Quotes About Glory

Meritocracy is a sacred cause, not profane. It is numinous. Meritocracy is about the glory and highest aspirations of the human race, not about letting people run around doing their own thing regardless of everyone else, and fretting over which hamburger to choose. If that's all you want from life, you might as well go and live in the jungle.

Himself Holding The Quidditch Cup

Viktor Krum

Polish Lockhart's Trophies

Both men were at peace with their cause, seeking no greater glory than service itself. They reached a state where their internal compass controlled their external behavior.

The entire world cannot contain My glory, yet when I wish, I can concentrate My entire essence into one small spot.

Why deny them the glory that was theirs, true inheritors of Eden? So I heard the others start to whisper. Adam and Eve lived in ignorance, oblivious to their nascent potential. Why would he create such beings only to shackle them? Their pain became our pain, for we loved them as much as we loved Him.

She was called Victoria because she had beaten us in battle seven hundred years before, and she was called Gloriana because she was glorious, and she was called the Queen because the human mouth was not shaped to say her true name.

When we find ourselves in the throes of suffering and pain, we must refuse to play the what-if game. Ask instead, "What if God is greater than my current circumstances? If God is indeed working out a plan to bring himself greater glory, how should I react?" Then respond accordingly, confident that he can use our disappointment to deepen our faith and bring our lives into greater harmony with him.

He uses every experience to perfect us into greater vessels bearing fruit for his glory.

the one for whom the sun shines.. -Ramses II

The mists remain of the false glory that erupts from history.

Pero ¡cuántas mujeres hermosas hay en este mundo, Dios mío! Casi todas. ¡Gracias, Señor, gracias; gratias agimus tibi propter magnam gloriam tuam! ¡Tu gloria es la hermosura de la mujer, Señor!

I'm a survivor of life. I try to give the glory to God and appreciate what's happening to me.

Scripture teaches and assumes that all issues are spiritual issues and all disciplines are spiritual disciplines. This is the key to spiritual growth: the recognition that all aspects of my everyday life can be done for the glory of God and used by him to shape me more and more into the image of God.

if people left our services saying, "What an awesome choir" or "That's a great church," then we have failed in our mission. No, the only thing I want said is, "What an awesome God!" I

God knew you'd pick up this book. God knows you. He knows what you think about, what drives you nuts, when you obsess about the parts of your body, how your significant other drives you crazy sometimes, how frustrated you get with yourself for not being all that you would like to be. In your mess, God showcases his glory. God also knows the incredible plans he has for you—the empowered and abundant and fruitful life to which he calls you. We are imperfect. His love is unending.

Me percaté demasiado tarde de algo que ella ignoraba: aquel poder era una parte viva de su ser... pero me encontraba frío y desolado y ella era para mí como la gloria del sol... me lo bebí todo... sin dejarle nada

It was not Hansu that she missed, or even Isak. What she was seeing in her dreams was her youth, her beginning, and her wishes—so this was how she became a woman. Without Hansu and Isak and Noa, there wouldn't have been this pilgrimage to this land. Beyond the dailiness, there had been moments of shimmering beauty and some glory, too, even in this ajumma's life. Even if no one knew, it was true.

Beyond the dailiness, there had been moments of shimmering beauty and some glory, too, even in this ajumma's life. Even if no one knew, it was true.

Without Hansu and Isak and Noa, there wouldn't have been this pilgrimage to this land. Beyond the dailiness, there had been moments of shimmering beauty and some glory, too, even in this ajumma's life. Even if no one knew, it was true.

First and foremost in this struggle, we need an authentic prayer life that deepens our relationship with God and reconciles us to him. We must also have a desire to choose for our lives whatever gives the greater glory to God, which requires that we be "equal-minded"—happy with whatever good option that we discern our Lord most wants for our lives.

May those who follow their fate be granted happiness; may those who defy it be granted glory

To those who accept everything, happiness. To those who resist everything, glory.