--- title: "11 Crowning Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 11 Crowning quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Crowning sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58e/jeannette-walls-1378_crowning_a-lady-s-hair-is-her-crowning-glory-5402_540289.png" --- > [A lady's hair is her crowning glory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeannette-walls/a-lady-s-hair-is-her-crowning-glory/) [Jeannette Walls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeannette-walls/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58e/jeannette-walls-1378_crowning_a-lady-s-hair-is-her-crowning-glory-5402_540289.png) > [To lead your country is the crowning ambition for any coach.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-mancini/to-lead-your-country-is-the-crowning-ambition-for-any-coach/) [Roberto Mancini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roberto-mancini/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc2/roberto-mancini-4447_ambition_to-lead-your-country-is-the-crowning-amb_2756107.jpg) > [Endurance is the crowning quality...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-russell-lowell/endurance-is-the-crowning-quality/) [James Russell Lowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-russell-lowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f73/james-russell-lowell-561_crowning_endurance-is-the-crowning-quality-746876_746876.png) > [Far from being demeaning to human spiritual values, scientific rationalism is the crowning glory of the human spirit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/far-from-being-demeaning-to-human-spiritual-values-scientific/) [Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff8/richard-dawkins-115_being_far-from-being-demeaning-to-human-spirit_2217241.jpg) > [I am profoundly grateful that all of my life I have had a simple faith that Jesus is the Christ. That witness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-e-faust/i-am-profoundly-grateful-that-all-of-my-life-i-have-had-a-simple/) [James E. Faust](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-e-faust/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e0/james-e-faust-1274_am_i-am-profoundly-grateful-that-all-of-my_1389628.png) > [Sacrifice is truly the crowning test of the gospel. Men are tried and tested in this mortal probation to see if they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-taft-benson/sacrifice-is-truly-the-crowning-test-of-the-gospel-men-are-tried-and/) [Ezra Taft Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-taft-benson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c28/ezra-taft-benson-443_christianity_sacrifice-is-truly-the-crowning-test-of_1278825.png) > [Standing on the podium at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta and receiving a gold medal was the crowning jewel in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dominique-moceanu/standing-on-the-podium-at-the-1996-olympic-games-in-atlanta-and/) [Dominique Moceanu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dominique-moceanu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/220/dominique-moceanu-14690_atlanta_standing-on-the-podium-at-the-1996-olymp_2703281.png) > [The Christian churches were offered two things: the spirit of Jesus and the idiotic morality of Paul, and they rejected the higher…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-harris/the-christian-churches-were-offered-two-things-the-spirit-of-jesus/) [Frank Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-harris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6d/frank-harris-28254_being_the-christian-churches-were-offered-two_2672280.jpg) > [If any imagine from the literary tone of the preceding remarks that we are indifferent to the radical movement for the benefit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-ripley/if-any-imagine-from-the-literary-tone-of-the-preceding-remarks-that/) [George Ripley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-ripley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a8/george-ripley-44539_any_if-any-imagine-from-the-literary-tone-of_2565545.png) > [To obfuscate the reconstruction of the effect - when a magician is fooled by another magician doing magic. In my career that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-jay/to-obfuscate-the-reconstruction-of-the-effect-when-a-magician-is/) [Ricky Jay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-jay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03a/ricky-jay-14367_achievement_to-obfuscate-the-reconstruction-of-the-e_940914.jpg) > [THE crown translates a woman to a Queen - endless gold, circling itself, an O like a well, fathomless, for the years…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-anne-duffy/the-crown-translates-a-woman-to-a-queen-endless-gold-circling-itself/) [Carol Anne Duffy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-anne-duffy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/744/carol-anne-duffy-225989_crown_the-crown-translates-a-woman-to-a-queen_3062271.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crowning/#itemlist", "name": "Crowning Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, 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In my career that's not been the major passion, but it's been the passion of a number of my mentors. 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One head alone can know its weight, on throne, in pageantry, and feel it still, in private space, when it's lifted: not a hollow thing, but a measuring; no halo, treasure, but a valuing; decades and duty. Time-gifted, the crown is old light, journeying from skulls of kings to living Queen. Its jewels glow, virtues; loyalty's ruby, blood-deep; sapphire's ice resilience; emerald evergreen; the shy pearl, humility. My whole life,whether it be long or short, devoted to your service. 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