GLORY

Military glory, the attractive rainbow that rises from showers of blood. …….Abraham Lincoln

The nearest way to glory is to strive to be what you wish to be thought to be. …….Socrates

The glory of great men should be measured
by the means they have used to acquire it. ......Francois de la Rochefoucauld

There is no road of flowers leading to glory. .......Jean de la Fontaine

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever. ……….Napoleon Bonaparte

Glory - once achieved; What is it worth? ……… Emile M. Cioran

There is no glory in battle, worth the blood it costs. ……… Dwight D. Eisenhower

Glory is not a conceit. It is not a decoration for valor.
Glory belongs to the act of being constant to something greater than yourself.
To a cause, to your principles, to the people on whom you rely and who rely on you.
…..John McCain
Glory drags all men along, low as well as high;
Bound captive at the wheels of her glittering car. ……Horace

Real Glory springs from the silent conquest of ourselves. ……Joseph P. Thompson

Glory is like a circle in the water which never ceases to enlarge,
Till by broad spreading, it disperses to naught. ……William Shakespeare

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever. ……Thomas Moore

Our greatest glory is not in never failing,
but in rising up every time we fail. …..Ralph Waldo Emerson

The fire of Glory is the torch of the mind. …….Author Unknown

Glory paid to our ashes comes too late. ……Martial

Glory built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt. ……William Cowper

Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow. ……Marcus Tullius Cicero

The nearest way to Glory is to strive
to be what you wish to be thought to be. …….Socrates

Military Glory;
the attractive rainbow that rises in showers of blood …..Abraham Lincoln

Glory is a heavy burden, a murdering poison,and to bear it is an art. And to have that art is rare. ……Oriana Fallaci

For Glory gives herself only;
to those who have always dreamed of her. ……..Charles De Gaulle

When there is no peril in the fight;
There is no Glory in the triumph. …….A. Alvarez

The man who is completely wise and virtuous has no need of Glory;
Except, so far as it disposes and eases his way to action by
the greater trust that it procures him. ……..Plutarch