Glory Quotes
If we function according to our ability alone, we get the glory; if we function according to the power of the Spirit within us, God gets the glory.
Men are guided less by conscience than by glory; and yet the shortest way to glory is to be guided by conscience.
And yet, as angels in some brighter dreams Call to the soul when man doth sleep. So some strange thoughts transcend our wonted dreams, And into glory peep.
....it cannot be called ingenuity to kill one's fellow citizens, to betray friends, to be without faith, without mercy, without religion; by these means one can aquire power but not glory.
There is nothing more profane than the image of an atheist with tears in his eyes conducting the glory and passion of Handel's Messiah.
The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness. It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.
Thy pride is but the prologue of thy shame; where vain-glory commands, there folly counsels; where pride rides, there shame lackeys.
Generally he perceived in men of devout simplicity this opinion: that the secrets of nature were the secrets of God, part of that glory into which man is not to press too boldly.
War was then no longer this noble and unified outburst of souls in love with glory that he had imagined from Napoleon's proclamations.
Hatred also is short lived; but that which makes the splendor of the present and the glory of the future remains forever unforgotten here we bless your simplicity but do not envy your folly.
Holy people glory, not in their holiness, but in Christ's cross; for the holiest saint is never more than a justified sinner and never sees himself in any other way.
Worship is the way of life for those entranced by and passionate for the glory of God.
What is it to grow old? Is it to lose the glory of the form, The lustre of the eye? Is it for Beauty to forego her wreath? Yes; but not this alone.
God will crush the pride out of us one way or another. He loves us, and His glory, too much not to do it.
To be ambitious of true honor, of the true glory and perfection of our natures, is the very principle and incentive of virtue.
Revelation isn't just end time's prophecy, it's God showing off his Son and his glory and honoring us, his treasured bride, with a seat at his table forever!
Your need for acceptance can make you invisible in this world. Risk being seen in all of your glory.
When eras die, their legacies Are left to strange police. Professors in New England guard The glory that was Greece.
The pure soul shall mount on native wings, . . . and cut a path into the heaven of glory.
Scars heal, glory fades, and all we're left with are the memories made. pain hurts, but only for a minute. life is short, so go on and live it.
But the real glory of science is that we can find a way of thinking such that the law is evident.
The moment we glorify ourselves, since there is room for one glory only in the universe, we set ourselves up as rivals to the Most High.
War in men's eyes shall be A monster of iniquity In the good time coming. Nations shall not quarrel then, To prove which is the stronger; Nor slaughter men for glory's sake; - Wait a little longer.
Music is a sacred, a divine, a God-like thing, and was given to man by Christ to lift our hearts up to God, and make us feel something of the glory and beauty of God, and of all which God has made.
Why did men worship in churches, locking themselves away in the dark, when the world lay beyond its doors in all its real glory?
My lowest days as a Christian have been more fulfilling and rewarding than all the days of glory in the White House.
In literature as in ethics, there is danger, as well as glory, in being subtle. Aristocracy isolates us.
Your great glory is not to be inferior to what you have been given by nature, and the greatest glory of a woman is to be least talked about by men, whether theyare praising or criticizing you.
While shepherds watch'd their flocks by night, All seated on the ground, The Angel of the Lord came down, And Glory shone around.
Chaperons, even in their days of glory, were almost never able to enforce morality; what they did was to force immorality to be discreet. This is no small contribution.
The truth is that the glory of God is the person and presence of God- The glory is the Holy Spirit .
