Illustrious Quotes

• The greatest ornament of an illustrious life is modesty and humility, which go a great way in the character even of the most exalted princes.

  

  Napoleon Bonaparte
  • Life
  • Ornament
  • Illustrious

• Although your father and mother are dead, if you propose to yourself any good work, only reflect how it will make their names illustrious, and your purpose will be fixed.

  

  Confucius
  • Reflect
  • Fixed
  • Propose

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

  

  Sophocles
  • Care
  • My Life
  • Illustrious

• That short, potential stir That each can make but once, That bustle so illustrious Tis almost consequence, Is the eclat of death.

  

  Emily Dickinson
  • Death
  • Consequence
  • Illustrious