Crowns Quotes - Page 3

Every man a king, but no one wears a crown.

There are no crown-wearers in heaven who were not cross-bearers here below.

Being made in the image of God, man was the crown of creation.

How seek the way which leadeth to our wishes? By renouncing our wishes. The crown of excellence is renunciation.

If the heart bleeds love, bare it, If the martyr's crown fits, wear it.

We want gain without pain; we want the resurrection without going through the grave; we want life without experiencing death; we want a crown without going by way of the Cross. But in God's economy, the way up is down.

I will simply deny you the crown, and..... Live forever!

God led Jesus to a cross, not a crown, and yet that cross ultimately proved to be the gateway to freedom and forgiveness for every sinner in the world.

The slave begins by demanding justice and ends by wanting to wear a crown.

Maybe someone will know I didn't weave crowns to draw blood; that I faught against mockery; that I did fill the high tide of my soul with truth. I repaid vileness with doves.

The path of those who preach love, and not hatred, is not easy. They often have to wear a crown of thorns.

The greatest attribute of heaven is mercy; And 'tis the crown of justice, and the glory

Idleness is the beginning of all vice, the crown of all virtues.

My crown is in my heart, not on my head.

Sometime I wish the aliens would abduct me and crown me as their leader.

If old age means a crown of thorns, the trick is to wear it jauntily.

There is no man who hates the power of the crown more, or who has a worse opinion of the Person to whom it belongs than I.

Jesus cannot be just liked. His claims make us either kill him or crown him.

Makers of empire, they have fought for bigger things than crowns and higher seats than thrones.

A crown of roses is also a crown of thorns.

Many a crown Covers bald foreheads.

I spent a lot of time with a crown on my head.

To wear the crown of peace, you must wear the crown of thorns.

Modest humility is beauty's crown.

Christ illustrates the purport of life as He descends from His transfiguration to toil, and goes forward to exchange that robe of heavenly brightness for the crown of thorns.