Glory Quotes - Page 35

• Crime in full glory consolidates authority by the sacred fear it inspires.

  Emile M. Cioran

  Inspire, Sacred, Crime

  "History and Utopia". Book by Emile M. Cioran, 1960.

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• The tragedy of life is in what dies inside a man while he lives - the death of genuine feeling, the death of inspired response, the awareness that makes it possible to feel the pain or the glory of other men in yourself.

  Norman Cousins

  Life, Pain, Men

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• The human bird shall take his first flight, filling the world with amazement, all writings with his fame, and bringing eternal glory to the nest whence he sprang.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Writing, Bird, World

  Leonardo da Vinci (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Leonardo da Vinci (Illustrated)”, p.1118, Delphi Classics

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• 'Gone With The Wind' is one of the all-time greats. Read Margaret Mitchell's book and watch the film again; it's a soap opera in all its glory. It is superb and memorable.

  Timothy Dalton

  Book, Memorable, Wind

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• I like people who are working on practical things and who are working in teams. It's not so important to get the glory. It's much more important to get something that works. It's a better way to live.

  Freeman Dyson

  Team, People, Important

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• Women must pay for everything. They do get more glory than men for comparable feats, but, they also get more notoriety when they crash.

  Amelia Earhart

  Women, Airplane, Sisterhood

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• Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out the glory of the world, and leave only a margin by which we see the blot? I know no speck so troublesome as self.

  George Eliot

  Self, Objectivity, Vision

  George Eliot (2016). “Middlemarch”, p.386, Xist Publishing

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• I'm a survivor of life. I try to give the glory to God and appreciate what's happening to me.

  Mike Epps

  Appreciate, Giving, Trying

  FaceBook post by Mike Epps from Nov 02, 2014

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• I am a Bedouin warrior who brought glory to Libya and will die a martyr.

  Muammar al-Gaddafi

  Warrior, Libya, Martyr

  "Defiant Gaddafi refuses to leave, says will die a martyr in Libya". www.indiatoday.in. February 22, 2011.

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• The short story is still like the novel's wayward younger brother, we know that it's not respectable - but I think that can also add to the glory of it.

  Neil Gaiman

  Brother, Thinking, Add

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• Science is an integral part of culture. It's not this foreign thing, done by an arcane priesthood. It's one of the glories of the human intellectual tradition.

  Stephen Jay Gould

  Science, Intellectual, Culture

  1990 In The Independent, 24 Jan.

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• I have long thought that anyone who does not regularly - or ever - gaze up and see the wonder and glory of a dark night sky filled with countless stars loses a sense of their fundamental connectedness to the universe.

  Brian Greene

  Stars, Dark, Night

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• In heaven we shall appear, not in armour, but in robes of glory. But here these are to be worn night and day; we must walk, work, and sleep in them, or else we are not true soldiers of Christ.

  William Gurnall

  Sleep, Night, Heaven

  William Gurnall (1865). “The Christian in Complete Armour: A Treatise of the Saints' War Against the Devil, Wherein a Discovery is Made of that Grand Enemy of God and His People, in His Policies, Power, Seat of His Empire, Wickedness, and Chief Design He Hath Against the Saints : a Magazine Opened, from Whence the Christian is Furnished with Spiritual Arms for the Battle, Helped on with His Armour, and Taught the Use of His Weapon, Together with the Happy Issue of the Whole War”, p.64

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• I hate American simplicity. I glory in the piling up of complications of every sort. If I could pronounce the name James in any different or more elaborate way I should be in favor of doing it.

  Henry James

  Hate, Names, Usa

  Henry James (1974). “Letters”, p.31, Harvard University Press

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• There is so much temptation to hold on to my career even more now. To try to micromanage and dictate every little aspect. But that's not how I want to do things anymore. I'm thinking about how can I trust God more. How can I surrender more? How can I bring him more glory? It's a fight. But it's one I'm going to keep fighting.

  Jeremy Lin

  Fighting, Thinking, Careers

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• Why did men worship in churches, locking themselves away in the dark, when the world lay beyond its doors in all its real glory?

  Charles de Lint

  Real, Dark, Men

  "The Little Country". Book by Charles de Lint, Part Two: The Lost Music, "The Touchstone", 1991.

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• A season of suffering is a small assignment when compared to the reward. Rather than begrudge your problem, explore it. Ponder it. And most of all, use it. Use it to the glory of God.

  Max Lucado

  Suffering, Use, Rewards

  Max Lucado (2011). “It's Not About Me: Rescue From the Life We Thought Would Make Us Happy”, p.127, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• God will use whatever he wants to display his glory. Heavens and stars. History and nations. People and problems.

  Max Lucado

  Stars, People, Heaven

  Max Lucado (2011). “Live Loved: Experiencing God's Presence in Everyday Life”, p.4, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Oft when the white, still dawn lifted the skies and pushed the hills apart, I have felt it like a glory in my heart.

  Edwin Markham

  Heart, Sky, White

  Edwin Markham (1899). “The Man with the Hoe: And Other Poems”, W. Briggs ; New York : Doubleday & McClure Company

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• Just as he who gives his life to serve a great idea is admirable, he who avails himself of a great idea to serve his personal hopes of glory and power is abominable, even if he too risks his life.

  Jose Marti

  Ideas, Giving, Risk

  "Martí : Thoughts/Pensamientos" edited by Carlos Ripoll, 1994.

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• Spiritual people don't float around all day on clouds of glory; they live in the real world and deal with real issues in real ways.

  Joyce Meyer

  Spiritual, Real, Issues

  Joyce Meyer (2010). “Hearing from God Each Morning: 365 Daily Devotions”, p.38, Hachette UK

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• But human nature dictates that there will always be cheaters. That's inevitable. Where there's money involved and glory, there are going to be people that cheat, and there will always be ways to cheat.

  David Millar

  Cheater, People, Way

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• Some wars have been due to the lust of rulers for power and glory, or to revenge to wipe out the humiliation of a former defeat.

  John Boyd Orr

  Revenge, War, Lust

  "Nobel Lectures in Peace" by Frederick W. Haberman, World Scientific, (p. 415), 1999.

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• Are we like late Rome, infatuated with past glories, ruled by a complacent, greedy elite, and hopelessly powerless to respond to changing conditions?

  Camille Paglia

  Past, Rome, Hopeless

  "Welcome to the Revolution: Universalizing Resistance for Social Justice and Democracy in Perilous Times". Book by Charles Derber, p. 12, 2017.

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• Whether sexual orientation can change or not, hearts can change and turn any sexual orientation into an occasion for the glory of Christ. Those with same-sex attraction glorify Christ through sexual abstinence and through the enrichment of significant Christ-exalting relationships in other ways.

  John Piper

  Sex, Heart, Way

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