Quotes and Sayings About Majesty
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A dim consciousness of infinite mystery and grandeur lies beneath all the commonplace of life . There is an awfulness and a majesty around us, in all our little worldliness .
-- Albert Pike -
I love the majesty of human suffering.
-- Alfred de VignySource : La Maison du Berger (1844)
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True, He is infinite Majesty, but He is also infinite Goodness and infinite Love. There can be no greater Lord than God; neither can there be a more ardent lover than He.
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The majesty of creation forms my faith in the Creator.
-- Anthony D. Williams -
Happy the soul that has been awed by a view of God's majesty
-- Arthur W. PinkSource : Arthur W. Pink (2013). “The Wisdom of Arthur W. Pink”, p.430, Simon and Schuster
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Anyone who truly walks with God, walks humbly. The closer we draw near to Him, the more we behold His majesty!
-- Beth Moore -
No,' the professor replied. 'Her Majesty s alive and well - at least I assume so if she hasn't met a certain van driver from Yeovil.' ~Professor Hamilton
-- Bryan Davis -
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Nature never taught me that there exists a God of glory and of infinite majesty. I had to learn that in other ways. But nature gave the word glory a meaning for me. I still do not know where else I could have found one.
-- C. S. Lewis -
Am I to understand,' said Reepicheep to Lucy after a long stare at Eustace, 'That this singularly discourteous person is under your Majesty's protection? Because, if not--
-- C. S. Lewis -
No more I do, your Majesty. But what's that got to do with it? I might as well die on a wild goose chase as die here.
-- C. S. Lewis -
Our Sovereign's Health, the Majesty of the People.
-- Charles James FoxSource : "The Younger Pitt. The Consuming Struggle" by John Ehrman,London: Constable, (p. 116), 1996.
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When we believe that we ought to be satisfied, rather than God glorified, we set God below ourselves, imagine that He should submit His own honor to our advantage; we make ourselves more glorious than God, as though we were not made for Him, but He made for us; this is to have a very low esteem of the majesty of God.
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Her Majesty's Secret Service wouldn't have me on the payroll.
-- Colin Farrell -
Now what?†Urgit warily asked his bride-to-be. “Am I disturbing your Majesty?†Prala asked. “…You always disturb me, my beloved,†he answered her question, spreading his arms extravagantly.
-- David Eddings -
You're a cynic," Urgit accused. Silk shook his head. "No, Your Majesty. I'm a realist.
-- David Eddings -
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The Answer to the Great Question... Of Life, the Universe and Everything... Is... Forty-two,' said Deep Thought, with infinite majesty and calm.
-- Douglas Adams -
Presence is needed to become aware of the Beauty, the Majesty, the Sacredness of Nature
-- Eckhart Tolle -
A power of Butterfly must be - The Aptitude to fly Meadows of Majesty concedes And easy Sweeps of Sky -
-- Emily Dickinson -
O majesty unspeakable and dread!Wert thou less mighty than Thou art,Thou wert, O Lord, too great for our belief,Too little for our heart.
-- Frederick William Faber -
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I sow; my successor reaps. This is the majesty of democracy.
-- Gloria Macapagal Arroyo -
This cause will roll on in majesty and power to fill the earth. Doors now closed to the preaching of the gospel will be opened. The Almighty, if necessary, may have to shake the nations to humble them and cause them to listen to the servants of the living God. Whatever is needed will come to pass.
-- Gordon B. Hinckley -
Our Eternal Father lives. He stands as the great God of the universe, ruling in majesty and power. And yet He is my Father, to whom I may go in prayer with the assurance that He will hear, listen, and answer.
-- Gordon B. Hinckley -
It is the duty of Her Majesty's government neither to flap nor to falter.
-- Harold MacMillan -
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How much on outward show does all depend, If virtues from within no lustre lend! Strip off th'externals M and Y, the rest Proves Majesty itself is but a Jest.
-- Horace Walpole -
In nakedness I behold the majesty of the essential instead of the trappings of pretension.
-- Horatio GreenoughSource : Horatio Greenough, Harold A. Small (1947). “Form and Function: Remarks on Art, Design, and Architecture”, p.75, Univ of California Press
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Oh, most magnificent and noble Nature! Have I not worshipped thee with such a love As never mortal man before displayed? Adored thee in thy majesty of visible creation, And searched into thy hidden and mysterious ways As Poet, as Philosopher, as Sage?
-- Humphry DavySource : Sir Humphry Davy, John DAVY (M.D., F.R.S.) (1858). “Fragmentary Remains, Literary and Scientific, of Sir Humphry Davy, Bart. ... With a sketch of his life, and selections from his correspondence. Edited by his brother John Davy”, p.14
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swore. “Barabas said you might say that. I’m supposed to tell you this.†Ascanio cleared his throat and produced a remarkably accurate impression of Barabas’s tenor. “Courage, Your Majesty.†“I will kill him.†“The Beast Lord or Barabas?†“Both.
-- Ilona Andrews -
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In winter we behold the charms of solemn majesty and naked grandeur.
-- James Ellis -
No parts of his Majesty's dominions can be taxed without their consent.
-- James Otis