#crown

Public life is regarded as the crown of a career, and to young men it is the worthiest ambition. Politics is still the greatest and the most honorable adventure. ↗

— Pat Riley

#ambition #career #crown #greatest #honorable

If any imagine from the literary tone of the preceding remarks that we are indifferent to the radical movement for the benefit of the masses which is the crowning glory of the nineteenth century, they will soon discover their egregious mistake. ↗

— George Ripley

#benefit #century #crowning #discover #glory

Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art. ↗

— Frederic Chopin

#after #art #crowning #emerges #final

The crown is not my right, and pleaseth me not. The Lady Mary is the rightful heir. ↗

— Jane Grey

#heir #lady #mary #me #right

Conquer we shall, but, we must first contend! It's not the fight that crowns us, but the end. ↗

— Robert Herrick

#contend #crowns #end #fight #first

I won the crown for what I am - I'm certainly not going to let go of that! ↗

— Nafisa Joseph

#certainly #crown #go #going #i

When I got involved with The Five Crowns who later became The Drifters, and we got this hit record, I still was looking at this as kind of a fun thing. ↗

— Ben E. King

#crowns #five #fun #fun thing #got

With this announcement today, the Army has made it clear what we have known all along - that Fort Riley is truly the crown jewel of the United States Army. ↗

— Jim Ryun

#announcement #army #clear #crown #fort

To gain a crown by fighting is great, to reject it divine. ↗

— Friedrich Schiller

#divine #fighting #gain #great #reject

It is criminal to steal a purse, daring to steal a fortune, a mark of greatness to steal a crown. The blame diminishes as the guilt increases. ↗

— Friedrich Schiller

#criminal #crown #daring #diminishes #fortune