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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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