Quotes about Glory
At one level, the message of the book of Ruth is that the life of the godly is not a straight line to glory, but they do get there.
— John Piper
It is, perhaps, one of the hardest struggles of the Christian life to learn this sentence-- "Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto Thy name be glory."
— Charles Spurgeon
Angels will frequently - even when they're comforting us with good news - touch the awe of God's eternal presence and drive us to our knees before our God of glory.
— Scot McKnight
It is the happiness of heaven to have God be all in all.
— Jeremiah Burroughs
There is justice in hell, but sin is the most unjust thing. It would rob God of his glory, Christ of his purchase, the soul of its happiness.
— Thomas Watson
The greater the Difficulty the more Glory in surmounting it, and the loss of false Joys secures to us a much better Possession of real ones.
— Epicurus
Christian history looks glorious in retrospect; but it is made up of constant hard choices and unattractive tasks, accepted under the pressure of the Will of God.
— Evelyn Underhill
In every genre of biblical literature and every stage of biblical history, God is seen pouring out his grace on his people for the sake of his glory among all peoples.
— David Platt
The history of the Church is the rise and progress of the kingdom of heaven upon earth, for the glory of God and the salvation of the world.
— Philip Schaff
I have the greater glory of God, the history is His story, that He is in charge and ultimately He knows what He's doing.
— Rick Warren
The secret of every discord in Christian homes and communities and churches is that we seek our own way and our own glory.
— Alan Redpath
But trailing clouds of glory do we come, From God, who is our home: Heaven lies about us in our infancy!.
— William Wordsworth