quotations about glory
Like madness is the glory of this life
As this pomp shows to a little oil and root.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
The Life of Timon of Athens
Now I think I'm going down to the well tonight
And I'm going to drink till I get my fill.
And I hope when I get old I don't sit around thinking about it,
But I probably will.
Yeah, just sitting back trying to recapture
A little of the glory of,
Well time slips away and leaves you with nothing mister but boring stories of glory days.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
"Glory Days", Born in the U.S.A.
Prefer glory that will last forever, rather than that which lasts but a day.
POMPEY
attributed, Day's Collacon
When a man measures out glory for himself he always heaps the half bushel.
H. W. SHAW
attributed, Day's Collacon
Though men may impose upon themselves what they please by their corrupt imaginations, truth will ever keep its station; and as glory is nothing else but the shadow of virtue, it will certainly disappear at the departure of virtue.
RICHARD STEELE
The Spectator, August 9, 1711
Glory is the sun of the dead.
HONORÉ DE BALZAC
La Recherche de l'Absolu
Glory built on selfish principles is shame and guilt.
WILLIAM COWPER
Table Talk
The way to prove superior to death is to die with glory.
AL-MUGHALLIS
attributed, Day's Collacon
What was glory but something that reduced the more there were of you to share it?
IAIN M. BANKS
Surface Detail
Not hate, but glory, made these chiefs contend;
And each brave foe was in his soul a friend.
HOMER
The Iliad