Quotes About Glory

One reason that religious prohibitions will probably never disappear is that we would deeply miss the glory we bestow upon ourselves for daring to violate the rules of an illustrious illusion we have imagined was an explanation of our existence.

He who speaks of his own accord seeks glory for himself; but he who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and there is no deception in his heart.

To a surprising extent the war-lords in shining armor, the apostles of the martial virtues, tend not to die fighting when the time comes. History is full of ignominious getaways by the great and famous.

El plan de salvación no ofrece a los creyentes una vida libre de sufrimientos y pruebas antes de llegar al Reino; por el contrario, les pide que sigan a Cristo en la misma senda de abnegación y vituperio. [...] Por medio de estas pruebas y persecuciones, el carácter de Cristo se reproduce y se revela en su pueblo. [...] Nuestra participación en los sufrimientos de Cristo nos educa y disciplina, y nos prepara para compartir la gloria del mundo venidero" (CBA 6:565).

Wind and words. We are only human, and the gods have fashioned us for love. That is our great glory, and our great tragedy.

Love is the bane of honor, the death of duty. What is honor compared to a woman's love? What is duty against the feel of a newborn son in your arms ... or the memory of a brother's smile? Wind and words. Wind and words. We are only human, and the gods have fashioned us for love. That is our great glory, and our great tragedy.

His cloak was his crowning glory; sable, thick and black and soft as sin.

Every noble house had its words. Family mottoes, touchstones, prayers of sorts, they boasted of honor and glory, promised loyalty and truth, swore faith and courage. All but the Starks. Winter is coming, said the Stark words.

Glory may be everlasting, yet it is fleeting as well—soon forgotten in the aftermath of even the most famous of victories if they lead to greater disasters.

Ser Loras lusts for glory as real men lust for women, the least the gods can do is grant him a death worthy of a song.

A valiant deed unsung is no less valiant.

We are only human, and the gods have fashioned us for love. That is our great glory, and our great tragedy.

or maybe people just like to overpraise a famous name.

A small victory, he thought, but sweet.

I remember, Sam. I still remember." He was not making sense. "Remember what?" "Dragons," Aemon whispered. "The grief and glory of my House, they were.

We are only human, and the Gods have fashioned us for love. This is our greatest glory and our greatest tragedy.

They are still unblooded, Catelyn thought as she watched Lord Bryce goad Ser Robar into juggling a brace of daggers. It is all a game to them still, a tourney writ large, and all they see is the chance for glory and honor and spoils. They are boys drunk on song and story, and like all boys, they think themselves immortal.

Songs are sung of Prince Joffrey's last flight as well. Some singers can find glory even in a privy, Mushroom tells us, but it takes a fool to speak the truth. Though we cannot doubt the prince's courage, his act was one of folly.

Solo somos humanos, y los dioses nos hicieron para el amor. Es nuestra mayor gloria y nuestra peor tragedia.

Then Lord Eddard is a man in ten thousand. Most of us are not so strong. What is honor compared to a woman's love? What is duty against the feel of a newborn son in your arms... Or the memory of a brother's smile? Wind and words. Wind and words. We are only human, and the gods have fashioned us for love. That is our great glory, and our great tragedy.

Siamo solamente esseri umani, Jon Snow, e gli dei ci hanno foggiato perché si possa amare. É la nostra gloria più grande, e anche la nostra tragedia più terribile.

The highest form of vanity is love of fame.

Is that not what makes it great?' he retorted to his friend. 'Its beauty resides in its silence, and its glory in now only belonging to a few priests and poor people, that is to say to those who are purest because they have renounced the world. Its higher destiny is to be something which has outlived its time.

All of us who served in one war or another know very well that all wars are the glory and the agony of the young.