Famous Quotes - Tags - Glory

  • ... is merry glory.
    Is saltatory.
    Yet he grips his right of twisting free. More
  • Avoid shame but do not seek glory—nothing so expensive as glory. More
  • Be it only for a day, it is still a glory without equal to be master of the world just that day. More
  • Better to be shattered jade than unbroken pottery. More
  • By heaven, methinks it were an easy leap
    To pluck bright honor from the pale-faced... More
  • Death makes no conquest of this conqueror,
    For now he lives in fame though not in life. More
  • Death was to be my glory, but destiny has refused it. More
  • Distinguished ancestors shed a powerful light on their descendants, and forbid the concealment... More
  • Fame opportunely despised often comes back redoubled. More
  • Glories, like glow-worms, afar off shine bright,
    But looked to near, have neither heat nor... More
  • Glorious the northern lights astream;
    Glorious the song, when God’s the theme
    Glorious... More
  • Glorious things of thee are spoken, Zion city of our God!
    He, whose word cannot be broken,... More
  • Glory is like a circle in the water,
    Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself,
    Till by broad... More
  • Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
    Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
    Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
    His... More
  • He is so great that all things give him glory if you mean they should. So then, my brethren, live. More
  • He leaves a white
    Unbroken glory, a gathered radiance,
    A width, a shining peace, under... More
  • He will have true glory who despises it. More
  • Here lies Jonson with the rest
    Of the poets; but the best.
    Reader, would’st thou more... More
  • Here now do I find myself in the very sphere of magnificence. I live with princes, and a court is... More
  • Heroism, or military glory, is much admired by the generality of mankind. They consider it as the... More
  • However glorious an action in itself, it ought not to pass for great if it be not the effect of... More
  • I have touched the highest point of all my greatness,
    And from that full meridian of my... More
  • I then went to the Parade. I saw the King. It was a glorious sight.... As a loadstone moves... More
  • I want to die while you love me,
    And never, never see
    The glory of this perfect... More
  • I will not by the noise of bloody wars and the dethroning of kings advance you to glory: but by... More
  • I will redeem all this on Percy’s head,
    And in the closing of some glorious day,
    Be... More
  • In the case of pirates, say, I would like to know whether that profession of theirs has any... More
  • Indeed the Idols I have loved so long
    Have done my credit in this World much wrong:
    Have... More
  • Is it not passing brave to be a King,
    And ride in triumph through Persepolis? More
  • Methinks a Man cannot, without a secret Satisfaction, consider the Glory of the present Age,... More
  • Military glory—the attractive rainbow that rises in showers of blood. More
  • My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
    To children ardent for some desperate... More
  • No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown. More
  • No statement about God is simply, literally true. God is far more than can be measured,... More
  • Not once or twice in our rough island-story
    The path of booty was the way to glory. More
  • Not only had Caesar a great name and a general’s glory, but his valor knew no rest, and the... More
  • Now you know Danton: in a few hours he will fall asleep in the arms of glory. More
  • O happy, golden age!
    Not for that rivers ran
    With streams of milk, and honey dropped from... More
  • O who is glory in the shapeless maps,
    Now make the world of me as I have made
    A merry... More
  • Of all crimes the worst
    Is to steal the glory
    From the great and brave,
    Even more... More
  • Of all illusions in the world, the most universally received is the concern for reputation and... More
  • Oh! how many actions, how many fabulous exploits remain without glory in the midst of the night. More
  • Oh! joyous hearts! enfired with holy flame!
    Is speech thus tasseled with praise?
    Will not... More
  • Oh, the brave Music of a distant Drum! More
  • Once at thy Feast, I saw thee Pearle-like stand
    ‘Tween Heaven and Earth, where Heavens... More
  • Our venture in revolution and outlawry
    Has justified itself in freedom’s story
    Right... More
  • Personal prudence, even when dictated by quite other than selfish considerations, surely is no... More
  • Popularity? It’s glory’s small change. More
  • Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky; More
  • Should I not hear, as I lie down in dust,
    The horns of glory blowing above my burial? More
  • Smart lad, to slip betimes away
    From fields where glory does not stay,
    And early though... More
  • Surviving is the only glory in war, if you know what I mean. More
  • The deed is everything, the glory naught. More
  • The final event to himself has been, that as he rose like a rocket, he fell like the stick. More
  • The glory of a great man ought always to be estimated by the means used to acquire it. More
  • The greater the effort, the greater the glory. More
  • The masses of the sea
    The masses of the sea under
    The masses of the infant-bearing... More
  • The paths of glory lead but to the grave. More
  • The splendor falls on castle walls
    And snowy summits old in story;
    The long light shakes... More
  • The strongest poison ever known
    Came from Caesar’s laurel crown. More
  • Those great and glorious actions that dazzle our eyes with their luster are represented by... More
  • To be a king and wear a crown is more glorious to them that see it than it is pleasure to them... More
  • To vanquish without peril is to triumph without glory. More
  • Your virtue raises your glory above your crime. More
  • “To every man upon this earth
    Death cometh soon or late.
    And how can man die... More

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