We demonstrated a series of ductile and glassy polymers by meticulously designing hydrogen bonding in covalently crosslinked networks. Driven by the hypothesis that amides form stronger interchain hydrogen bonding than those found among urethanes, we synthesized diallyl phthalamide monomers to obtain polyamide networks through thiol-ene photopolymerizations. Meta-phthalamide offered the highest ductility among ortho-and para-substituted phthalamides, likely due to a balanced chain mobility and strength of the hydrogen bonding. Crosslinking density also played a significant role, where ductility was observed in loosely crosslinked systems. We demonstrated that the large deformations were elastically recoverable at elevated temperatures by showing indifferent tensile properties at multiple strain/recovery cycles. In addition, these polyamide networks exhibited actuation stresses that are among some of the highest in reported shape-memory polymer actuators since it has contributions from both the hydrogen bonding and the covalent networks. We envision these network polymers as promising alternatives to thermoplastic polymers for many emerging applications, including soft robotics, deployable hinges or space structures, and biomedical sutures.