Glory Quotations

I make sure I always give Him all the glory and praise, because I know that in one second, one game, one play, it could be all over.

To morrow, I believe, is to be an eclipse of the sun, and I think it perfectly meet and proper that the sun in the heavens, and the glory of the Republic should both go into obscurity and darkness together.

Born and educated in this country, I glory in the name of Briton.

The whole world knows that His glory has not been spread by force and weapons, but by poor fishermen.

The narrator of a documentary often comes in at the last minute and takes some of the glory they don't deserve.

I wouldn't swap the era I competed in for anything, not a day of it. I started out as an amateur, and people like myself, Seb Coe, Steve Ovett, Steve Cram, Tessa Sanderson and the rest did it for the glory of winning medals for our country.

The glory of each generation is to make its own precedents.

Like all music, the figured bass should have no other end and aim than the glory of God and the recreation of the soul; where this is not kept in mind there is no true music, but only an infernal clamour and ranting.

I am climbing a difficult road; but the glory gives me strength.

I'd rather share the glory of a hit than star by myself in a flop.

The stars that have most glory have no rest.

Endurance is not just the ability to bear a hard thing, but to turn it into glory.

Other lands may have their charms, and the sunny skies of other climes may be regretted, but it is with pride and gladness that the wanderer sets foot again on British soil, thanking God for the religion and the liberty which have made this weather-beaten island in a northern sea to be the light and glory of the world.

Glory to Man in the highest! For Man is the master of things.

A nation may be born in a day, but the great truths which make for the glory and uplift of the race only through long ages permeate and control humanity. We must have the divine patience and understand the divine mathematics of a thousand years as one day.

There are few things more amusing in the world of politics than watching moderate Republicans charging to the right in pursuit of greater glory.

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.

No rival will steal away my sure love; that glory will be my gray hair.

The State thrives on war - unless, of course, it is defeated and crushed - expands on it, glories in it.

There is no greater glory than love, nor any greater punishment than jealousy.

Now, of course, the great thing about the solar system as a frontier is that there are no Indians, so you can have all the glory of the myth of the American westward expansion without any of the guilt.

Grace tried is better than grace, and more than grace; it is glory in its infancy

We played for the love of the game; there were few holdouts. We wanted to pitch every day; to win more games than the other guy - not for the money, but for the glory of winning.

All through history, a nation or a civilization's enduring glory is articulated by its mega constructions - the pyramids, the lofty cathedrals of the Christian world.

Cricket, like all sport, offers glory to few and a lifetime of it to even fewer. For the investment it demands, it offers short careers that end when people in other professions are starting to flourish.

O Christ, on you the many-eyed cherubim are unable to look because of the glory of your countenance, yet out of your love you accepted spittle on your face. Remove the shame from my face, and grant me to have an unashamed face before you at the time of prayer.

Surely a King who loves pleasure is less dangerous than one who loves glory?

Let authors write for glory and reward. The truth is well paid when she is sung and heard.

Grace is but glory begun, and glory is but grace perfected.

We may thank God that we can feel pain and know sadness, for these are the human sentiments that constitute our glory as well as our grief.

You don't have to be Sigmund Freud to surmise that war has a perverse appeal for the human race, nor is the attraction limited to religious fanatics committing mass murder and suicide for the greater glory of God.

Our pleasance here is all vain glory, This false world is but transitory.

Love of glory can only create a great hero; contempt of glory creates a great man.

It's a very tempting thing to try and relive your glory days when you get a little older and you worry that people have forgotten all about you.

The paths of glory lead but to the grave.

I'm one of those foolish people who believe the glory days of the record industry aren't behind us. They're actually ahead of us.

Whether his policy was right or wrong, he built up the glory of the nation.

He spends his life explaining from his pulpit that the glory of Christianity consists in the fact that though it is not true it has been found necessary to invent it.

The glory of the old Irish nation, which in our hour will grow young and strong again. Should we fail, the country will not be worth more than it is now. The sword of famine is less sparing than the bayonet of the soldier.

The actor's life is the road. Always has been, always will be. That is his cross and his glory.

I am a Bedouin warrior who brought glory to Libya and will die a martyr.

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Parents are often so busy with the physical rearing of children that they miss the glory of parenthood, just as the grandeur of the trees is lost when raking leaves.

Whatever course you have chosen for yourself, it will not be a chore but an adventure if you bring to it a sense of the glory of striving.

If I'd been able to put the collection together in one go, say over two years, we'd have had a special team, most wouldn't stay. One or two glory seasons and they were off. To them, the north-east was too far out. They wanted to be with the big hitters.

When your name is on the marquee, you either get the glory or you get the hits.

Twentieth-century American poetry has been one of the glories of modern literature.

I have lived long enough to satisfy both nature and glory.

