The divine essence itself is love and wisdom.
All the gifts and talents we have are from God, but they are also for God. . . for His glory and for His pleasure. Don't waste them, make great use of them and make Him proud.
It is a throne of grace that God in Christ is represented to us upon; but yet is is a throne still whereon majesty and glory do reside, and God is always to be considered by us as on a throne.
Death was to be my glory, but destiny has refused it.
One person seeking glory doesn't accomplish much. Success is the result of people pulling together to meet common goals.
The glory of sport is witnessing a well-coached team perform as a single unit, striving for a common goal and ultimately bringing distinction to the jersey the players represent.
A taste for books, which is still the pleasure and glory of my life.
Man's glory lies not, Lincoln thought, in 'his goodness,' for this is often nonexistent. He derives glory, instead, from his being made in the image of the Living God.
But the moon came slowly up in all her gentle glory, and the stars looked out, and through the small compass of the grated window, as through the narrow crevice of one good deed in a murky life of guilt, the face of Heaven shone bright and merciful. He raised his head; gazed upward at the quiet sky, which seemed to smile upon the earth in sadness, as if the night, more thoughtful than the day, looked down in sorrow on the sufferings and evil deeds of men; and felt its peace sink deep into his heart.
The paths of glory at least lead to the Grave, but the paths of duty may not get you Anywhere.
I'm never more aware of the limitations of language than when I try to describe beauty. Language can create its own loveliness, of course, but it cannot deliver to us the radiance we apprehend in the world, any more than a photograph can capture the stunning swiftness of a hawk or the withering power of a supernova. . . All that pictures or words can do is gesture beyond themselves toward the fleeting glory that stirs our hearts. So I keep gesturing.
The American flag, Old Glory, standing tall and flying free over American soil for 228 years is the symbol of our beloved country. It is recognized from near and afar, and many lives have been lost defending it.
Faith, sympathy - fiery faith and fiery sympathy! Life is nothing, death is nothing, hunger nothing, cold nothing. Glory unto the Lord - march on, the Lord is our General. Do not look back to see who falls - forward - onward! Thus and thus we shall go on, brethren. One falls, and another takes up the work
I don't expect you'll hear me writing any poems to the greater glory of Ronald and Nancy Reagan.
It's pride, plain and simple, that keeps me from giving God all the glory and keeping some of it for myself. It is a battle we all fight in some form or another, some of us daily or even hourly.
There is a true glory and a true honor: the glory of duty done--the honor of the integrity of principle.
If you have reason to think that yesterday's forecast went wrong, there is no glory in sticking to it.
It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.
. . . make dads the godly leaders [of the family] with the women in submission, raising kids for the glory of God.
A river continually fed by a living fountain may as soon end its streams before it come to the ocean, as a stop be put to the course and progress of grace before it issue in glory.