Quotes about Glory
We were made for good works (cf. Phil. 1:11) to the glory and praise of our Maker, and to imitate God as far as might be.
- Gregory of Nazianzus
It is a throne of grace that God in Christ is represented to us upon; but yet is is a throne still whereon majesty and glory do reside, and God is always to be considered by us as on a throne.
- John Owen
We will wait. We will wait till all is made righteous (glorious) according to the word of God.
- John Piper
We live in a church culture that has a dangerous tendency to disconnect the grace of God from the glory of God.
- David Platt
When I am playing with my grandchildren, that brings glory to God. So I don't think glory to God is simply serious. I do think that there is glory of God in laughter.
- Rick Warren
Feeling loved by God means feeling glad not only that He crushed His Son so that I can be forgiven, but that He's crushing everything that takes away from my praising of the glory of His grace.
- John Piper
Every sin flows from the failure to treasure the glory of God above all things.
- John Piper
The gospel reveals the glory of God. According to God's Word, he is the sovereign Creator of all things.
- David Platt
It's pride, plain and simple, that keeps me from giving God all the glory and keeping some of it for myself. It is a battle we all fight in some form or another, some of us daily or even hourly.
- Francis Chan
God's overriding goal is to glorify Himself.
- JI Packer
The further you go in the revealed thoughts of God, the clearer you see that God's aim in creating the world was to display the value of his own glory.
- John Piper
Zeal for the glory of God motivates world missions
- John Piper