Crowning Quotes

68 quotes by 63 authors

Among many who sought to deter me, was one dear old Christian gentleman, whose crowning argument always was, "The cannibals! you will be eaten by… — John Gibson Paton
What constitutes a state? . . . . . . . Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and knowing, dare maintain. .… — William Scott, 1st Baron Stowell
The crowning evidence that Jesus was alive was not a vacant grave, but a spirit-filled fellowship. Not a rolled away stone, but a carried away… — Clarence Jordan
The crowning blessing of life-to be born with a bias to some pursuit. — Evelyn Beatrice Hall
Every year, in November, at the season that follows the hour of the dead, the crowning and majestic hours of autumn, I go to visit… — Maurice Maeterlinck
But the blessing Christ promised, the blessing of great reward, is a reward of grace. The blessing is promised even though it is not earned.… — R C Sproul
God is present in the moment of choice, not in order to watch but in order to be chosen. Therefore, each person must choose. Terrible… — Soren Kierkegaard
The crowning blessing of a true visitation of the Holy Spirit is a mighty harvest for the kingdom of God. — Arthur Wallis
The strength or weakness of a society depends more on the level of its spiritual life than on its level of industrialization. Neither a market… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Ultimately, leadership is not about glorious crowning acts. It's about keeping your team focused on a goal and motivated to do their best to achieve… — Chris Hadfield
Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others. — Tacitus
Genial manners are good, and power of accommodation to any circumstance, but the high prize of life, the crowning fortune of a man is to… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I'll have to say winning the Olympic gold in Atlanta is a crowning achievement, along with the gold in the relay in the same games. — Donovan Bailey
A lady's hair is her crowning glory — Jeannette Walls
I'm proud of our country that we elected Barack Obama. I mean, it says something about us nationally. You know, it's kind of like crowning… — Tom Coburn
I can't conceive of anything being more varied and rich and handsome than the planet Earth. And its crowning beauty is the natural world. I… — Robert Bateman
Although we are necessarily concerned, in a chronicle of events, with physical action by the light of day, history suggests that the human spirit wanders… — Joan Lindsay
It seems like every year Hollywood makes an attempt to retell the Manson story, and I just couldn't be less interested in it. It's not… — John Hawkes
Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts. — James Russell Lowell
Love is the crowning grace of humanity, the holiest right of the soul, the golden link which binds us to duty and truth, the redeeming… — Petrarch

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