Majesty Quotes

299 Majesty quotes by 214 unique authors

King Henry: But what a point, my lord, your falcon made, And what a pitch she flew above the rest! To see how God in… — William Shakespeare
Man is never sufficiently touched and affected by the awareness of his lowly state until he has compared himself with God's majesty. — John Calvin
The Christian's instincts of trust and worship are stimulated very powerfully by knowledge of the greatness of God. But this is knowledge which Christians today… — J I Packer
It’s dangerous to assume that because a person is drawn to holiness in his study that he is thereby a holy man. There is irony… — R C Sproul
Sit, then, as if you were a mountain, with all the unshakeable, steadfast majesty of a mountain. A mountain is completely natural and at ease… — Sogyal Rinpoche
That Francis Bacon retains his reputation gained, is not strange to any that knows him. The unusual words wherewith he had spangled his speech, were… — Edward Coke
This book is not about heroes. English poetry is not yet fit to speak of them. Nor is it about deeds, or lands, nor anything… — Wilfred Owen
It may be -- I hope it is -- redemption to guess and perhaps perceive that the universe, the hell which we see for all… — William Golding
Looking outward to the blackness of space, sprinkled with the glory of a universe of lights, I saw majesty-but no welcome. Below was a welcoming… — Loren Acton
His Majesty [the Lord] . . . rewards great services with trials, and there can be no better reward, for out of trials springs love… — Teresa of Avila
On October 18, 1941, I suddenly received a mandate from His Majesty to form a new cabinet. This was completely unexpected, and when I was… — Hideki Tojo
When you have seen the errors in which you live, you will understand the good that we have done you by coming to your land… — Jared Diamond
I love the majesty of human suffering. — Alfred de Vigny
The feel of a canoe gunnel at the thigh, the splash of flying spray in the face, the rhythm of the snowshoe trail, the beckoning… — Grey Owl
True, He is infinite Majesty, but He is also infinite Goodness and infinite Love. There can be no greater Lord than God; neither can there… — Alphonsus Liguori
Talk of the imperial decay of your invalid port. Its gracious withdrawal from perfection, keeping a hint of former majesty withal, as it hovers between… — Stephen Potter
Can any praise be worthy of the Lord's majesty? — Saint Augustine
Half-heartedness doesn't reach into majesty. You set out to find God, but then you keep stopping for long periods at meanspirited roadhouses. — Rumi
By my count, the Deputy Prime Minister has sworn an oath of loyalty and service to Her Majesty no fewer than four times in the… — Unknown Author
My doctrine means that I must identify myself with life, with everything that lives, that I must share the majesty of life in the presence… — Mahatma Gandhi
That is how His Majesty [the Lord] rewards our good works---I mean, by predisposing us to perform better ones. — Teresa of Avila
The Child, the Lord Jesus Christ . . . Word in our flesh, Wisdom in infancy, Power in weakness, and in true Man, the Lord… — Pope Leo I
It is certain that the love of God does not consist in this sweetness and tenderness which we for the most part desire; but rather… — Teresa of Avila
Love can achieve unexpected majesty in the rocky soil of misfortune. — Tony Snow
Will you not covet such power as this, and seek such throne as this, and be no more housewives, but queens? There is no putting… — John Ruskin

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