Quotes About Glory

Glory, as anyone knows, is bitter stuff.

And it seemed increasingly obvious that the world would have to topple if he was to attain the glory that was rightfully his. They were consubstantial: glory and the capsized world.

Blood and flowers were alike, Isao thought, in that both were quick to dry up, quick to change their substance. And precisely because of this, then, blood and flowers could go on living by taking on the substance of glory. Glory in all its form was inevitably something metallic.

He hadn't been able to explain his ideas of glory and death, or the longing and the melancholy pent up in his chest, or the other dark passions choking in the ocean's swell. Whenever he tried to talk about those things, he failed. If there were times when he felt he was worthless, there were others when something like the magnificence of the sunset over Mnila Bay sent its radiant fire through him and he knew that he had been chosen to tower above other men.

Unfortunately, blind faith in these stories meant that human efforts frequently focused on increasing the glory of fictional entities such as gods and nations, instead of bettering the lives of real sentient beings.

But the soul has no parts. You might argue that human souls did not evolve, but appeared one bright day in the fullness of their glory. But when exactly was that bright day?

I am amazing I am victorius.

it takes courage to look life in the eye and say yes to the messy glory

Open your arms to life! Let it strut into your heart in all its messy glory!

The Son radiates God's own glory and expresses the very character of God, and he sustains everything by the mighty power of his command. When he had cleansed us from our sins, he sat down in the place of honor at the right hand of the majestic God in heaven.

If you have received Jesus as your Savior as described in the previous chapter, God is living in you. By the Holy Spirit, He has joined Himself to your spirit. Your spirit, the very inmost part of you, is alive, and not only alive, but filled with all the wonderful joy, and love, and peace, and glory of God Himself.

John's vision of the One sitting on the throne and of the Lamb is permeated with their supreme worthiness (Rev. 4:11; 5:9-10, 12; cf. 4:8; 5:13) and therefore by the awe of all who see them.

Don't be afraid of your fears, because most likely those are illusions. Don't set limits that are almost always unreal. For able and willing, there are no limits but only plateaus - if any. Overcome those plateaus asap, and you'll enjoy the beauty, elegance and glory of life. Good luck!

The differentiating attitude that winneres have, in my view, is their best ability to look at any situation and come up with multiple ways to make it better, using their expert touch and value add. While the losers like to live in their past glory, the winners move on - perfectly in sync with present, and always striving to create better future. Winners are those visionaries who never quit.

God is most glorified in us when our knowledge and experience of Him ignite a forest fire of joy that consumes all competing pleasures and He alone becomes the treasure that we prize.

I would rather live a short life of glory than a long one of obscurity.

God's purpose for my life was that I have a passion for God's glory and that I have a passion for my joy in that glory, and that these two are one passion.

Life is about Jesus. We are not here to tell our story, but His.

Fascism means first of all defending your nation against the dangers that threaten it. It means the destruction of these dangers and the opening of a free way to life and glory for your nation.

The biologist was coming down the hillside. In all her glory and monstrosity.

Why read the memoir? Sven Birkerts offers a succinct reason. 'The point—the glory—of memoir is that it anchors its authority in the actual life; it is a modeling of the process of creative self-inquiry as it is applied to the stuff of lived experience. This really happened is the baseline contention of the memoir.

God manifested Himself in His humanity. He came near by becoming one of us. "And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth" (John 1:14).

hay ciertos sucesos que ocurrirán cuando Cristo regrese: (1) la resurrección general de los muertos, (2) la destrucción del mundo, (3) el Juicio final, y (4) el inicio del estado eterno.

William Cox declara: «Es por el éxito de la Primera Venida de nuestro Señor que los cristianos tienen una confianza tan grande mientras aguardan Su gloriosa aparición».