1. A Latin doxology beginning with the words Gloria Patri.
2. A Latin doxology that is the second item of the "Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Mass" and begins with the words Gloria in excelsis Deo.
3. A musical setting for either of the previously mentioned doxologies.

Glory paid to one's ashes comes too late.

Martial's epigram exhorting us not to wait until someone is dead before praising him/her.

Glory is the light of a noble mind.

Latin: Glory through deed, Glory through deeds.

"A deed is an act or acts that are carried out or completed: "James performed a great deed when he helped Lamont prepare for his final exams at the university."

After one is reduced to ashes, fame comes too late.

Too often fame comes after one's death.

If glory comes after death, I am not in a hurry.

One of Martial's epigrams which is also translated as, "If one must die to be recognized, I can wait."

Translation: "So passes away the glory of the world."

This motto was used by Thomas à Kempis, in his De Imitatione Christi, when he was commenting about the transitory nature of human vanities. It is also used at the coronation of a pope: A rope bundle is burned during the ceremony and, as the flame dies, the words Pater sancte sic transit gloria mundi: "Holy Father, so passes away the glory of the world" are intoned.

Glory to God alone.