Quotes About Glory

The glory of God is a human being fully alive. —Ireneaus1

The claim in Psalms that "the heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament proclaims His works" (Psalms 19:2) is not a mere metaphor. The study of nature, even with all its intellectual rigor, is filled with spiritual wonder.

Psalm 19:1 declares: "The heavens proclaim the glory of God; the sky declares His handiwork.

On desperate seas long wont to roam, Thy hyacinth hair, they classic face, Thy naiad airs have brought me home To the glory that was Greece And the grandeur that was Rome.

Here we stand between two eternities of darkness. What are we to do with this glory while it is still ours?

Oft when the white, still dawn lifted the skies and pushed the hills apart, I have felt it like a glory in my heart.

We are all motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is, the more he is inspired by glory.

Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin. And yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

If our petitions are in accordance with His will, and if we seek His glory in the asking, the answers will come in ways that will astonish us and fill our hearts with songs of thanksgiving.

God deserves far more praise than any of us could ever give Him.

When we succeed in truly thanking God, we feel good at heart. The reason is that we have been created to give glory to God, now and for-evermore. And every time we do so, we feel that we are in harmony with His plans and purposes for our lives. Then we are truly in our element. That is why it is so blessed.

Our Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, for ever. Amen.

The man who glories in his luck may be overthrown by destiny.

Nothing arouses ambition so much as the trumpet clang of another's fame.

The grandeur that was Rome.

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 your sights are set far above the merely secure and mediocre.

The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters is simplicity: nothing is better than simplicity.

The muffled drum's sad roll has beat The soldier's last tattoo; No more on Life's parade shall meet The brave and fallen few. On Fame's eternal camping-ground Their silent tents are spread, And Glory guards, with solemn round The bivouac of the dead.

We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us, it's in everyone.

When you win, nothing hurts.

I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

The presidency does not yield to definition. Like the glory of a morning sunrise, it can be experienced - it can not be told.

Don't let it be forgot, That once there was a spot -For one brief shining moment That was known as Camelot.

There are no crown-bearers in heaven who were not cross-bearers here below.