Man was created to glorify God. Now, that may encompass other things which God has planned for each man, but essentially, man was created to glorify God.

I still believe that many Americans have a deep longing for that glorious moment when a sermon is more Biblical than American.

This time it is real — all must die, and where could mountaineer find a more glorious death!

The American flag doesn’t give her glory on a peaceful, calm day. It’s when the winds pick up and become boisterous, do we see her strength. When she unfolds her hand, and shows her frayed...

Beasts bounding through time. Van Gogh writing his brother for paintsHemingway testing his shotgunCeline going broke as a doctor of medicinethe impossibility of being humanVillon expelled from Paris for being a thiefFaulkner drunk in the...

In all things, may the victory come to us while the glory goes to God. We can’t handle the glory… It only brings pride to us! We can handle the victory… It brings a joyful...

Other folk thought the Rage was simple bloodlust, a berserk savagery that neither knew nor cared what its target was, and so it was when it struck without warning. But when a hradani gave himself...

At the end of the day, only what we do for Christ will last. Appreciate each day, one another, and the vessels God may use to acknowledge our individual and collective skillsets and let’s always...

May those who follow their fate be granted happiness; may those who defy it be granted glory

The height of human achievement and glory, Muhammad.

{The final resolutions at Robert Ingersoll’s funeral, quoted here}Whereas, in the order of nature — that nature which moves with unerring certainty in obedience to fixed laws — Robert G. Ingersoll has gone to that...

There’s no glory like those who save their country.

He loves Thee too little, who loves anything together with Thee, which he loves not for Thy sake.

Truly I am God’s Beauty, His Trophy, His Outstretched Arms…I am here for His Glory and Pleasure.

There is no glory in battle worth the blood it costs

When honor and glory get your squad killed and your brothers-in-arms shoved under the rug, you stop believing in the terms.

Who tracks the steps of glory to the grave?

Whether you are man or woman, rich or poor, dependent or free, happy or unhappy; whether you bore in your elevation the splendour of the crown or in humble obscurity only the toil and heat...

An imagination submitted to the movement of the Holy Spirit is a powerful tool in the hands of God to write testaments of His glory.

They no longer wanted to entice anyone; all they wanted was to catch a glimpse for as long as possible of the reflected glory in the great eyes of Odysseus

The clouds rolled over the hills like a pack of midgets wearing gray togas somersaulting in unison, and I thought it’s a glorious day to be alive and in love.

He compuesto un poema a la victoria:¡Quién lo hubiera creído!¡El doctor MacRae ha sonreído!¡Es verdad!

I believe that each of us comes from the Creator trailing wisps of glory.

God is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which belongs to us.

The taste for glory can make ordinary men behave in extraordinary ways.

I am Your servant; You are my Lord and Master. Nanak: my honor and glory are Yours, God.

The glory of the carpenter is the tables and chairs he manufactures; the glory of God is you and me because He manufactured us!

Honor is a fool’s prize. Glory is of no use to the dead.

The desire for glory is no different from that instinct for preservation that is common to all creatures. It is as if we enhance our being if we can gain a place in the memory...

Glory is a heavy burden, a murdering poison, and to bear it is an art. And to have that art is rare.

The passion of steeped leaves and stewed broth is a philter that triumphs in our veins. It is our heritage, it is our religion, it is the glory of our being. It is our honour...

I think I know what military fame is; to be killed on the field of battle and have your name misspelled in the newspapers.

Day n night passing by,No tribute, we cannot deny,We did to world’s problems so deep,Not a single sign, to take the leap.Senseless striving for some unknown glory,Too patiently awaiting time for our story.Still haven’t spot...

You will never glory in God till first of all God has killed your glorying in yourself.

Corruption makes greatness rupture

A God-focused attitude is positive and directs you to better the lives of those you love while giving God the glory.

The world of light and starry grace;within your mind I live to trace.Your thought’s speed in thunder’s glory,lightening my being with dream’s story.I embrace the tree carrying your nameYour unspoken wish : the heart of...

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.

When the sun riseth first, the beams over-gild the tops of green mountains that look toward the east, and the world cannot hinder the sun to rise: some are so near heaven, that the everlasting...

Early to bed and early to work might get you a success, but late to bed and early to work will get you a glory.

Compare King William with the philosopher Haeckel. The king is one of the anointed by the most high, as they claim—one upon whose head has been poured the divine petroleum of authority. Compare this king...

The noblest spirit is most strongly attracted by the love of glory.

I did not say anything. I was always embarrassed by the words sacred, glorious, and sacrifice and the expression in vain. We had heard them, sometimes standing in the rain almost out of earshot, so...

I do not say that children at war do not die like men, if they have to die. To their everlasting honor and our everlasting shame, they do die like men, thus making possible the...

[…T]he ways of God have been manifested beyond example: the sea is divided, the cloud has led the way, the rock has poured forth water, it has rained manna, everything has contributed to your greatness;...

Then all the winds of Heaven ran to join hands and bend a shoulder, to bring down to me the sound of a noble hymn that was heavy with the perfume of Time That Has...

Soyons fermes, purs et fidèles ; au bout de nos peines, il y a la plus grande gloire du monde, celle des hommes qui n’ont pas cédé. [Let us be firm, pure and faithful; at...

In activity we must find our joy as well as glory; and labor, like everything else that is good, is its own reward.

You stumble upon an unhappy Martian sentry on a mission and shoot ineffectually at his powersuit a few times before he pulps you with his laserbeam eyes and hideous poisonous-gas breath. Glory!

I am a man that knows of the possibility of failure. I have suffered defeat. I have created miscalculations. I have even abandoned victory, and fallen in shame. I can claim my arrogance. I can...