Quotes about Eminence

He was wiser than all men—wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and wiser than Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol. And his fame spread throughout the surrounding nations.

For who in the skies can compare with the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD?

“To whom will you liken Me, or who is My equal?” asks the Holy One.

far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in the present age but also in the one to come.

I am inclined to think from my own experience that the difficulty to eminence lies not in the road, but in the timidity of the traveler.

Let the seeking man reach a place where life and lips join to say continually, "Be thou exalted," and a thousand minor problems will be solved at once.

Idiots are always in favour of inequality of income (their only chance of eminence), and the really great in favour of equality.

Let us ever remember that our interest is in concord, not in conflict; and that our real eminence rests in the victories of peace, not those of war.

Using every means possible to show that, although you're just an ordinary human being, you're far above other mortals.

His intellectual eminence carries with it corresponding moral responsibilities. The greater a man's talents, the greater his power to lead astray. It is better that one should suffer than that many should be corrupted. . . Murder kills only the individual - and, after all, what is an individual?

All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man.

ought to be seated on an eminence. If it be opened through virtue, let it be remembered, too, that virtue is never tried but by some difficulty and some struggle.