quotations about glory
If thine is the glory then mine must be the shame.
LEONARD COHEN
You Want It Darker
I have ventur'd,
Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders,
This many summers in a sea of glory,
But far beyond my depth: my high-blown pride
At length broke under me.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Henry VIII
Unless what we do is useful, our glory is vain.
PHAEDRUS
Fables
Real glory springs from the silent conquest of ourselves.
JAMES THOMSON
Sophonisba
Glory is like a circle in the water,
Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself
Till, by broad spreading it disperse to nought.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Henry VI, Part I
Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise,
A flood of glory bursts from all the skies.
HOMER
Iliad
O how quickly passes away the glory of the earth.
THOMAS À KEMPIS
Imitation of Christ
To be used as an instrument of God's glory should be our highest joy.
OLIVER CROMWELL
attributed, Day's Collacon
The love of glory can only create a great hero; contempt of it creates a great man.
CHARLES MAURICE DE TALLEYRAND-PERIGORD
attributed, Day's Collacon
Glory is the casual gift of thoughtless crowds.
SAMUEL JOHNSON
attributed, Day's Collacon
Now I think I'm going down to the well tonight
And I'm going to drink till I get my fill.
And I hope when I get old I don't sit around thinking about it,
But I probably will.
Yeah, just sitting back trying to recapture
A little of the glory of,
Well time slips away and leaves you with nothing mister but boring stories of glory days.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
"Glory Days", Born in the U.S.A.
Showing off is the fool's idea of glory.
BRUCE LEE
Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living
Glory built on selfish principles is shame and guilt.
WILLIAM COWPER
Table Talk
Glory is safe when it is deserved; it is not so with popularity; one lasts like a mosaic, the other is effaced like the crayon drawing.
STANISLAS DE BOUFFLERS
attributed, Day's Collacon
Glory is a torch to kindle the noble mind.
SILIUS ITALICUS
attributed, Day's Collacon
For I consider that the sufferings of the present time do not amount to anything in comparison with the glory that is going to be revealed in us.
PAUL
Romans 8:18
Glory is the sun of the dead.
HONORÉ DE BALZAC
La Recherche de l'Absolu
Though men may impose upon themselves what they please by their corrupt imaginations, truth will ever keep its station; and as glory is nothing else but the shadow of virtue, it will certainly disappear at the departure of virtue.
RICHARD STEELE
The Spectator, August 9, 1711
Glory is so enchanting, that we love whatever we associate with it, even though it be death.
ELIZA COOK
Diamond Dust
Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.
CICERO
Tusculanarum Disputationum