Who tracks the steps of glory to the grave?
—Lord Byron (George Gordon Byron) (1788–1824) English Romantic Poet
Military glory – that attractive rainbow that rises in showers of blood.
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–65) American Head of State
The love of glory gives an immense stimulus.
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso) (c.43 BCE–c.18 CE) Roman Poet
There’s no glory like those who save their country.
—Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–92) British Poet
True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the ground; nor can any counterfeit last long.
—Cicero (106BCE–43BCE) Roman Philosopher, Orator, Politician, Lawyer
God gave man the challenge of raw materials—not the ease of finished things. He left the pictures unpainted and the music unsung and the problems unsolved, that man might know the joys and glories of creation.
—Unknown
The final event to himself has been, that as he rose like a rocket, he fell like the stick.
—Thomas Paine (1737–1809) American Nationalist, Author, Pamphleteer, Inventor
No man ever was glorious, who was not laborious.
—Benjamin Franklin (1706–90) American Political Leader, Inventor, Diplomat
The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.
—Samuel Johnson (1709–84) British Essayist
Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.
—Napoleon I (1769–1821) Emperor of France
The deed is everything, the glory naught.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) German Poet
I will not by the noise of bloody wars and the dethroning of kings advance you to glory: but by the gentle ways of peace and love.
—Thomas Traherne (1636–74) English Metaphysical Poet, Mystic
There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
—Jean de La Fontaine (1621–95) French Poet, Short Story Writer
Is it not passing brave to be a King and ride in triumph through Persepolis?
—Christopher Marlowe (1564–93) English Playwright, Poet, Translator
The fire of glory is the torch of the mind.
—Unknown
Like madness is the glory of this life As this pomp shows to a little oil and root.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
As to be perfectly just is an attribute of the divine nature, to be so to the utmost of our abilities is the glory of man.
—Joseph Addison (1672–1719) English Essayist, Poet, Playwright, Politician
Glory is a heavy burden, a murdering poison, and to bear it is an art. And to have that art is rare.
—Oriana Fallaci (1929–2006) Italian Journalist, Historian
The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it.—Skilful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
—Epicurus (c.341–270 BCE) Greek Philosopher
Let us not disdain glory too much; nothing is finer, except virtue. The height of happiness would be to unite both in this life.
—Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand (1768–1848) French Writer, Academician, Statesman
The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.
—Cicero (106BCE–43BCE) Roman Philosopher, Orator, Politician, Lawyer
You told me, I remember, glory, built
On selfish principles, is shame and guilt;
The deeds that men admire as half divine,
Stark naught, because corrupt in their design.
Strange doctrine this! that without scruple tears
The laurel that the very lightning spares;
Brings down the warrior.
—William Cowper (1731–1800) English Anglican Poet, Hymn writer
Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
—Oliver Goldsmith (1730–74) Irish Novelist, Playwright, Poet
Fame is not the glory; virtue is the goal, and fame only a messenger to bring more to the fold.
—Vanna Bonta (1958–2014) Italian-American Novelist, Poet, Actress
Look at everything as though you were seeing it for the first time or last time. Then your time on earth will be filled with glory.
—Betty Smith (1896–1972) American Author
We are Divine enough to ask and we are important enough to receive.
—Wayne Dyer (1940–2015) American Self-Help Author
What is called vainglory is self-satisfaction, nourished by nothing but the good opinion of the multitude, so that when that is withdrawn, the satisfaction, that is to say, the chief good which every one loves, ceases. For this reason those who glory in the good opinion of the multitude anxiously and with daily care strive, labour, and struggle to preserve their fame. For the multitude is changeable and fickle, so that fame, if it be not preserved, soon passes away. As every one, moreover, is desirous to catch the praises of the people, one person will readily destroy the fame of another; and, consequently, as the object of contention is what is commonly thought to be the highest good, a great desire arises on the part of every one to keep down his fellows by every possible means, and he who at last comes off conqueror boasts more because he has injured another person than because he has profited himself. This glory of self-satisfaction, therefore, is indeed vain, for it is really no glory.
—Baruch Spinoza (1632–77) Dutch Philosopher, Theologian
Avoid shame but do not seek glory—nothing so expensive as glory.
—Sydney Smith (1771–1845) English Clergyman, Essayist, Wit
Glory is not a conceit. It is not a decoration for valor. Glory belongs to the act of being constant to something greater than yourself, to a cause, to your principles, to the people on whom you rely and who rely on you in rerun.
—John McCain (1936–2018) American Republican-party Politician
Glory is the child of peril.
—Tobias Smollett (1721–71) Scottish Poet, Novelist
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