Sophocles Quotes
What greater ornament to a son than a father's glory, or to a father than a son's honorable conduct?
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Morality covers our conduct, not what goes on inside our heads.
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Willingness to be damned for the glory of God.
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Glory is a heavy burden, a murdering poison, and to bear it is an art. And to have that art is rare.
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The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.
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I've set the model of showing fighters how they should conduct their business.
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Liking money like I like it, is nothing less than mysticism. Money is a glory.
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Everybody born comes from the Creator trailing wisps of glory. We come from the Creator with creativity. I think that each one of us is born with creativity.
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Can you lay your life down, so a stranger can live? Can you take what you need, but take less than you give? Could you close every day, without the glory and fame? Could you hold your head high, when no-one knows your name?
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I am quite happy that the Beatles came and went. There is even a sort of glory in not having it go on forever. There is a complete body of work that went from A to Z and it is all pretty damn good stuff. The one thing I am particularly proud of is that nearly every single bit of it has some good message. I feel fortunate when I look back. Life is not easy, but I've been very lucky - and I'm touching wood as I say that.
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In the great undertakings, there is glory, even in failure.
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. . . This is the high destiny of the sons of God, they who overcome, who are obedient to His commandments, who purify themselves even as He is pure. They are to become like Him; they will see Him as He is; they will behold His face and reign with Him in His glory, becoming like unto Him in every particular.
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Some devil with a pitchfork keep talkin' like he know me. I stood before an angel as he told me bout the glory.
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I risked my life to save lives. I'm not looking for glory. I just want people to know the truth about what happened.
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Vulgarity is the conduct of other people, just as falsehoods are the truths of other people.
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Glory is sacrifice, glory is exhaustion, glory is having nothing left to give.
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Your life is your own, your glory is your glory, but you will lose it if you keep it for yourself. Grasp it for the sake of others.
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To strip our past of glory is no great loss, but to deny it honor is devastating.
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Washington's is the mightiest name of earth - long since mightiest in the cause of civil liberty; still mightiest in moral reformation. On that name no eulogy is expected. It cannot be. To add brightness to the sun, or glory to the name of Washington, is alike impossible. Let none attempt it. In solemn awe pronounce the name, and in its naked deathless splendor leave it shining on.
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Time's glory is to command contending kings, To unmask falsehood, and bring truth to light.
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There’s nothing better than discovering, to your own astonishment, what you’re meant to do. It’s like falling in love.
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Music is that which takes silence and brings it to life.
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Web 1.0 was making the Internet for people, Web 2.0 is making the Internet better for companies.
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What greater ornament to a son than a father's glory, or to a father than a son's honorable conduct?
