#glory

The colors of living things begin to fade with the last breath, and the soft, springy skin and supple muscle rot within weeks. But the bones sometimes remain, faithful echoes of the shape, to bear some last faint witness to the glory of what was. ↗

— Diana Gabaldon

#life #memory #faith

Any acceleration constitutes progress, Miss Glory. Nature had no understanding of the modern rate of work. From a technical standpoint the whole of childhood is pure nonsense. Simply wasted time. An untenable waste of time. ↗

— Karel Capek

#any #childhood #constitutes #glory #had

The greater the effort, the greater the glory. ↗

— Pierre Corneille

#glory #greater

To conquer without danger is to conquer without glory. ↗

— Pierre Corneille

#danger #glory #without

When we conquer without danger our triumph is without glory. ↗

— Pierre Corneille

#danger #glory #our #triumph #without

I was taught that the human brain was the crowning glory of evolution so far, but I think it's a very poor scheme for survival. ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#crowning #evolution #far #glory #human

Simplicity is the glory of expression. ↗

— Walt Whitman

#glory #simplicity

'Age' is the acceptance of a term of years. But maturity is the glory of years. ↗

— Martha Graham

#age #glory #maturity #term #years

We should face reality and our past mistakes in an honest, adult way. Boasting of glory does not make glory, and singing in the dark does not dispel fear. ↗

— King Hussein

#boasting #dark #dispel #does #face

There is no glory in star or blossom till looked upon by a loving eye; There is no fragrance in April breezes till breathed with joy as they wander by. ↗

— William C. Bryant

#blossom #breathed #breezes #eye #fragrance