Many people want to be famous—but, what do famous people say about fame? Some insights:
Rather than money or fame, give me truth.—Henry David Thoreau
If you find fame not understanding who you are, it will define who you are.—Oprah Winfrey
Success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well without thought of fame. If it comes at all, it’ll come because it is deserved, not because it is sought after.—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Fame is a vapor, and popularity an accident. Only one thing endures, and that is character. —Horace Greeley
It’s strange to be known so universally yet be so lonely.—Albert Einstein
Fame is a bee. It has a song. It has a sting. Ah, it too has a wing.—Emily Dickenson
Danger
Were not the desire for fame very strong, the difficulty of obtaining it, and the danger of losing it when obtained, would be sufficient to deter a man from so vain a pursuit. —Joseph Addison
A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become well-known—then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized! —Fred Allen
A celebrity is one who’s known to many people he is glad he doesn’t know.—Henry Louis Mencken
Fame always brings loneliness. Success is as ice-cold and lonely as the North Pole.—Vicki Baum
The highest form of vanity is love of fame.—George Santayana
Not to be known is no sorrow. My sorrow is not knowing men.—Confucius
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