18 Illustrious Quotes for You to Enjoy

It was my care to make my life illustrious not by words more than by deeds. Sophocles

Life Words Care My Life More Make Than Deeds Illustrious

It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. All the illustrious persons of antiquity, and indeed of every age in the world, have passed through this fiery persecution. Joseph Addison

Man Age World Every Think Indeed Weakness Folly Eminent Through Passed Affected Persecution Antiquity Escaping Censure Fiery Persons Illustrious

On receiving from the people the sacred trust twice confided on my illustrious predecessor, and which he has discharged so faithfully and so well, I know that I can not expect to perform the arduous task with equal ability and success. Martin Van Buren

I think I've had an illustrious career. Paul Pierce

Think Had Illustrious Career

I'm always looking, as an actor, for activities. I think it's far more interesting to watch what people do than what they say. You always want to watch behavior, because the dialogue as written by our illustrious leaders is great. Eminently playable. Adam Baldwin

Great You People Behavior Looking Think Our Say More Written Leaders Because Always Dialogue Than Want Interesting Far Activities They Say Actor Illustrious Watch

Pakistan is heir to an intellectual tradition of which the illustrious exponent was the poet and philosopher Mohammad Iqbal. He saw the future course for Islamic societies in a synthesis between adherence to the faith and adjustment to the modern age. Benazir Bhutto

I'm a different person who's not my father or my mother. I want to be treated differently from them. I am myself, Twinkle Khanna. I am proud of being the daughter of such illustrious parents, but I would not like to be compared with them time and again. Twinkle Khanna

As a theoretical physicist, I feel at once proud and humble at the thought of the illustrious figures that have preceded me here to receive the greatest of all honors in science, the Nobel prize. Murray Gell-Mann

Me Science Humble Thought Once Honors Physicist Nobel Nobel Prize Feel Greatest Proud Prize Theoretical Figures Illustrious Receive Here

It is quite common to meet people that live a few kilometers away from Mexico and that have never been there. We need to revive on many levels an illustrious desire to get to know the world, to learn another language, to understand and create empathy with people that live a few kilometers away from us. It's never late to do this. Gael Garcia Bernal

People World Language Few Live Late Meet Never Empathy Know Learn Another Understand Been Mexico Revive Get Quite Common Us Create Many Many Levels Away Illustrious Levels Desire Need

My illustrious lordship, I'll show you what a woman can do. Artemisia Gentileschi

You Woman Lordship Show Illustrious

No, what I should really like to do right now, in the full blaze of lights, before this illustrious assembly, is to shower every one of you with gifts, with flowers, with offerings of poetry - to be young once more, to ride on the crest of the wave. Knut Hamsun

You Ride Before Young Every Crest Wave Once Once More Gifts More Poetry Blaze Lights Like Really Should Full Shower Assembly Now Right Illustrious Flowers

I have been further enlightened by the conversation and correspondence of some illustrious Italians, whom I would gladly name, were I not afraid of exposing them to danger. Edmond About

Conversation Danger Further Correspondence Would Some Gladly Name Were Been Italians Afraid Them Exposing Whom Illustrious Enlightened

I was born to an illustrious family in Hyderabad. Aditi Rao Hydari

Family Born Illustrious

I'm lucky to have such an illustrious family. We love each other and have immense respect for each other. Bobby Deol

Love Family Respect Other Immense Lucky Each Illustrious

Fame legitimizes. Being conspicuous gets confused with being illustrious. Nina Easton

Confused Conspicuous Fame Gets Being Illustrious

Illustrious acts high raptures do infuse, And every conqueror creates a muse. Edmund Waller

Every High Infuse Creates Conqueror Acts Illustrious Muse

I come from a very illustrious line of divorces. We love to get divorced in my family. My mother and father have been married four times each - eight ceremonies with the best of intentions. Joshua Ferris