#glory

There must be a beginning of any great matter, but the continuing unto the end until it be thoroughly finished yields the true glory. ↗

— Francis Drake

#beginning #continuing #end #finished #glory

I have long thought that anyone who does not regularly - or ever - gaze up and see the wonder and glory of a dark night sky filled with countless stars loses a sense of their fundamental connectedness to the universe. ↗

— Brian Greene

#countless #dark #does #ever #filled

The glory of the old Irish nation, which in our hour will grow young and strong again. Should we fail, the country will not be worth more than it is now. The sword of famine is less sparing than the bayonet of the soldier. ↗

— Thomas Francis Meagher

#bayonet #country #fail #famine #glory

The American flag, Old Glory, standing tall and flying free over American soil for 228 years is the symbol of our beloved country. It is recognized from near and afar, and many lives have been lost defending it. ↗

— Jeff Miller

#american #american flag #been #beloved #beloved country

I feel like I experienced my 20s in all their glory and all their disastrousness. ↗

— Sienna Miller

#feel #glory #i #i feel #i feel like

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever. ↗

— Thomas Moore

#forever #glory #obscurity

Surely the glory of journalism is its transience. ↗

— Malcolm Muggeridge

#journalism #surely

Basically, fundamentalism is a modern phenomenon. In the same way that Hitler evoked a mythological religion of German purity and the glory of the past, the Islamists use religion to evoke emotions and passions in people who have been oppressed for a long time in order to reach their purpose. ↗

— Azar Nafisi

#been #emotions #evoke #fundamentalism #german

I think most artists create out of despair. The very nature of creation is not a performing glory on the outside, it's a painful, difficult search within. ↗

— Louise Berliawsky Nevelson

#create #creation #despair #difficult #glory

I am climbing a difficult road; but the glory gives me strength. ↗

— Sextus Propertius

#climbing #difficult #gives #glory #i