Pastoral Resources

There are men whom a happy disposition, a strong desire of glory and esteem, inspire with the same love for justice and virtue which men in general have for riches and honors... But the number of these men is so small that I only mention them in honor of humanity.

Sudden glory is the passion which maketh those grimaces called laughter.

Laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly.

Willingness to be damned for the glory of God.

Whether his policy was right or wrong, he built up the glory of the nation.

We should face reality and our past mistakes in an honest, adult way. Boasting of glory does not make glory, and singing in the dark does not dispel fear.

What fascinated me, it was not the glory, but the contact with the public.

The Lord doesn't like us to be dead. Be alive. Sometimes I dance to the glory of the Lord, because He said so.

I hate American simplicity. I glory in the piling up of complications of every sort. If I could pronounce the name James in any different or more elaborate way I should be in favor of doing it.

We did not raise armies for glory or for conquest.

No nation can rise to the height of glory unless your women are side by side with you.

The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.

Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age.

You may glory in a team triumphant... But you fall in love with a team in defeat.

Oh, how swiftly the glory of the world passes away!

How quickly passes away the glory of this world.

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made straight and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together.

The tribulation period is seven years, and when the signing of the covenant occurs, people who know the Bible and take it literally will know that, seven years later, Christ is going to come in His power and glory.

For you are the makers of the flag and it is well that you glory in the making.

The territorial state is such an ancient form of society - here in Europe it dates back thousands of years - that it is now protected by the sanctity of age and the glory of tradition. A strong religious feeling mingles with the respect and the devotion to the fatherland.