Quote by Sargent Shriver

I don't have to run the Peace Corps. I could live without seeing my picture in the newspapers and without being interviewed.

I don't have to run the Peace Corps. I could live without se

Summary

This quote suggests that the speaker does not have a need for recognition or personal glory. They express that they do not require fame or public accolades, implying they are motivated by genuine altruism rather than a desire for attention or validation. The individual values the impact they can make through their work, indicating that their focus lies solely on their contribution to their cause, rather than seeking personal recognition or media attention.

Topics

Peace

By Sargent Shriver

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.

A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Royalty Kings

There's nothing more ironic or contradictory than life itsel

There's nothing more ironic or contradictory than life itself.

Life

Sympathy is the first condition of criticism.

Sympathy is the first condition of criticism.

Henri Frederic Amiel

Sympathy

There is just no comparison between having a dinner date wit

There is just no comparison between having a dinner date with a man and staying home playing canasta with the girls.

Home

I write from my imagination, not from what I've read in book

I write from my imagination, not from what I've read in books or seen on TV or to make money. I wrote from an idea I was passionate about.

Imagination

No publication is a staple of life. It's not bread and water

No publication is a staple of life. It's not bread and water. You have to make it noteworthy in people's minds and even in their hands as they're holding it.

Life People Mind

That heavenly music! what is it I hear? The notes of the har

That heavenly music! what is it I hear? The notes of the harpers ring sweet in mine ear. And, see, soft unfolding those portals of gold, The King all arrayed in his beauty behold!

William Augustus Muhlenberg

Music Beauty

Poetry makes nothing happen. It survives in the valley of it

Poetry makes nothing happen. It survives in the valley of its saying.

Poetry

In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality.

In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality.

William S. Burroughs

Grief Grieving

I fell in love like you fall asleep, slowly, then all at onc

I fell in love like you fall asleep, slowly, then all at once.

Sadness Tears

A goal properly set is halfway reached.

A goal properly set is halfway reached.

Goals

Every moment and every event of every man's life on earth pl

Every moment and every event of every man's life on earth plants something in his soul.

Inspirational