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William Cowper

God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants His footsteps in the sea, And rides upon the storm. Deep in unfathomable mines Of never-failing skill, He treasures up His bright designs, And works His sovereign will. Ye fea

Baruch (?Benedict de) Spinoza

What is called vainglory is self-satisfaction, nourished by nothing but the good opinion of the multitude, so that when that is withdrawn, the satisfaction, that is to say, the chief good which every one loves, ceases. For this reason those who glory in t

William Butler Yeats

Think where man's glory most begins and ends, And say my glory was I had such friends.

William Penn

No pain, no palm no thorns, no throne no gall, no glory, no glory no cross, no crown.

Johathan Edwards

Grace is but glory begun, and glory is but grace perfected.

MOORE: _Go Where Glory Waits Thee._

Go where glory waits thee! But while fame elates thee, Oh, still remember me!

William Hallman

Creation and redemption are the spheres in which these glories are displayed. In creation we see the eternal power and deity that belong to God alone (Rom. 120) while a deeper and richer glory is unfolded in the wondrous cross of the Lord Jesus Christ. There God is fully revealed, not only in terms of His dominion and deity, but in His holiness, love, and grace. At the Cross I learn what creation could never tell me--who God is and what He is to me, a guilty sinner. God is love therefore, He is both light and life. A Savior-God What marvelous grace and glory.

Napoleon

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

Eugene F. Ware

All glory comes from daring to begin.

A. Alvarez

When there is no peril in the fight, there is no glory in the triumph.

GEORGE ELIOT: _Agatha._

The sun is going down, And I must see the glory from the hill.

Plutarch

It is certainly desirable to be well descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.

Jean de La Fontaine

No path of flowers leads to glory.

Pam Brown

For every person who has ever lived there has come, at last, a spring he will never see. Glory then in the springs that are yours.

William Blake

The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness.

Malcolm Muggeridge

Surely the glory of journalism is its transience.

EDGAR A. POE: _To Helen._

To the glory that was Greece And the grandeur that was Rome.

Gene Roddenberry

The glory of creation is in its infinite diversity.

Edith Sitwell

My poems are hymns of praise to the glory of life.

Confucius

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

ROBERT BROWNING: _Deaf and Dumb._

So may a glory from defect arise.

Dwight D Eisenhower

I have found out in later years that we were very poor, but the glory of America is that we didn't know it then.

Georges Jacques Danton

I have lived, tomorrow, I shall sleep in glory.

Unknown

The world pins no medals on you because of what you know, but it may crown you with glory and riches for what you do.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The morning pouring everywhere, its golden glory on the air.

Vince Lombardi

Our greatest glory was not in never falling, but in rising when we fell.

SHAKS.: _M. of Venice,_ Act v., Sc. 1.

When the moon shone, we did not see the candle; So doth the greater glory dim the less.

CAMPBELL: _Hohenlinden._

The combat deepens. On, ye brave, Who rush to glory or the grave!

Vince Lombardi

Teamwork is what the Green Bay Packers were all about. They didn't do it for individual glory. They did it because they loved one another.

Walt Whitman

A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.

Vincent Van Gogh

Our greatest glory consists not in never failing, but in rising every time we fall.

Sallust

The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile virtue is a possession glorious and eternal.

SHAKS.: _Two Gent. of V.,_ Act i., Sc. 3.

Oh, how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day!

Nelson Mandela

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Lois McMaster Bujold

Suicidal glory is the luxury of the irresponsible. We're not giving up. We're waiting for a better opportunity to win.

Thucyclides

The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding go out to meet it.

COWPER: _Olney Hymns,_ No. 30.

A glory gilds the sacred page, Majestic like the sun; It gives a light to every age; It gives, but borrows none.

George Santayana

The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal.

WORDSWORTH: _Intimations of Immortality,_ St. 10.

Though nothing can bring back the hour Of splendor in the grass, of glory in the flower.

Michel Eyquem de Montaigne

Riches, like glory or heath, have no more beauty or pleasure than their possessor is pleased to lend them.

WORDSWORTH: _Intimations of Immortality._

Not in entire forgetfulness, And not in utter nakedness, But trailing clouds of glory, do we come From God, who is our home.

WORDSWORTH: _Intimations of Immortality,_ St. 2.

The sunshine is a glorious birth; But yet I know, where'er I go, That there hath passed away a glory from the earth.

Plutarch

The man who is completely wise and virtuous has no need of glory, except so far as it disposes and eases his way to action by the greater trust that it procures him.

John Greenleaf Whittier

But beauty seen is never lost, God???s colors all are fast; The glory of this sunset heaven Into my soul has passed???..

GRAY: _The Bard,_ Pt. iii., St. 1.

