God takes the most eminent and choicest of His servants for the choicest and most eminent afflictions. They who have received most… — Joseph Caryl Copy Share Image
Parents have subtle ways of humbling you, of reminding you of your origins, perhaps by showing up at the moment of your… — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
Chaos of thought and passion, all confused; Still by himself abused or disabused; Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
I am content to live and die as the mere repeater of Scriptural teaching - as a person who has thought out… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Communion with God as we hear his voice is rich. We receive his meanings; we submit to his authority; we grow by… — Vern Poythress Copy Share Image
Its guilt therefore in these cases, is not to be measure by its effects on the happiness of mankind; nor is it… — William Wilberforce Copy Share Image
There's not a plant or flower below but makes Thy glories known, And clouds arise, and tempests blow by order from Thy… — Isaac Watts Copy Share Image
Every person in the world, including yourself, will encounter various trials throughout life. Satan seeks to defeat you by tempting you to… — John C. Broger Copy Share Image
“{ The final resolutions at Robert Ingersoll 's funeral, quoted here } Whereas, in the order of nature -- that nature which… — Herman E. Kittredge Copy Share Image
If you can approach the world's complexities, both its glories and its horrors, with an attitude of humble curiosity, acknowledging that however… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When a warrior fights not for himself, but for his brothers, when his most passionately sought goal is neither glory nor his… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
America glories in its tradition of the self-made individual. Political candidates compete to be a friend to entrepreneurs, and policymakers, imagining the… — Mark McKinnon Copy Share Image
Blessed, plainly, is that life which is not valued at the estimation of outsiders, but is known, as judge of itself, by… — Ambrose Copy Share Image
But the summits of poetry are mysteries; they are shiftingly veiled, and those who catch the glimpses see different aspects of the… — Ruth Pitter Copy Share Image
A wise nation preserves its records, gathers up its monuments, decorates the tombes of its illustrious dead, repairs its greatest structures and… — Joseph Howe Copy Share Image
As slavery died for the greater good of America, and the movement for equality sputtered to life, the white woman was on… — Jill Scott Copy Share Image
What is honor, and riches, and the favor of creatures - so long as I lack the favor of God, the pardon… — Thomas Brooks Copy Share Image
The inner throne of man is both what the kingdom of Christ and the kingdom of Lucifer are after. And when this… — Eric Ludy Copy Share Image
The American flag, Old Glory, standing tall and flying free over American soil for 228 years is the symbol of our beloved… — Jeff Miller Copy Share Image
“Now all glory to God, who is able to keep you from falling away and will bring you with great joy into… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
So I tell you, my son, that the secret of true happiness is for him who asks nothing in return. The perfectly… — Paul Twitchell Copy Share Image
As the stars are the glory of the sky, so great men are the glory of their country, yea, of the whole… — Heinrich Heine Copy Share Image
O'er hill and field October's glories fade; O'er hill and field the blackbirds southward fly; The brown leaves rustle down the forest… — George Arnold Copy Share Image
The glory of sport comes from dedication, determination and desire. Achieving success and personal glory in athletics has less to do with… — Jackie Joyner-Kersee Copy Share Image
“The American flag doesn't give her glory on a peaceful, calm day. It's when the winds pick up and become boisterous, do… — Anthony Liccione Copy Share Image
We identify the flag with almost everything we hold dear on earth, peace, security, liberty, our family, our friends, our home. .… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
“Human glory is not just found in what people were originally created to be – the image of dynamic God, spiritually functioning… — Jeremy Pierre Copy Share Image
I drink out of desperation. Life is too dreary to endure. The misery, loneliness, crampedness - they're heartbreaking.[...] What feelings do you… — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
The Christian religion and morality extols the glory of the Hereafter, and therefore remains indifferent to the horrors of the earth. Indeed,… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
It may be only glory that we seek here, but I persuade myself that, as long as we remain here, that is… — Petrarch Copy Share Image
I shall never fight in the armed forces with a Negro by my side. ... Rather I should die a thousand times,… — Robert Byrd Copy Share Image
When we did the 'Titanic' theme, that song was everywhere. At the time we did it, it wasn't an old song. We… — Chad Gilbert Copy Share Image
Whatever man may stand, whatever he may do, to whatever he may apply his hand - in agriculture, in commerce, and in… — Abraham Kuyper Copy Share Image
The daily disappearance and the subsequent rise of the sun appeared to many of the ancients as a true resurrection; thus, while… — Isaac Newton Copy Share Image
“There is nothing glorious about creating life out of passionate penetration. Even the animals can do that. The real glory comes when… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
He that first likened glory to a shadow did better than he was aware of. They are both of them things excellently… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
I see love, like art, as an obsession. Maybe that's an overly romantic view of human existence, but I'm an overly romantic… — Scott Weiland Copy Share Image
The glory of the farmer is that, in the division of labors, it is his part to create. All trade rests at… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“At present we are on the outside… the wrong side of the door. We discern the freshness and purity of morning, but… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
How beautiful is night! A dewy freshness fills the silent air; No mist obscures; nor cloud, nor speck, nor stain, Breaks the… — Robert Southey Copy Share Image