"It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors."

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"It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors."

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"The Glory of God is lost if the boundary is crossed."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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"Your love of glory must conquer your will to survive; or why fight at all? Why not be a smith, a brewer, a wool merchant? Why are you in the contest, if not to win, and if not to win, then to die?"

Hilary Mantel, British Novelist

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"God desires to reveal the riches of His glory to the world through the abundance of people who have dedicated their lives to Him."

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"Glory paid to our ashes comes too late."

Marcus Valerius Martial, Spanish Poet

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"Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt."

William Cowper, English Poet

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"The Heavens declare the glory of God. Lord your unfailing love is as vast as the Heavens."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"The shining forth of God's kingdom is a sign of restoration."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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"Grace is but glory begun, and glory is but grace perfected."

Jonathan Edwards, American Clergyman

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"The paths of glory lead but to the grave."

Thomas Gray, English Poet

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"For every person who has ever lived there has come, at last, a spring he will never see. Glory then in the springs that are yours."

Pam Brown, American Poet

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