quotations about glory
Where's the glory in repeating what others have done?
RICK RIORDAN
The Lightning Thief
When human glory rises high
As human glory can;
When though the king is truly great,
Still greater is the man.
EDWARD YOUNG
"Resignation"
When a man measures out glory for himself he always heaps the half bushel.
H. W. SHAW
attributed, Day's Collacon
True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, in writing what deserves to be read, and in so living as to make the world happier and better for our living in it.
PLINY THE ELDER
attributed, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers
Prefer glory that will last forever, rather than that which lasts but a day.
POMPEY
attributed, Day's Collacon
There is but one thing necessary to keep the possession of true glory, which is to perserve the virtue by which it was acquired.
RICHARD STEELE
The Spectator, September 17, 1711
What was glory but something that reduced the more there were of you to share it?
IAIN M. BANKS
Surface Detail
Like madness is the glory of this life
As this pomp shows to a little oil and root.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
The Life of Timon of Athens
The way to prove superior to death is to die with glory.
AL-MUGHALLIS
attributed, Day's Collacon
Not hate, but glory, made these chiefs contend;
And each brave foe was in his soul a friend.
HOMER
The Iliad