“God's eternal plan has always been to display his glory not just through individuals but through a corporate body.” BodyIndividualPlansEternalGloryCorporateDisplay Book:The Church: The Gospel Made Visible Source: The Church: The Gospel Made Visible
“To a great extent the achievements of invention, of mechanical and of artistic creation, must of necessity, and rightly, be individual rather than governmental. It is the self-reliant pioneer in every enterprise who beats the path along which American civilization has marched. Such individual effort is the glory of America.” SelfAmericaIndividualEffortPathCreationCivilizationAchievementBeatsGloryInventionArtisticEnterprisePioneersSelf ReliantIndividual EffortArtistic Creation Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt
“It must be thoroughly understood that war is a necessity, and that the more readily we accept it,the less will be the ardor of our opponents, and that out of the greatest dangers communities and individuals acquire the greatest glory.” WarIndividualCommunityAcceptingDangerGloryUnderstoodOpponentsAcquireArdor Book:The Landmark Thucydides Source: The Landmark Thucydides
“Vanity is a desire of personal glory, the wish to be appreciated, honoured, and run after, not because of one's personal qualities, merits, and achievements, but because of one's individual existence. At best, therefore, it is a frivolous beauty whim it befits.” RunningDesireIndividualWishExistenceQualityAchievementGloryVanityMeritAppreciatedWhimFrivolousPersonal Qualities Book:Maxims and Reflections Source: Maxims and Reflections
“He that is ambitious for his son, should give him untried names, For those have serv'd other men, haply may injure by their evils; Or otherwise may hinder by their glories; therefore set him by himself, To win for his individual name some clear praise.” MenGivingShouldMayEvilWinningNamesIndividualClearSonGloryPraiseAmbitiousHinder Author:Martin Farquhar Tupper
“Trauma really does confront you with the best and the worst. You see the horrendous things that people do to each other, but you also see resiliency, the power of love, the power of caring, the power of commitment, the power of commitment to oneself, the knowledge that there are things that are larger than our individual survival. And in some ways, I don't think you can appreciate the glory of life unless you also know the dark side of life” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayDoeIndividualSidesDarkWorstSurvivalGloryCommitmentAppreciateOneselfCaringTraumaDark SidePower Of LoveResiliency Author:Bessel van der Kolk
“This is the glory and miracle of grace, that God, through the Holy Spirit, is able to transform a stubborn, rebellious, and unbelieving will into a passionate, obedient, believing will without violating the integrity of the individual or diminishing the voluntary nature of one's decision to trust Christ for salvation.” BelieveAbleSpiritIndividualChristDecisionGraceIntegrityHolyGloryMiracleSalvationPassionateHoly SpiritStubbornRebelliousObedient Author:Sam Storms
“The stamping out of the artist is one of the blind goals of every civilization. When a civilization becomes so standardized that the individual can no longer make an imprint on it, then that civilization is dying. The mass mind has taken over and another set of national glories is heading for history's scrap heap.” MindArtArtistIndividualGoalTakenDyingCivilizationMassGloryBlindHeadingsScrap Author:Elie Faure