stewart asked. "It means you're shit out of luck," Ross said. — Ron Rash

He [said of one or other eminent colleagues] is a very busy man, and half of what he publishes is true, but I don't know which half. — Erwin Chargaff

Reference to eminent figures of the past serves to lend tone to what would otherwise be merely an honest search for the truth. — Bernard Suits

The pre-eminent obstacle to peace is Israel's colonization of Palestine. — Jimmy Carter

I believe the term is 'eminent domain.'
Ah, yes. That means 'theft by the government, — Terry Pratchett

Writers, however mature and wise and eminent, are children at heart. — Edna O'Brien

The worst part of an eminent man's conversation is, nine times out of ten, to be found in that part by which he means to be clever. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

Change is eminent, control is an illusion, but dreams are eternal. Believe in your dreams! — Greg Smith

The long-continued and useful public service and eminent purity of character of the deceased ex-President will be remembered. — Ulysses S. Grant

I found myself regarding him as an isolated phenomenon, a brain without a heart, as deficient in human sympathy as he was pre-eminent in intelligence. — Arthur Conan Doyle

The substance of the eminent Socialist gentlemen's speech is that making a profit is a sin. It is my belief that the real sin is taking a loss! — Winston Churchill

We like to know the weakness of eminent persons; it consoles us for our inferiority. — Anne-Therese De Marguenat De Courcelles

Your illustrations are really good." "You've mastered another world than I. — Robert H. Eisenman

The rise of the West is, quite simply, the pre-eminent historical phenomenon of the second half of the second millennium after Christ. — Niall Ferguson

Jesus of Nazareth was a poet, no less than a prophet, of pre-eminent genius. — Orson F. Whitney

Few spirits are made better by the pain and languor of sickness; as few great pilgrims become eminent saints. — Thomas A Kempis

He is lofty, and I am eminent. — Gough Whitlam

Logic is the youth of mathematics, mathematics is the manhood of logic. This brilliant mot of the eminent philosopher of mathematics is no — Alfred Korzybski

Eminent station makes great men more great, and little ones less. — Jean De La Bruyere