Glory Quotes
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It is the distinguishing glory of Christianity not to rest satisfied with superficial appearances, but to rectify the motives, and purify the heart.
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We are consumed by safety. Obsessed with it, actually. Now, I’m not saying it is wrong to pray for God’s protection, but I am questioning how we’ve made safety our highest priority. We’ve elevated safety to the neglect of whatever God’s best is, whatever would bring God the most glory, or whatever would accomplish His purposes in our lives and in the world.
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As we sped toward possible glory. With less than one hundred meters to go, I shot to the front of the group, and I began to grin. I thought, I got this.
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Beware of overconcern for money, or position, or glory. Someday you will meet a man who cares for none of these things. Then you will know how poor you are.
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Meditate nothing. Learn to contemplate. Contemplate glory. There will be a light. Contemplate Truth until it burns your eyes out.
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The glory of sport is witnessing a well-coached team perform as a single unit, striving for a common goal and ultimately bringing distinction to the jersey the players represent.
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I'd rather share the glory of a hit than star by myself in a flop.
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It is not vain glory for a man and his glass to confer in his own chamber.
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Glory is a poison, good to be taken in small doses.
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Great is the glory, for the strife is hard!
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There were many words that you could not stand to hear and finally only the names of places had dignity. Abstract words such as glory, honor, courage, or hallow were obscene.
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I wanted to fathom her secrets; I wanted her to come to me and say: "I love you," and if not that, if that was senseless insanity, then...well, what was there to care about? Did I know what I wanted? I was like one demented: all I wanted was to be near her, in the halo of her glory, in her radiance, always, for ever, all my life. I knew nothing more!
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Sudden glory is the passion which maketh those grimaces called laughter.
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Some boast of being friends to government; I am a friend to righteous government, to a government founded upon the principles of reason and justice; but I glory in publicly avowing my eternal enmity to tyranny.
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And when no longer we can see Thee, may we reach out our hands, and find Thee leading us through death to immortality and glory.
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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.
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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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Glory is a scandal. Let me state once & for all: I do not wish to be civilized.
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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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There had to be dark and muddy waters so that the sun could have something to background it's flashing glory.
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All of us who served in one war or another know very well that all wars are the glory and the agony of the young.
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I glory in publicly avowing my eternal enmity to tyranny.
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Glory, like the phoenix 'midst her fires, Exhales her odours, blazes, and expires.
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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?
