“I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory, But far beyond my depth. My high-blown pride At length broke under me, and now has left me, Weary and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream that must for ever hide me.” LittlesLeftBoysSeaPrideSummerGloryMercyDepthBrokeStreamsLengthSwimWearyRudeWantonBladder Author:William Shakespeare
“The glory of the nation rests in the character of her men. And character comes from boyhood. Thus every boy is a challenge to his elders.” MenCharacterNationsChallengesBoysGloryEldersBoyhood Book:Addresses Upon the Road: World War II, 1941-1945 Source: Addresses Upon the Road: World War II, 1941-1945
“There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell. You can bear this warning voice to generations yet to come. I look upon war with horror.” LooksWarTodayPeaceVoiceBoysHellGenerationsBearsHorrorGloryLook UpWarning Author:William Tecumseh Sherman
“I think I've been a good boy long enough and given everyone around me a fair piece of the pie as far as all of the fleeting glory and reward that comes from the heavens - or the music press, whatever you want to call it.” ThinkingWantLongEnoughGivenHeavenBoysPiecesGloryFairsPressesRewardsPieFleetingGood Boy Author:Jack White
“But these dear boys and girls--there is, something to be made out of them. If now they yield themselves to Christ they may have a long, happy, and holy day before them in which they may serve God with all then hearts. Who knows what glory God may have of them? Heathen lands may call them blessed. Whole nations may be enlightened by them. O brethren and sisters, let us estimate children at their true valuation, and we shall not keep them back, but we shall be eager to lead them to Jesus at once.” IfsKnowsHeartMayChildrenLongMadeWholeGirlJesusNationsChristBoysLandHolyGloryBlessedDearEnlightenedYieldServing GodBrethrenBoy And GirlHeathenValuationHoly Days Author:Charles Spurgeon
“I wasn't like other boys. At any rate, I wasn't like my three elder brothers: they excelled at football and they were like other boys, going up to bed each night hugging annuals filled with stories about the glories of Pele and Danny McGrain.” StoriesNightThreeBoysFootballBrotherBedGloryFilledRateHugEldersAnnuals Author:Andrew O'Hagan