Blessing Quotes - Page 42

We are now to rank among the nations of the world; but whether our Independence shall prove a blessing or a curse must depend upon our own wisdom or folly, virtue or wickedness.... Justice and virtue are the vital principles of republican government.

The god who is reputed to have created fleas to keep dogs from moping over their situation must also have created fundamentalists to keep rationalists from getting flabby. Let us be duly thankful for out blessings.

Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New.

Calamity is a blessing when it brings one to God. --- Hadassah

Where the unveiled glories of the Deity shall beat full upon us, and we for ever sun ourseves in the smiles of God.

Boredom is nothing but the experience of a paralysis of our productive powers.

The birth of my sons. The birth of new emotions...what a privilege. What a blessing.

Within minutes my 115-mile walk through the desert hills becomes a thing apart, a disjunct reality on the far side of a bottomless abyss, immediately beyond physical recollection.But it's all still there in my heart and soul. The walk, the hills, the sky, the solitary pain and pleasure-they will grow larger, sweeter, lovelier in the days to come, like a treasure found and then, voluntarily, surrendered. Returned to the mountains with my blessing. It leaves a golden glowing on the mind.

Praise God (or whatever it is) from (if direction exists) whom (if personality exists) all blessings (if that word corresponds to any percept of objective reality) flow (if Heraclitus and Bergson and Einstein are correct in stating that everything is more or less flowing about).

Everything that comes to us is a blessing or a test. That’s all you need to know in this life…just the certainty that God’s got His eye on you, that He knows what you are made of, what you need to grow on. Why,questioning’s a sin, it’s pointless. He will show you your path in His own good time. And long as I remember that, I’m fine.

By looking up, by raising our eyes above our limited horizon, we are more likely to perceive the blessings hidden in affliction.

Sporadic and shallow dipping in the doctrine of Christ and partial participation in His restored Church cannot produce the spiritual transformation that enables us to walk in a newness of life. Rather, fidelity to covenants, constancy of commitment, and offering our whole soul unto God are required if we are to receive the blessings of eternity.

Looking back we see with great clarity, and what once appeared as difficulties now reveal themselves as blessings.

Virtuous people often revenge themselves for the constraints to which they submit by the boredom which they inspire.

Jump out the window if you are the object of passion. Flee it if you feel it. Passion goes, boredom remains.

We must let go of those things that don’t serve us. In order to receive the blessings intended for us, we have to make room for them.

In thinking about His many blessings, you view God's work from a new perspective.

Acceptance is taking from God's hand absolutely anything He gives, looking into His face in trust and thanksgiving.

If you allow it, [suffering] can be the means by which God brings you His greatest blessings.

Foolish talking and jesting are not the ways in which Christian cheerfulness should express itself, but rather "giving of thanks" (Eph. 5:4). Religion is the source of joy and gladness, but its joy is expressed in a religious way, in thanksgiving and praise.

Liberty will not descend to a people; a people must raise themselves to liberty; it is a blessing that must be earned before it can be enjoyed.

The fact of the matter is, we really and truly need each other. Women naturally seek friendship, support, and companionship. We have so much to learn from one another, and we often let self-imposed barriers keep us from enjoying associations which could be among the greatest blessings in our lives.

What is so interesting about giving is not only that it pays, but that it pays in such unexpected ways. When you live with generosity, blessings come to you from corners and avenues you never would have expected.

The more we thank God for the blessings we receive, the more we open the way for further blessings.

Everything happens for a reason. Sometimes you won't be on the beneficial end of it but either way it's a blessing in disguise.