Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes: I would rather make my name than inherit it.
         

I would rather make my name than inherit it.


William Makepeace Thackeray
Check all other quotes by William Makepeace Thackeray

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Sat. 27 Apr. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/I-would-rather-make-my-name-than-1159504>.





Check out


Other quotes of William Makepeace Thackeray


To love and win is the best thing.To love and lose, the next best.

To love and win is the best thing.To love and lose, the next best.



A good laugh is sunshine in the house.

A good laugh is sunshine in the house.



The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.

The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.



What woman, however old, has not the bridal-favours and raiment stowed away, and packed in lavender, in the inmost cupboards of her heart?

What woman, however old, has not the bridal-favours and raiment stowed away, and packed in lavender, in the inmost cupboards of her heart?



When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.

When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.



Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.

Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.



To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.

To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.



Remember, it's as easy to marry a rich woman as a poor woman.

Remember, it's as easy to marry a rich woman as a poor woman.



Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.

Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.



Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.

Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.





Other quotes you may like


Sure, we thought the acresThat we tilled were sacred, But how could we have knownThat wheat can haunt like ghosts

Sure, we thought the acresThat we tilled were sacred, But how could we have knownThat wheat can haunt like ghosts



Obviously, I come from one background, and the people that design fitness equipment have been doing it for years and years, and they know what works and doesn't work.

Obviously, I come from one background, and the people that design fitness equipment have been doing it for years and years, and they know what works and doesn't work.



There's a special part of Messi's brain allowing him to see the split-second chaos of football in his own personal super slow motion.

There's a special part of Messi's brain allowing him to see the split-second chaos of football in his own personal super slow motion.



Next to the writer of real estate advertisements, the autobiographer is the most suspect of prose artists.

Next to the writer of real estate advertisements, the autobiographer is the most suspect of prose artists.



Not only does the world scarcely know who the Latin American man is, the world has barely cared.

Not only does the world scarcely know who the Latin American man is, the world has barely cared.



Mysticism is for all, not just for a few special people.

Mysticism is for all, not just for a few special people.



Most virtue lies between two vices.

Most virtue lies between two vices.



I love to go into the studio on days when I'm not even doing anything. It's like my senior club. Some people go to senior centers, well I go to my senior center.

I love to go into the studio on days when I'm not even doing anything. It's like my senior club. Some people go to senior centers, well I go to my senior center.




In the course of transferring all my CDs to my iPod, I have found myself wandering the musical hallways of my past and reacquainting myself with music I haven't listened to in years.

In the course of transferring all my CDs to my iPod, I have found myself wandering the musical hallways of my past and reacquainting myself with music I haven't listened to in years.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "I would rather make my name than inherit it.". Author of this quote is William Makepeace Thackeray. This quote is about attitude, enthusiasm, inspirational, names,.