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Quotes About Glory

All kings, and all their favourites, All glory of honours, beauties, wits, The sun itself, which makes time, as they pass, Is elder by a year now than it was When thou and I first one another saw. All other things to their destruction draw, Only our love hath no decay; This no to-morrow hath, nor yesterday; Running it never runs from us away, But truly keeps his first, last, everlasting day.
~ John Donne
How beautiful is victory, but how dear!
~ Anonymous
There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but boys, it is all hell.
~ William T. Sherman
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored: He hath loosed the fateful lightning of his terrible swift sword: His truth is marching on.
~ Julia Ward Howe
I glory more in the coming purchase of my wealth than in the glad possession.
~ Ben Jonson
All glory comes from daring to begin.
~ Anonymous
The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
~ Moliere
To conquer without risk is to triumph without glory.
~ Pierre Corneille
What the Deuteronomistic historian wanted to say is simple and powerful: there is still a way to regain the glory of the past.
~ Israel Finkelstein
But none the less, by some unwritten rule, they all quietly listened to the end of the song and, patient and enduring, did not reveal their mood, but only looked into the glasses before them where, on the shining surface of the plum-brandy, they seemed to see the victories so desired, the fights, the heroes, the glory and the glitter, such as existed nowhere in the world.
~ Ivo Andri?
Winning can be addictive
~ J D Robb
The God of freedom, the true God, is... not recognized by his power and glory in the history of the world, but through his helplessness and his death on the scandal of the cross of Jesus
~ Jurgen Moltmann
James and John wanted the glory, but not the cup of shame; the crown, but not the cross; the role of master, but not servant.
~ J. Oswald Sanders
Mr. Ail-American
~ J.D. Robb
Communism, Marxism, Socialism, Fascism." Roarke jerked his shoulders. "Democracy, republic, monarchy. One is the same as the other to them. It's power, it's glory. It's revolution for the sake of it. Politics, religion, for some it remains their own narrow and personal view." "Conquer and rule?" Eve wondered.
~ J.D. Robb
Life is such a glorious trauma, is it not? - Wrath
~ J.R. Ward
You could scratch the itch of whatever sin you wanted: glory holes, gang bangs, girls on girls on guys. There were rooms for fetishes, and pits for fucking, and every tie-up, chain-down, in-the-air you could ask for. Especially
~ J.R. Ward
Says, Rahula! Rahula! Face of Glory! Universe chawed and swallowed!
~ Jack Kerouac
People from the beginning of time have always loved to watch two people in competition with each other. You go back to the gladiatorial shows, there's just something about it.
~ William Regal
Jesus' sinless life was given as a gift to the world - the ultimate gift. Some would receive Him, and others wouldn't. Nonetheless, He continues to be our gift, and His life and death makes it possible for His children to receive eternal life with Him. That's a reason to give God glory.
~ Monica Johnson
Becoming an Olympian is the ultimate reward for any athlete.
~ Michael Diamond
That's everybody's goal, when they come to the league, is to win a Super Bowl. That's the ultimate goal.
~ Calvin Johnson
The ultimate goal is Olympics.
~ Jwala Gutta
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.
~ Isaac of Nineveh