Quotes About Glory

mientras que un dolor de muelas que de pronto cede nos hace sentir en la gloria, los dientes que nunca duelen no nos dan felicidad… De las comparaciones que ignoran el factor de la experiencia no compartida podemos obtener a lo sumo información acerca de la selectividad y el anclaje temporal y espacial de la tendencia a quejarse y del nivel de tolerancia al sufrimiento.

The creatures of the earth think of Him as being on high, declaring, 'His glory is above the heavens' (Psalms 113:4), while the heavenly beings think of Him as being below, declaring, 'His glory is over all the earth? (Psalms 57:12), until they both, in heaven and on earth concur in declaring, Blessed be the glory of the Lord from his place,' because He is unknowable and no one can truly understand Him.

To the religious man it is as if things stood with their backs to him, their faces turned to God, as if the glory of things consisted in their being an object of divine care.

We often feel how poor the edifice would be were it built exclusively of our rituals and deeds which are so awkward and often so obtrusive. How else express glory in the presence of eternity, if not by the silence of abstaining from noisy acts?

Standing face to face with the world, we often sense a spirit which surpasses our ability to comprehend. The world is too much for us. It is crammed with marvel. The glory is not an exception but an aura that lies about all being, a spiritual setting of reality.

There can be glory in failure and despair in success.

Military glory--that attractive rainbow, that rises in showers of blood--that serpent's eye, that charms to destroy...

Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored. It sees no distinction in adding story to story upon the monuments of fame erected to the memory of others. It denies that it is glory enough to serve under any chief. It scorns to tread in the footsteps of any predecessor, however illustrious. It thirsts and burns for distinction; and, if possible, it will have it, whether at the expense of emancipating slaves, or enslaving free men.

the Son is perfectly glorified by being perfectly abandoned by the Father.

Thus he died, and all the life struggled out of him; and as he died he spattered me with the dark red and violent driven rain of bitter-savored blood to make me glad, as gardens stand among the showers of God in glory at the birthtime of the buds.

But you cannot speak of any glory for happenings that are at once evil and held in dishonor.

Cry, cry for death, but good win out in glory in the end.

Notoriety is often mistaken for fame.

Efortul-o cale spre autenticitate ?i glorie.

If anyone stops us, as long as we mumble something pretentious about the glory of death, we should be fine.

Never strike anyone below the waist. Never strike anyone in the back. Never strike anyone who is unarmed or helpless. Fight among equals and win by upholding the rules. Therein lies glory.

Irenaeus of Lyon (ca. 115–202): "The glory of God is the human person fully alive.

The initial delight of being spotted lasts about a week and four days.

Who among us will celebrate Christmas correctly? Whoever finally lays down all power, all honor, all reputation, all vanity, all arrogance, all individualism beside the manger; whoever remains lowly and lets God alone be high; whoever looks at the child in the manger and sees the glory of God precisely in his lowliness.5 Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Where is love more glorified than where she dwells in the midst of her enemies?

A change has come indeed. Your hands, so strong and active, are bound; in helplessness now you see your action is ended; you sigh in relief, your cause committing to stronger hands; so now you may rest contented. Only for one blissful moment could you draw near to touch freedom; then, that it might be perfected in glory, you gave it to God.

What may appear weak and insignificant to us may be great and glorious to God. Just as Christians should not be constantly feeling the pulse of their spiritual life, so too the Christian community has not been given to us by God for us to be continually taking its temperature.

La urma urmei, îmi spuneam, care este manifestarea suprem? a gloriei? Numai asta: când cineva trece pe strad? È™i lumea se întoarce È™i È™opteÈ™te: ai v?zut? el e! Cam asta e tot, nimic mai mult, grozav? satisfacÈ›ie, n-am ce zice.

God is in everything I do and all my work glorifies Him.