#glory

If any imagine from the literary tone of the preceding remarks that we are indifferent to the radical movement for the benefit of the masses which is the crowning glory of the nineteenth century, they will soon discover their egregious mistake. ↗

— George Ripley

#benefit #century #crowning #discover #glory

Oft when the white, still dawn lifted the skies and pushed the hills apart, I have felt it like a glory in my heart. ↗

— Edwin Markham

#dawn #felt #glory #heart #hills

We did not raise armies for glory or for conquest. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#conquest #did #glory #raise

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made straight and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together. ↗

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

#dream #every #exalted #flesh #glory

Chicago is constantly auditioning for the world, determined that one day, on the streets of Barcelona, in Berlin's cabarets, in the coffee shops of Istanbul, people will know and love us in our multidimensional glory, dream of us the way they dream of San Francisco and New York. ↗

— Mary Schmich

#barcelona #berlin #chicago #coffee #constantly

No matter how hard the loss, defeat might serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out. ↗

— Al Gore

#glory #hard #how #loss #matter

The paths of glory lead but to the grave. ↗

— Thomas Gray

#grave #lead #paths

Visions of glory, spare my aching sight. ↗

— Thomas Gray

#glory #sight #spare #visions

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

The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#glory #greater