Glorious Quotes - Page 33

• Aikido can be summed up like this: True victory is self-victory; let that day arrive quickly! (True victory) means unflinching courage; (self-victory) symbolizes unflagging effort; and (let that day arrive quickly) represents the glorious moment of triumph in the here and now.

  Morihei Ueshiba

  Mean, Self, Effort

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• The unicorn was white, with hoofs of silver and graceful horn of pearl... The glorious thing about him was his eye. There was a faint bluish furrow down each side of his nose, and this led to the eye sockets, and surrounded them in a pensive shade. The eyes, circled by this sad and beautiful darkness, were so sorrowful, lonely, gentle and nobly tragic, that they killed all other emotions except love.

  T. H. White

  Beautiful, Lonely, Eye

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• No one grows up. That's one of the sickest lies they ever tell you. People change. People compromise. People get stranded in situations they don't want to be in… and they make the best of it. But don't try to tell me it's some kind of… glorious preordained ascent into emotional maturity. It's not.

  Greg Egan

  Growing Up, Lying, Maturity

  Greg Egan (1995). “Distress: A Novel”, Harper Prism

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• It may be glorious to write Thoughts that shall glad the two or three High souls, like those far stars that come in sight Once in a century.

  James Russell Lowell

  Stars, Writing, Two

  James Russell Lowell (1871). “The poetical works of James Russell Lowell”, p.40

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• History is not a nightmare from which. I am trying to awaken, but rather, a glorious tale which I wish to be cast in.

  Peter Maneos

  Wish, Trying, Language

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• So tired of this straight line, and everywhere you turn
  There's vultures and thieves at your back
  The storm keeps on twisting, you keep on building the lies
  That you make up for all that you lack.
  It don't make no difference, escaping one last time
  It's easier to believe
  In this sweet madness, oh this glorious sadness
  That brings me to my knees.

  Sarah McLachlan

  Song, Sweet, Lying

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• The vast army of McClellan spread out before me. The marching columns extended back as far as eye could see in the distance. It was a grand and glorious spectacle, and it was impossible to look at it without admiration.

  Daniel Harvey Hill

  War, Distance, Eye

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• Let this one great, gracious, glorious fact lie in your spirit until it permeates all your thoughts and makes you rejoice even though you are without strength. Rejoice that the Lord Jesus has become your strength and your song - He has become your salvation.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Hope, Song, Jesus

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• Life is a glorious opportunity, if it is used to condition us for eternity. If we fail in this, though we succeed in everything else, our life will have been a failure.

  Billy Graham

  Life, Opportunity, Succeed

  Billy Graham (2010). “Unto the Hills: A Daily Devotional”, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• What a glorious garden of wonders the lights of Broadway would be to anyone lucky enough to be unable to read.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Reading, Garden, Light

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• When I think something nice is going to happen I seem to fly right up on the wings of anticipation; and then the first thing I realize I drop down to earth with a thud. But really, Marilla, the flying part is glorious as long as it lasts. . . it's like soaring through a sunset. I think it almost pays for the thud.

  Lucy Maud Montgomery

  Nice, Sunset, Thinking

  Lucy Maud Montgomery (2013). “The Anne of Green Gables Chronicles (Annotated Edition)”, p.426, Jazzybee Verlag

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• Heroism is the brilliant triumph of the soul over the flesh - over fear...Heroism is the dazzling and glorious concentration of courage.

  Henri Frederic Amiel

  Soul, Triumph, Heroism

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• That cross inmate of your household, who has hitherto made life a burden to you, and who has been the Juggernaut car to crush your soul into the dust, may henceforth be a glorious chariot to carry you to the heights of heavenly patience and long-suffering.

  Hannah Whitall Smith

  Crush, Dust, Long

  Hannah Whitall Smith (2017). “The Christian's Secret to a Happy Life”, p.179, B&H Publishing Group

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• Glorious is the tumult of the waves that crash against a vessel, preparing it for the seas of life.

  Don Williams

  Sea, Wave, Crash

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• Money does not smell of the mire whence it came; it has the glorious scent of what will be.

  Catulle Mendes

  Smell, Doe, Scent

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• At one time I was praying for the salvation of sinners, and the Saviour appeared on the cross by me, and talked with me; I laid my hand on his mangled body, and looked up in his smiling face. Another time I was meditating upon the love of God in giving his only Son to die for sinners, and of the beautiful home he was preparing for those who love him, and I seemed to float away, and was set down in the Beautiful City. Oh, the glorious sight that met my view can never be expressed by mortal tongue

  Maria Woodworth-Etter

  Beautiful, Home, Son

  Maria Woodworth-Etter (1997). “Signs & Wonders”, p.10, Whitaker House

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• THE WORLD OF YESTERDAY is ostensibly an autobiography but in truth it is much more than that. In this remarkably fine new translation, Anthea Bell perfectly captures Stefan Zweig’s glorious evocation of a lost world, Vienna’s golden age, in which he grew up and flourished.

  Ronald Harwood

  Yesterday, Age, Bells

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• Because he is; that is, because he is an infinitely glorious, good, wise, holy, powerful, righteous, self-subsisting , self-sufficient , and all-sufficient being; the fountain and author of all being and good; the first cause, last end, and sovereign Lord of all; therefore, he is to be worshipped: therefore, are we to admire, adore, and love him; to praise, to trust and to fear him.

  John Owen

  Wise, Powerful, Self

  John Owen (1841). “A Discourse Concerning the Holy Spirit: Wherein an Account is Given of His Name, Nature, Personality, Dispensation, Operations and Effects. Also the Nature and Necessity of Gospel Holiness, and the Difference Between Grace and Morality”, p.39

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• There is no greater honour than to be the instrument in God's hands of leading one person out of the kingdom of Satan into the glorious light of Heaven.

  Dwight L. Moody

  Light, Hands, Heaven

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• When we believe that we ought to be satisfied, rather than God glorified, we set God below ourselves, imagine that He should submit His own honor to our advantage; we make ourselves more glorious than God, as though we were not made for Him, but He made for us; this is to have a very low esteem of the majesty of God.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Believe, Honor, Majesty

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• All that may be known of God for our salvation, especially his wisdom, love, goodness, grace and mercy on which the life of our souls depends, are represented to us in all their splendour in and through Christ. No wonder then that Christ is glorious in the eyes of believers!

  John Owen

  Eye, Grace And Mercy, Soul

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• A glorious failure can sometimes be more life affirming than a cautious win.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Winning, Sometimes, Life Affirming

  "Elizabeth Gilbert On The First Step To Long-Lasting Happiness" By Elizabeth Gilbert, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 19, 2014.

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• The gospel is simply glorious and gloriously simple.

  Adrian Rogers

  Simple

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• Prayer is the most important activity a born-again Christian can perform. It should head your list of priorities, for certainly the world around us desperately needs prayer. Prayer will open the door for God to do a glorious work in these last days. Prayer will stem the tide of evil.

  Chuck Smith

  Christian, Prayer, Doors

  Chuck Smith (1980). “Effective Prayer Life”

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• I do not expect anyone will ever have the opportunity of constructing another course like Cypress Point, as I do not suppose anywhere in the world is there such a glorious combination of rocky coast, sand dunes, pine woods and cypress trees.

  Alister MacKenzie

  Opportunity, Tree, World

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