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glorious

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1. glorious - Noun

2. glorious - Adjective

3. glorious - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Exhibiting attributes, qualities, or acts that are worthy of or receive glory; noble; praiseworthy; excellent; splendid; illustrious; inspiring admiration; as, glorious deeds.

Eager for glory or distinction; haughty; boastful; ostentatious; vainglorious.

Ecstatic; hilarious; elated with drink.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat. Theodore Roosevelt

While we have the gift of life, it seems to me that only tragedy is to allow part of us to die - whether it is our spirit, our creativity, or our glorious uniqueness. Gilda Radner

Don't fear failure. - Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail. Bruce Lee

One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum, in which men steal through existence, like sluggish waters through a marsh, without either honor or observation. Walter Scott

A glorious past is the work of a glorious man. Nigerian Proverb

Glorious it is when wandering time is come. Eskimo Proverb

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