Fame Quotes Quotes

“One moment I want to be the most famous person in the world, the next, I desperately want to live a life of obscurity. True freedom is being completely unknown.”
― Abhaidev, The Meaninglessness of Meaning

“The reason I don’t care about the approval and acknowledgment of my batchmates and colleagues is that most of them are basically losers. They will latch on to anyone famous in their circles, who can help them get jobs or with their business. They derive their importance and identities through association. These very people will latch on to me for the same, once the time comes. In short, they are irrelevant flies to me, looking for a turd to sit on. Once I become a piece of turd, the flies will come. A turd doesn’t care about the flies.”
― Abhaidev, The Meaninglessness of Meaning

“Literary prizes have always sparked controversy. Their validity has always been questioned as the criteria to determine books merits are subjective.”
― Mouloud Benzadi

“Fame is a double-edged sword:
It will make you gain status and popularity,
but also lose motivation and creativity.”
― Mouloud Benzadi

“Celebrities are like the stars with one major difference:
The stars shine TOGETHER,
Celebrities hate EACH OTHER!”
― Mouloud Benzadi

“Books, including those written by famous authors, may sit unread on forgotten shelves, attracting dust rather than readers’ attention.”
― Mouloud Benzadi

“Literary Awards offer no guarantee that the fame they create will last. Today, not many readers know the authors who won the Nobel prize in literature in the thirties, forties, fifties or even nineties. But, who doesn’t know William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, Victor Hugo or Jean-Paul Sartre who stood the test of time without winning a prestigious prize?”
― Mouloud Benzadi

“History teaches us that Literary Book Awards have always been the quickest and easiest way to achieve global fame. They have helped countless authors to shoot to stardom. But this fame usually fades away after their death, unlike William Shakespeare, Jane Austen or Charles Dickens who never won any awards, yet they continue to be read, quoted and remembered as the greatest writers of all time.”
― Mouloud Benzadi

“The road to success is paved with doubters and haters.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“A quote is worth a thousand books.”
― Mouloud Benzadi

“Write as many books as you want, but remember that literature is never about quantity. Even the most popular works fade into the shadows of eternity, leaving only whispers in the winds of history. A quote is worth a thousand books.”
― Mouloud Benzadi

“It is in vain to try and stop a star from rising, even with a ladder.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“As only dead leaves allow the wind to blow them to and fro, never allow yourself to be swayed by popular opinion.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“A star is not honored for its size, but for its light.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Artists should never ask for, or dream of fame. They can ask for inspiration or prosperity, for those things can aid in the production and perfection of their art. Whereas fame will usually serve as a hindrance to themselves, and their art.”
― Jack Freestone

“It’s like nothing they do or say can ever match up to the image I created of them inside my own head.
I wonder what image the audience has of me, and whether it matches up to who I really am.”
― Monique Turner, Island of Influencers

“The saying, “They sold their soul to the Devil for fame,” has been proven to be accurate. Even if people initially gained fame due to their talents and skills rather than from outside assistance, they inevitably sold it later to maintain that elevated level of fame, fortune, and status.”
― Jack Freestone

“Love is the most powerful thing on earth compared to fame and wealth.
Because where there is love, there is peace of mind.”
― Ojingiri Hannah

“Why did you ascend to be a Lyctor?"
"Ultimate power – and posters of my face."
Fair.”
― Tamsyn Muir, Harrow the Ninth

“You may be famous today, but nobody knows what tomorrow beckons. Enjoy your fame, but stay humble – time won’t bloom for you forever.”
― Bhuwan Thapaliya

“Those who seek fame eventually find disappointment.”
― Wayne Gerard Trotman

“Fame is a burden. But it's up to you to bend it to your advantage”
― Lashon Byrd

“When I started out, you lot decided I was God. I remember first seeing the word 'godlike' written in a paper about me. I didn't know how to handle it at all - how could I?”
― Celia Walden, Babysitting George: The Last Days of a Soccer Icon

“My Road to Recovery'? I heard myself suggest, and it struck me, not for the first time, that the tone we journalists adopt can be horribly flip. Several times. over the course of my career, I've caught myself skimming over the surface of a subject's life, without pausing to reflect on the realities of their joys and suffering. Yet it was true that something about George's disintegration mesmerised people. Which would sell more papers, I wondered: his redemption or his failure?”
― Celia Walden, Babysitting George: The Last Days of a Soccer Icon

“How I see it is, I do the work, make the impact, and my public reputation-caricature are the crumbs, leftovers. It doesn't matter ultimately, especially compared to the impactful work done. Which is what matters.”
― Lashon Byrd

“My impact is forever, regardless of being attached to my nametag.”
― Lashon Byrd

“The moment is the morning cup of coffee and the truth from the writer's pen, the clarity of the poem, desolation & creation.

Fame, glory & once upon a times never matter in the end.

The only thing that matters or that will still one-day matter or remain alive are the words that you write long after you are gone ... or dust.”
― R.M. Engelhardt, R A W POEMS R.M. ENGELHARDT

“Be careful about trading your simple way of life with popularity - popularity will not fulfill you in the end.”
― Bert McCoy, A Lil' Bert Can't Hurt: Words and Wisdom for Daily Life

“In a world addicted to viral content, the bravest choice is to live as a human, not as a product.”
― DINOVA

“Turn someone into an idol, and risk sending them to an early grave.”
― Wayne Gerard Trotman