#glorious

To be old can be glorious if one has not unlearned how to begin. ↗

The most glorious moments in your life are not the so-called days of success, but rather those days when out of dejection and despair you feel rise in you a challenge to life, and the promise of future accomplishments. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#challenge #days #despair #feel #future

Christmas in Bethlehem. The ancient dream: a cold, clear night made brilliant by a glorious star, the smell of incense, shepherds and wise men falling to their knees in adoration of the sweet baby, the incarnation of perfect love. ↗

— Lucinda Franks

#adoration #ancient #baby #bethlehem #brilliant

On the unofficial level it was a glorious moment in our national life because young people decided that this had to stop, that they could no longer stand the shedding of blood in this tragic adventure in Southeast Asia. ↗

— William Kunstler

#asia #because #blood #could #decided

In our natural state, we are glorious beings. In the world of illusion, we are lost and imprisoned, slaves to our appetites and our will to false power. ↗

— Marianne Williamson

#beings #false #glorious #illusion #imprisoned

The journey has many bumps, twists and turns. But one day you will reach your destination. You'll know for sure then that it was all worth it. So keep on trusting and keep on walking. The end will be more glorious than you can imagine. ↗

— Anusha Atukorala

#destination #glorious #journey #keep-on-walking #life

Glorious bouquets and storms of applause are the trimmings which every artist naturally enjoys. ↗

— Golda Meir

#artist #bouquets #enjoys #every #glorious

How glorious it is - and also how painful - to be an exception. ↗

— Alfred de Musset

#exception #glorious #how #painful

There's nothing glorious in dying. Anyone can do it. ↗

— Johnny Rotten

#dying #glorious #nothing

Any composer who is gloriously conscious that he is a composer must believe that he receives his inspiration from a source higher than himself. ↗