Those glories come too late
That on our ashes wait.

Those glories come too late
That on our ashes wait.

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

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

Glory is like a circle in the water,
Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself
Till by broad read more

Glory is like a circle in the water,
Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself
Till by broad spreading it disperse to naught.

True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written; in writing what deserves to be read; and in so read more

True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written; in writing what deserves to be read; and in so living as to make the world happier and better for our living in it.

Unless what we do is useful, our glory is vain.
[Lat., Nisi utile est quod facimus, stulta est gloria.]

Unless what we do is useful, our glory is vain.
[Lat., Nisi utile est quod facimus, stulta est gloria.]

The fire of glory is the torch of the mind.

The fire of glory is the torch of the mind.

The love of glory gives an immense stimulus.
[Lat., Immensum gloria calcar habet.]

The love of glory gives an immense stimulus.
[Lat., Immensum gloria calcar habet.]

Sound, sound the clarion, fill the fife!
To all the sensual world proclaim,
One crowded hour of read more

Sound, sound the clarion, fill the fife!
To all the sensual world proclaim,
One crowded hour of glorious life
Is worth an age without a name.

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.