Quotes About Majesty

Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?

Horses - if God made anything more beautiful, he kept it for himself.

Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?

How excellent is thy name in all the earth.

He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.

Even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

The king's daughter is all glorious within.

Not so much as the weight of an ant in earth or heaven escapes from thy Lord.

A crown of glory that fadeth not away.

Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind.

Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.

Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of stone and space.

De entre todas las cosas que he visto en la vida, creo que el mar es mi favorita.

Who is there that can adequately gauge the greatness of the humility, gentleness, self-surrender, revealed by the Lord of majesty in assuming human nature, in accepting the punishment of death, the shame of the cross?

Seemed like you could stretch out your arms on either side and touch the mountains. Straight up they went, dark and feathered with treetops, and left a thin slice of stars above us. Way off, a mourning dove called, long and throaty, and the mountains picked it up and echoed the sound over and over, carrying it farther and farther away until you wondered how many mountains and hollows that call would travel--and it died away, so far, it was more like a memory than a sound.

The Reverend Mother must combine the seductive wiles of a courtesan with the untouchable majesty of a virgin goddess, holding these attributes in tension so long as the powers of her youth endure. For when youth and beauty have gone, she will find that the place-between, once occupied by tension, has become a wellspring of cunning and resourcefulness.  

Así habló Santa Alia del Cuchillo: «La Reverenda Madre debe combinar las artes de seducción de una cortesana con la intocable majestad de una diosa virgen, manteniendo estos atributos en tensión tanto tiempo como subsistan los poderes de su juventud. Pues una vez se hayan ido belleza y juventud, descubrirá que el lugar intermedio ocupado antes por la tensión se ha convertido en una fuente de astucia y de recursos infinitos.» De «Muad'Dib

The Reverend Mother must combine the seductive wiles of a courtesan with the untouchable majesty of a virgin goddess, holding these attributes in tension so long as the powers of her youth endure. For when youth and beauty have gone, she will find that the place-between, once occupied by tension, has become a wellspring of cunning and resourcefulness.

Thus spoke St. Alia-of-the-Knife: "The Reverend Mother must combine the seductive wiles of a courtesan with the untouchable majesty of a virgin goddess, holding these attributes in tension so long as the powers of her youth endure. For when youth and beauty have gone, she will find that the place-between, once occupied by tension, has become a wellspring of cunning and resourcefulness.

There's a certain beauty and majesty to Wimbledon. The elegance, the way the grass looks on TV.

There are few things that have filled me with such breathless awe as flying in the black of night across oceans and continents and looking out my cockpit window upon the infinite glory of millions of stars.

Legend has it that in an argument with a cardinal, Napoleon pointed out that he had the power to destroy the church. "Your majesty," the cardinal replied, "we, the clergy, have done our best to destroy the church for the last eighteen hundred years. We have not succeeded, and neither will you.

Albuquerque practiced the intimidatory tactics that had made the Franks so feared along the coast of India. Passing vessels were captured and ransacked for provisions. The unfortunate crews had their hands, noses, and ears cut off and were put ashore to announce the terror and majesty of Portugal. The ships were then burned.

The only thing you'll find on the summit of Mount Everest is a divine view. The things that really matter lie far below.