Quotes About Glory

Nina stood there, in all her former beauty queen pageant glory, tall and slim and panther-like. Nina's dark hair always seemed to capture whatever available light there was, and her skin, much to Ellie's annoyance, was flawless. Today she was wearing a black wraparound dress that accentuated every curve and parted in just the right place to show off the best part of her legs.

He left Penguinia impoverished and depopulated. The flower of the insula perished in his wars. At the time of his fall there were left in our country none but the hunchbacks and cripples from whom we are descended. But he gave us glory." "He made you pay dearly for it!" "Glory never costs too much," replied my guide.

Je ne nie pas que l'amour ait maille à partir avec la vie. Je dis qu'il doit vaincre et pour cela s'être élevé à une telle conscience poétique de lui-même que tout ce qu'il rencontre nécessairement d'hostile se fonde au foyer de sa propre gloire.

He would have liked it if everyone could have what he dreamed, glory and love, fortune and peace of heart. [On F. Scott Fitzgerald]

People, I think, don't understand the pain of losing in a final. You practice and travel and grind to get ready. You win for one week, four matches in a row. (Or, at a slam, two weeks, six matches.) Then you lose that final match and your name isn't on the trophy, your name isn't in the record books. You lost only once, but you're a loser.

Each creature comes into being unique. Anything which destroys that individuality, anything which eliminates or adulterates mind or will or spirit, strikes at the very basis of life, at its greatest glory, its greatest strength, its very core.

To be in the All-Star Weekend is something that's special.

There is no lasting glory in rapid weight loss.

A trophy is always welcome, especially after many years without one.

Defeat may serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out.

Are we like late Rome, infatuated with past glories, ruled by a complacent, greedy elite, and hopelessly powerless to respond to changing conditions?

I'm grateful to God that I'm able to praise his glory through my music.

I play to win, because I think that's when you get the most praise is when you win.

A short, glorious life in service of a greater good - say, the life of the Spartans at Thermopylae, or the pilots in the Battle of Britain, of whom Winston Churchill said 'Never have so many owed so much to so few,' - that is worth praising. But for glory alone? I think not.

Praying in Jesus' name makes the distinction that all glory and honor belong to Christ, who is one with God the Father.

I wanted so much to win the Carabao Cup, the FA Cup, the Premier League.

Personally, I want to win the Premier League. That would be an amazing feeling.

As for my ambitions with City, I want to win the Premier League and the Champions League.

What I would like most is to play in the Champions League and try to win the Premier League once. Or better - a few times.

I want to win the Premier League and the Champions League.

The kudos and hierarchy of playing in the Premier League for a footballer is huge.

It can't be too bad being one of the top goalscorers at Arsenal in the Premier League, mainly as a winger as well, and three FA Cups.

For me it is good to win, to win the Premier League is a dream for me.

It sounds beautiful to be called West Ham's top Premier League scorer.