Visions of glory, spare my aching sight Ye unborn ages, crowd not on my soul!

SHAKS.: _1 Henry VI.,_ Act i., Sc. 2.

Glory is like a circle in the water, Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself, Till, by broad spreading, it disperse to nought.

William Shakespeare

Glory is like a circle in the water, Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself, Till by broad spreading it disperses to naught.

SHAKS.: _Two Gent. of V.,_ Act i., Sc. 3.

O, how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day; Which now shows all the beauty of the sun, And by and by a cloud takes all away.

GRAY: _Prog, of Poesy,_ Pt. ii., St. 2, Line 10.

Glory pursue, and gen'rous shame, Th' unconquerable mind, and freedom's holy flame.

WHITTIER: _The Pageant,_ St. 8

What miracle of weird transforming Is this wild work of frost and light, This glimpse of glory infinite!

WORDSWORTH: _Res. and Indep.,_ St. 7.

I thought of Chatterton, the marvellous boy, The sleepless soul that perish'd in his pride. Of him who walk'd in glory and in joy, Following his plough along the mountain side.

Sir Winston Churchill

Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb.

And say my glory was I had such friends.

For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.

There is no glory in otustripping donkeys.

To win without risk is to triumph without glory.

We rise in glory as we sink in pride.

When there is no peril in the fight there is no glory in the triumph.

The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.

When we conquer without danger our triumph is without glory.

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever...

Real glory springs from the silent conquest of ourselves.

The glory of great men should always be measured by the means they have used to acquire it.

Never rely on the glory of the morning nor the smiles of your mother-in-law.

Glory built on selfish principles is shame and guilt.

O, how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day!

In activity we must find our joy as well as glory; and labor, like everything else that is good, is its own reward

Of men who have a sense of honor, more come through alive than are slain, but from those who flee comes neither glory nor any help.

The object of government in peace and in war is not the glory of rulers or of races, but the happiness of the common man.

No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.

The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it.

The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.

No greater love hath a man than he lay down his life for his brother. Not for millions, .. not for glory, not for fame. For one person, .. in the dark .. where no one will ever know .. or see.

Glory is like a circle in the water, Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself, Till by broad spreading it disperses to naught.

The greater difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.

In men of the highest character and noblest genius there is to be found an insatiable desire for honour, command, power, and glory.

The glory of friendship is not the outstreched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him.

By these things examine thyself. By whose rules am I acting; in whose name; in whose strength; in whose glory? What faith, humility, self-denial, and love of God and to man have there been in all my actions?

Let no one think of me that I am humble or weak or passive; let them understand I am of a different kind: dangerous to my enemies, loyal to my friends. To such a life glory belongs.

Parents are often so busy with the physical rearing of children that they miss the glory of parenthood, just as the grandeur of the trees is lost when raking leaves.

And yet, as angels in some brighter dreams Call to the soul when man doth sleep, So some strange thoughts transcend our wonted themes, And into glory peep.

Arms are instruments of ill omen. . . . When one is compelled to use them, it is best to do so without relish. There is no glory in victory, and to glorify it despite this is to exult in the killing of men. . . . When great numbers of people are killed, o

What though the radiance which was once so bright Be not forever taken from my sight, Though nothing can bring back the hour Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower; Grief not, rather find, Strength in what remains behind,

"Raging at unreachable glory, straining at invisible chains" RUSH

"You believed in their stories of fame, fortune and glory" -Floyd

"Angel of Music, guide and guardian..grant to me your glory!"

"I knew it was love, and I felt it was glory." -Byron

"Desire for glory clings to men longer than any other passion."

"Insolent boy, this slave of fashion, basking in YOUR glory!!!"

In the career of glory one gains many things; the gout and medals, a pension and rheumatism....And also frozen feet, an arm or leg the less, a bullet lodged between two bones which the surgeon cannot extract....all of these fatigues experienced in your yo

America has never been an empire. We may be the only great power in history that had the chance, and refused ?preferring greatness to power and justice to glory.

"My eyes have seen the glory, I'm a born-again atheist"

"Glory or insanity awaits" -- Rimmer

"Glory ASCII !", said Miss Carpal.

Many years ago Rudyard Kipling gave an address at McGill University in Montreal. He said one striking thing which deserves to be remembered. Warning the students against an over-concern for money, or position, or glory, he said: Some day you will meet a

"The glory of God is intelligence." -- Young

There is no accountability in the public school system - except for coaches. You know what happens to a losing coach. You fire him. A losing teacher can go on losing for 30 years and then go to glory.

True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written; in writing what deserves to be read; and in so living as to make the world happier for our living in it.

The glory of a good tale is that it is limitless and fluid; a good tale belongs to each reader in its own particular way.

Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.

Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.