Ascribing Glory Quotes & Sayings

Stoutly as we may affirm that our disasters and vices are chargeable to luck, we never dream of ascribing our meritorious deeds, in the slightest degree to its agency. In such cases we quite unconsciously blink out of sight the magic power of the latter principle, so wondrous and all-controlling in its influence at other times, and coolly appropriate to ourselves not merely the lion's share, but the whole glory of our position. — William Matthews

Worship is the specific act of ascribing to God the glory, majesty, honor, and worthiness which are His. — Jerry Bridges

If anybody comes into my home and tries to hurt my kids, I've no problem shooting them, — Angelina Jolie

What governs men is the fear of truth. — Henri Frederic Amiel

Being a black woman, I've often felt I've been judged by my sex and my race, and I have always known that it shouldn't hamper me. — Halle Berry

Once you are able to make your request in such a way that you will be quite certain of its fulfillment, then the fulfillment will come. — Hermann Hesse

And it's you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you — E. E. Cummings

108I was a rat perhaps, but never a mouse. — Alice Hoffman

Fashion was the only law, pleasure the only pursuit, and the splendour of dress and furniture was the only distinction of the citizens of Antioch. The arts of luxury were honoured; the serious and manly virtues were the subject of ridicule; and the contempt for female modesty and reverent age announced the universal corruption of the capital of the East. — Edward Gibbon

An accountant is always going to be an accountant, but a bad boy, now there's a challenge. If you love him enough, you might make him good. And this dangerous myth keeps its credence because some bad boys do turn good, after all. The problem is, no-one notices that the ones who change were just good boys pretending to be bad. They don't change, they revert. The leopard, he don't change his spots, but the sheep in in wolf's clothing, he can put on a new jacket and everyone goes all misty-eyed and talks about what love can do. — Tania Kindersley