Top 1200 Greatest Glory Quotes & Sayings - Page 17

Ya know, I always admired Ray Kroc, the man who invented McDonald's. Ray had a vision of the most commonplace thing - a hamburger and fries to go - but to him it was just the greatest thing ever, and he was going to make it the greatest thing ever for everybody else, and he did.

I do conscientiously and sincerely believe that the Order of Freemasonry, if not the greatest, is one of the greatest moral and political evils under which the Union is now laboring ... a conspiracy of the few against the equal rights of the many ...Masonry ought forever to be abolished. It is wrong - essentially wrong - a seed of evil, which can never produce any good.

The glory of the salvation of souls belongs to God, and to Him alone.

There are moments in our lives, there are moments in a day, when we seem to see beyond the usual. Such are the moments of our greatest happiness. Such are the moments of our greatest wisdom.

Socrates pointed out that we carry on as though death were the greatest of all calamities-yet, for all we know, it might be the greatest of all blessings. What are we going to call good? What are we going to call bad? Good or bad is never our choice, or even the issue.

Why did I hesitate to put all this glory of the sun on my canvas?

Now the greatest external good we should assume to be the thing which we offer as a tribute to the gods, and which is most coveted by men of high station, and is the prize awarded for the noblest deeds; and such a thing is honor, for honor is clearly the greatest of external goods.

Praise and glory to God for whom nothing is too hard

So passes away the glory of this world. ('Sic transit gloria mundi.')

God alone and the desire of His glory - nothing else matters.

For the minimum-wager with Caligulan needs, the glory days are soon over.

Fame Imperishable and glory that will never die -- that is what we march for!

Glory falls around us as we sob a dirge of desolation on the Cross

Graves they say are warm'd by glory; Foolish words and empty story.

There isno triumph or glory in the world that's worth an inch of human skin.

Jazz is the greatest American art form and our greatest export. We don't pay attention to the youth of jazz, don't stoke the fires creatively for the youth coming up. I feel like jazz musicians became too much of purists - with Donald Byrd doing funk jazz in the '70s.

There’s glory and honour in being chosen. But not much room for free will

I glory, more in the cunning purchase of my wealth than in the glad possession.

I'm no parasite. I'm a poet who will bring honor and glory to his country.

All glory goes to God. I can't describe what He's done for me and my family.

The election of Obama will say as much about the American people as it does about Obama himself - that our Declaration of Independence means what it says in its opening lines, that being the world's greatest nation means that we offer the world's greatest opportunities.

Far better one unpurchased heart than glory's proudest name.

The most reliable path to glory is base brute effort.

There is but a step between a proud man's glory and his disgrace.

Stupidity and human incompetence are the great evils, not ambition and glory.

God is as really present in the consecrated Host as He is in the glory of Heaven

Death is not the greatest tragedy in life. The greatest tragedy is what dies inside us while we live. We need not fear death. We need fear only that we may exist without having sensed something of the possibilities that lie within human existence.

I always admired Ray Kroc, the man who invented McDonald's. Ray had a vision of the most commonplace thing - a hamburger and fries to go - but to him it was just the greatest thing ever, and he was going to make it the greatest thing ever for everybody else, and he did.

Whatever you do, think of the Glory of God as your main goal.

No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.

Music is a manifestation of the human spirit, similar to language. Its greatest practitioners have conveyed to mankind things not possible to say in any other language. If we do not want these things to remain dead treasures, we must do our utmost to make the greatest possible number of people understand their idiom.

The art of dining well is no slight art, the pleasure not a slight pleasure; neither the greatest captains nor the greatest philosophers have disdained the use or science of eating well.

Man and nature belong together in their created glory – in their tragedy and in their salvation.

Difficult times are the greatest opportunities in disguise. When we face difficult times we have to put in determined work to get ourselves into joy. Difficult times are your greatest opportunity to practice yourself into joy!

Michael Jordan is probably the greatest scorer to ever play in the game. But I may go as far to say Lebron James may be the the greatest player to ever play the game.

To turn water into wine, and what is common into what is holy, is indeed the glory of Christianity.

No labor is hard, no time is long, wherein the glory of eternity is the mark we level at.

Knowledge is a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.

Everyone sees the glory moments, but they don't see what happens behind the scenes.

Great Ambition, unchecked by principle, or the love of Glory, is an unruly Tyrant.

God?is so great that all things give him glory if you mean they should.

Morning glory is the best name, it always refreshes me to see it.

The growth and development of the soul is more important than power and glory.

I have lived long enough to satisfy both nature and glory.

We exaggerate the glory of some men in order to detract from that of others.

The world is filled with God's glory. You can't turn without bumping into it.

Triple H is a former bodybuilder. He's all about bodies. He thought that Hulk Hogan was the greatest wrestler in the world. They think Ultimate Warrior was the greatest wrestler in the world because that's what they're attracted to, but he's not really a wrestling fan like I grew up. I was a wrestling fan.

Not believing in the glory of our own soul is what the Vedanta calls atheism.

I want to run for eternal glory and track is great, but it's not what life is all about.

What's the glory in living? Doesn't anybody ever stay together anymore?

By the grace of God you are what you are; glory in your selfhood, accept yourself and go on from there.

I'm grateful to God that I'm able to praise his glory through my music.

The greatest wisdom is to make the enjoyment of the present the supreme object of life; because that is the only reality, all else being merely the play of thought. On the other hand, such a course might just as well be called the greatest folly: for that which in the next moment exists no more, and vanishes utterly, like a dream, can never be worth a serious effort.

Africa has lost its dream, and when people don't have a dream and don't pursue it, they flounder. People are shocked that I would move to Africa. But I say the place of greatest need is the place of greatest opportunity.

I came out of a background of want, but today I give glory to God.

Individual glory is insignificant when compared to achieving victory as a team.

If you have reason to think that yesterday's forecast went wrong, there is no glory in sticking to it.

Behold! thou hast one more chance! Strive for immortal glory!

The two endorsements I'm most proud of come from Isabel Wilkerson and Toni Morrison. The latter is the greatest American fiction writer of our time, and the former is on her way to being the greatest American nonfiction writer of our time.

The glory of wealth and of beauty is fleeting and frail; virtue is illustrious and everlasting.