Philip Sidney Quotes

Work is the price which is paid for reputation.

To get a name can happen but to few; it is one of the few things that cannot be brought. It is the free gift of mankind, which must be deserved before it will be granted, and is at last unwillingly bestowed.

Fame is something that is bestowed upon you because of success. Success is something you have to chase.

Toil, says the proverb, is the sire of fame.

It takes sacrifice as well as talent.

I'll take anyway to get into the Hall of Fame. If they want a batboy, I'll go in as a batboy.

Some people obtain fame, others deserve it.

Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny.

Forget about Nobel prizes; they aren't really very important.

Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.

It's an honor to be at the biggest club in the world.

It's crazy so many people know my name now. But I really do deserve it because I have put in a lot of work and sacrifices.

You got to earn your buckets and earn your respect.

This is something that everyone has to understand: you don't win anything on your reputation.

Awards do get you 'that profile,' but then you have to do the rest of the work - it's not just a case of 'now you don't have to do anything.'

I am very proud to join the Hall of Fame.

There is no boon in nature. All the blessings we enjoy are the fruits of labor, toil, self-denial, and study.

Effort makes some great men famous. Even greater effort enables other great men to remain unknown.

A lot of people like to live on laurels that happened 20 or 30 years ago, but it's nice to get awards. It's nice to be labeled and things like that, but I'm not sure everybody qualifies.

Reputation is favorable notoriety as distinguished from fame, which is permanent approval of great deeds and noble thoughts by the best intelligence of mankind.

It's not because I'm lucky. I work very hard.

Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom.

The paper nominated me 12 or 13 times for the Pulitzer Prize.

It's not about the fame and the money because if you do good work all that stuff comes.

I wanted to build up a name for myself.