We are all motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is, the more he is inspired by glory

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Topics: Desire Quotes, Glory Quotes, Praise Quotes

Old age has been charged with being insensible to pleasure and to enjoyments arising from...

Old age has been charged with being insensible to pleasure and to enjoyments arising from...

The foundation of justice is good faith.

The foundation of justice is good faith.

Our character is not so much the product of race and heredity as of those...

Our character is not so much the product of race and heredity as of those...

Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing...

Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing...

If it is true that the basic quest of man is freedom, the question we...

If it is true that the basic quest of man is freedom, the question we...

It is the character of a brave and resolute man not to be ruffled by...

It is the character of a brave and resolute man not to be ruffled by...

We must conceive of this whole universe as one commonwealth of which both gods and...

We must conceive of this whole universe as one commonwealth of which both gods and...

It is the nature of every person to error, but only the fool perseveres in...

It is the nature of every person to error, but only the fool perseveres in...

Advice is judged by results, not by intentions.

Advice is judged by results, not by intentions.

Honor is the reward of virtue.

Honor is the reward of virtue.

Whatever befalls in accordance with nature should be accounted good

Whatever befalls in accordance with nature should be accounted good

Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise...

Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise...

No one can give you better advice than yourself.

No one can give you better advice than yourself.

Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase...

Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase...

When a government becomes powerful it is destructive, extravagant and violent; it is an usurer...

When a government becomes powerful it is destructive, extravagant and violent; it is an usurer...

The administration of government, like guardianship ought to be directed to the good of those...

The administration of government, like guardianship ought to be directed to the good of those...

The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly,...

The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly,...

Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law.

Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law.

The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.

The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.

In a disordered mind, as in a disordered body, soundness of health is impossible.

In a disordered mind, as in a disordered body, soundness of health is impossible.