Quotations about

Glory

The greater the effort, the greater the glory.

—Pierre Corneille

Some animals, like some men, leave a trail of glory behind them. They give their spirit to the place where they have lived, and remain forever a part of the rocks and streams and the wind and sky.

—Marguerite Henry

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

—Napoleon Bonaparte

The glory of great men should always be measured by the means they have used to acquire it.

—Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Glorious failures are often much more wonderful than easy victories.

—Jonathan Friesen in  Aldo's Fantastical Movie Palace

Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.

—Cicero

The paths of glory at least lead to the grave, but the paths of duty may not get you any where.

—James Thurber

My poems are hymns of praise to the glory of life.

—Edith Sitwell

The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.

—Walt Whitman

Defeat may serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out.

—Edwin Markham

Suicidal glory is the luxury of the irresponsible. We're not giving up. We're waiting for a better opportunity to win.

—Lois McMaster Bujold