Quotes About Glory

And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier's tomb, and beauty weeps the brave.

When Freedom from her mountain height Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there.

Allons, enfants de la patrie,Le jour de gloire est arrivé!…Aux armes, citoyens!Formez vos bataillons!Marchons! Marchons! Qu'un sang impurAbreuve nos sillons![Forward, sons of France,The day of glory has come!…To arms, citizens!Line up in battalions!Let us march on! Let the impure bloodof enemies drench our fields!]

After I won Halliday's contest

I had seen nothing sacred, and the things that were glorious had no glory and the sacrifices were like the stockyards at Chicago if nothing was done with the meat except to bury it… Abstract words such as glory, honor, courage, or hallow were obscene.

Ain't no glory made from being dependable.

What's more, in this view, we ourselves are not God; we are creaturely knowers. Our glory as humans is to know from a particular place and orientation, to journey toward what we do not yet know. Always we are on the way. We are on the way with respect to knowing God as well as knowing our world. We understand partially. We know as we give ourselves and as we are known.

Everything's coming up roses - for me.

The church is the primary arena in which we learn that glory does not consist in what we do for God but in what God does for us.

If we don't know where we are going, any road will get us there. But if we have a destination - in this case a life lived to the glory of God - there is a well-marked way, the Jesus-revealed Way. Spiritual theology is the attention that we give to the details of living life on this way. It is a protest against theology depersonalized into information about God; it is a protest against theology functionalized into a program of strategic planning for God.

The commonest forms of devil-inspired worship do not take place furtively at black masses with decapitated cats but flourish under the bright lights of acclaim and glory, in a swirl of organ music.

14-16 If you're abused because of Christ, count yourself fortunate. It's the Spirit of God and his glory in you that brought you to the notice of others. If they're on you because you broke the law or disturbed the peace, that's a different matter. But if it's because you're a Christian, don't give it a second thought. Be proud of the distinguished status reflected in that name!

The Word became flesh and blood, and moved into the neighborhood. We saw the glory with our own eyes, the one-of-a-kind glory, like Father, like Son, Generous inside and out, true from start to finish. [1.15] John pointed him out and called, "This is the One! The One I told you was coming after me but in fact was ahead of me. He has always been ahead of me, has always had the first word.

What is wisdom? What gift of the godsis held in glory like this:to hold your hand victoriousover the heads of those you hate?Glory is precious forever.

Let no one think of me that I am humble or weak or passive; let them understand I am of a different kind: dangerous to my enemies, loyal to my friends. To such a life glory belongs.

There is no such thing as a reluctant star.

I want to be remembered as a star.

It is impossible for you to be remembered as a great team if you do not win the Champions League.

Ultimately you play the game to be the champion, to be remembered.

I think you play this game to be remembered, to win championships.

I don't get used to it. When something splashy comes around like the Emmys or the Baftas I'm still bowled over that a gal from Reno, Nevada, is on the arm of a gent like Patrick Stewart.

There's nothing that can replace the feeling of winning.

I don't like to sit and bask in my own awards. Awards represent artistic death to me.

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