quotations about glory
If thine is the glory then mine must be the shame.
LEONARD COHEN
You Want It Darker
Glory, O glory! thou hast uplifted high in life countless mortals who were nought; those I deem to be happy who have acquired glory truthfully; but those who have it falsely I consider to have it not; it is the mere wantonness of fortune that has given it to them.
EURIPIDES
attributed, Day's Collacon
Men are guided less by conscience than by glory; and yet the shortest way to glory, is to be guided by conscience.
KAMES
attributed, Day's Collacon
To be used as an instrument of God's glory should be our highest joy.
OLIVER CROMWELL
attributed, Day's Collacon
This goin' ware glory waits ye haint one agreeable feetur.
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL
The Biglow Papers
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
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
The fear of Jehovah is a training in wisdom, and before glory there is humility.
SOLOMON
Proverbs 15:33
Glory is a torch to kindle the noble mind.
SILIUS ITALICUS
attributed, Day's Collacon
Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.
CICERO
Tusculanarum Disputationum
O how quickly passes away the glory of the earth.
THOMAS À KEMPIS
Imitation of Christ
Where's the glory in repeating what others have done?
RICK RIORDAN
The Lightning Thief
Prefer glory that will last forever, rather than that which lasts but a day.
POMPEY
attributed, Day's Collacon
There are two things which ought to teach us to think meanly of human glory; the very best have had their calumniators, the very worst their panegyrists.
CHARLES CALEB COLTON
Lacon
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
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
The way to prove superior to death is to die with glory.
AL-MUGHALLIS
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.
Glory is so enchanting, that we love whatever we associate with it, even though it be death.
ELIZA COOK
Diamond Dust
Glory is the sun of the dead.
HONORÉ DE BALZAC
La Recherche de l'Absolu