While the willingness of the ancient Greeks to sacrifice their lives for glory brings tears to my eyes, I cannot ultimately condone the choice of Achilles.

Surely the glory of journalism is its transience.

My speed is a gift from God, and I run for His glory. Whatever I do, it all comes from him.

God has ordained that Satan have a long leash with God holding on to the leash because he knows that when we walk in and out of those temptations, struggling with both the physical effects that they bring and the moral effects that they bring, more of God's glory will shine.

Our language has wisely sensed the two sides of being alone. It has created the word loneliness to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word solitude to express the glory of being alone.

Labour may be a burden and a chastisement, but it is also an honour and a glory. Without it, nothing can be accomplished.

The greatest glory never comes from falling, but from rising each time you fall.

My life's goal is to bring glory to Jesus.

I see heaven's glories shine and faith shines equal.

A woman's greatest glory is to be little talked about by men, whether for good or ill.

A short, glorious life in service of a greater good - say, the life of the Spartans at Thermopylae, or the pilots in the Battle of Britain, of whom Winston Churchill said 'Never have so many owed so much to so few,' - that is worth praising. But for glory alone? I think not.

Loneliness expresses the pain of being alone and solitude expresses the glory of being alone.

If you have reason to think that yesterday's forecast went wrong, there is no glory in sticking to it.

There is no lasting glory in rapid weight loss.

The greater the effort, the greater the glory.

God's glory is the big news of the Bible, and my desire is that it would be all about me, but really it's all about God's glory.

There is no road of flowers leading to glory.

For most of human history, the main goal of states has been to conquer land and to achieve glory for their rulers, usually at others' expense. Then in recent decades it was all about GDP. It's only in very recent history that rulers have been willing to commit themselves to helping their citizens live happier lives.

I want to give my respect, glory and time to the Bible - to the word of God - just as I want to give my respect and time to my work.

Among the great glories of the MGM lot were the vast outdoor sets that had been constructed over the years.

An insatiable appetite for glory leads to sacrifice and death, but innate instinct leads to self-preservation and life.

The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal.

I don't believe our works save us, but I believe they follow us into heaven and bring glory to God.

Our glory is hidden in our pain, if we allow God to bring the gift of himself in our experience of it.

The Bible does not oppose or forbid interracial marriages but sees them as a positive good for the glory of Christ.

Fixate your love on Him, be obedient to God's word, and don't seek the glory of this world. In doing these things, God will exalt you in this earth and you won't have to sacrifice your soul for earthly crowns that will fade.

Liking money like I like it, is nothing less than mysticism. Money is a glory.

I do not care for the money, just for the glory.

I had seen the photographs of Harlem in its glory days, stylish men in bespoke suits, women so well dressed that they'd put the models in 'Vogue' to shame. I knew that Harlemites loved to dance, to pray, and to eat.

He will have true glory who despises it.

The Declaration of Independence I always considered as a theatrical show. Jefferson ran away with all the stage effect of that... and all the glory of it.

You don't start a company because you want to be an entrepreneur or the fame and glory that comes along with it. You become an entrepreneur, and you create a company to solve a real problem. And by real problem, I mean a problem that is going to exist down the line.

We rise in glory as we sink in pride.

If women want to be treated equally, then they can't ask for sops and whine about not being treated equally. All I'll say is no guts, no glory for men or women.

It's a shame that so many people are so intimidated and bothered by Tim Tebow's stance as a Christian. He's not bothering anybody. He's simply being who He is and giving all glory to His Lord.

Oh, how swiftly the glory of the world passes away!

It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.

I feel like I experienced my 20s in all their glory and all their disastrousness.

There's no glory like those who save their country.

Everybody born comes from the Creator trailing wisps of glory. We come from the Creator with creativity. I think that each one of us is born with creativity.

I glory in the distinguishing grace of God and will not, by the grace of God, step one inch from my principles or think of adhering to the present fashionable sort of religion.

The real problem with happiness is neither its pursuers nor their books; it's happiness itself. Happiness is like beauty: part of its glory lies in its transience.

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.

'The Devil's Dictionary' reads like a collection of great Twitter posts. And as people do with tweets, they can swipe Bierce's best lines and recite them as nearly their own. The reflected glory of reposting.

Whereas nationalism still seeks power, honour, and glory through means that endanger other countries, patriotism knows that a country's strength and honour can only be permanently safeguarded through concourse with other countries. And whereas nationalism scoffs at the idea of international laws and regulations, patriotism seeks to create such.

The glory of American television is Dennis Franz.

The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.

I'm not motivated by vanity, glory or the quest for power.

I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability.

The glory of 70mm is the sharpness of the image it offers.

If we constantly give God the glory, then we don't have any glory to keep for ourselves.

Crime in full glory consolidates authority by the sacred fear it inspires.