The phrase "a path of glory" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a journey or course of action that leads to success, honor, or achievement.
Example: "After years of hard work and dedication, she finally found a path of glory in her career as an artist."
Alternatives: "a road to success" or "a journey of triumph".
David Simon, creator of The Wire, has cited Paths Of Glory as an influence on his show dealing, as it does, with the difficulties faced by middle management.
The inexplicable edifice of questionable choices, made at the end of a notable career, might have loomed in Kubrick's imagination as a valedictory Path of Glory but was appropriately entitled "Eyes Wide Shut"—which is how many of us were compelled to watch it, unable to look and unable to look away.
Instead, you can browse titles like "A Hard Day's Night," "Mad Max," "Metropolis," "Moulin Rouge," "My Life as a Dog," "Paths of Glory," "The Player," "Seven Samurai," "A Room With A View," "Blood Simple," "The Unbearable Lightness of Being," "Stardust Memories," "Breathless," and many others.
MR: What people might not remember and is quite a big deal is that you wrote the lyrics for "On The Path Of Glory".
There are those who choose the path of glory, in harness with courtesy.
But it may not be immediately obvious that Kubrick's chance discovery of a photogenic boxer – Irish-American middleweight Walter Cartier – was more responsible than anything else for setting Kubrick on his path of glory.
Having known the true path of glory and virtue, we should walk in it despite all the repugnance we might find within ourselves" [CN, p.319].
I think the essence of "On The Path Of Glory" is still true today.
Like it or not, it is not the path of glory it aspired to be for the citizens of the Member States.
In a sense, Paths of Glory, Dr Strangelove and Clockwork Orange are horrific, as studies of humanity dehumanised and defeated.
God can and does transform suffering into glory via a path of faith and vision.
