Quotes about Grandeur
Sometimes we wish the world could cry and tell us about that which made it pregnant with fear-filling grandeur. Sometimes we wish our own heart would speak of that which made it heavy with wonder.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
When Pharaoh pursued Israel into the sea, it cost Egypt 600 chariots, 50,000 horsemen, and 200,000 footmen; not to mention that Egypt has NEVER regained the power and grandeur she enjoyed before touching God's anointed.
— Perry Stone
So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man. When Duty whispers low, Thou must, The youth replies, I can.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
You need to preach a gospel that finds its hope not in your understanding and ability but in a God who is grand and glorious in every way and who has invaded your life and ministry by his grace.
— Paul David Tripp
At whose sight all the stars hide their diminish'd heads.
— John Milton
Twelve lions stood on the six steps, one at either end of each step. Nothing like this had ever been made for any kingdom.
— 2 Chronicles 9:19
Can ye fathom the ocean, dark and deep, where the mighty waves and the grandeur sweep?
— Fanny Crosby
Twelve lions stood on the six steps, one at either end of each step. Nothing like this had ever been made for any kingdom.
— 1 Kings 10:20
Then adorn yourself with majesty and splendor, and clothe yourself with honor and glory.
— Job 40:10
You are resplendent with light, more majestic than mountains filled with game.
— Psalm 76:4
The depth is simply the height inverted, as sin is the index of moral grandeur. The cry is not only truly human, but divine as well. God is deeper than the deepest depth in man. He is holier than our deepest sin is deep. There is no depth so deep to us as when God reveals his holiness in dealing with our sin.... [And so] think more of the depth of God than the depth of your cry. The worst thing that can happen to a man is to have no God to cry to out of the depth.
— Eugene Peterson
He that loveth maketh his own the grandeur he loves
— Ralph Waldo Emerson