Joseph Conrad Quotes

Anybody can make history. Only a great man can write it.

I'm trying to make history. I've always put history above money.

Everybody makes money; not everybody makes history.

I often wonder what I will be remembered in history for. Scholar? Military hero? Builder?

I think we all want to be remembered for what we did.

The test of greatness is the page of history.

Oh, you know, your legacy's all you're gonna be remembered by.

You either make history or you don't.

I want to go down in the history books with what I've achieved.

I never wanted to take autographs, always wanted to give them. To do this, you have to achieve something.

No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men.

The main thing is to make history, not to write it.

To be remembered at all is an achievement of sorts.

With sincere modesty, if there is such a thing, I have never thought of legacy at all. I am always grateful if people like what I have done. A legacy is something no one can forsee.

I hope when I'm dead I'll be considered an icon, though.

Fame is easy to acquire; impact is much more difficult.

I'm honored that I'm in history, but I don't think it would mean anything if it doesn't change anything.

Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other.

History is simply a piece of paper covered with print; the main thing is still to make history, not to write it.

Either you make history or you will be history.

We of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us.

It sure is a nice feeling to know that people will remember you after you're gone, that you'll manage to be a little bit of history.

I want the world to know me. I want to go down in history.

I want to make a diference. I want people to know my name. Like Ali.

I've already done enough to prove myself. Win or lose, I think I've done enough to cement my name in the history of this sport. So for me, it's more like I have to win just for an opportunity to get on the mic and say all that.