Blessing Quotes - Page 33

• I have found that, rather than dwelling on the negative, if we will take a step back and consider the blessings in our lives, including seemingly small, sometimes overlooked blessings, we can find greater happiness.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Dwelling, Negative, Steps

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• Kind words are benedictions. The are not only instruments of power, but of benevolence and courtesy; blessings both to the speaker and hearer of them.

  Arthur Frederick Saunders

  Kind, Courtesy, Instruments

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• He, that noble prize possessing He that boasts a friend that's true, He whom woman's love is blessing, Let him join the chorus too!

  Friedrich Schiller

  Love Is, Noble, Chorus

  Friedrich Schiller (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Friedrich Schiller (Illustrated)”, p.84, Delphi Classics

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• God is not preparing the Blessing for YOU, He is preparing YOU for the Blessing

  T. D. Jakes

  Preparing

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• When I look at the cross, I learn to say: 'The Son of God loved me, and gave Himself for me' (Galatians 2:20). I begin to believe with Paul that if God did not spare His own Son, but gave Him up to the cross for me, then He loves me so much He will always give me only what will bring me blessing (Romans 8:32).

  Sinclair B. Ferguson

  Believe, Son, Giving

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• The universe is a vast system of exchange. Every artery of it is in motion, throbbing with reciprocity, from the planet to the rotting leaf. The vapor climbs the sunbeam, and comes back in blessings upon the exhausted herb. The exhalation of the plant is wafted to the ocean. And so goes on the beautiful commerce of nature. And all because of dissimilarity--because no one thing is sufficient in itself, but calls for the assistance of something else, and repays by a contribution in turn.

  Edwin Hubbel Chapin

  Beautiful, Ocean, Rotting

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• A patient, humble temper gathers blessings that are marred by the peevish and overlooked by the aspiring.

  Edwin Hubbel Chapin

  Humble, Patient, Temper

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• May it be to the world... to assume the blessings and security of self-government.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Freedom, Government, Self

  Thomas Jefferson, Henry Augustine Washington (1854). “The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence, contin. Reports and opinions while Secretary of State”, p.450

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• By the blessings of heaven I mean to live and die, please God, in the faith of my mother.

  William McKinley

  Mother, Mean, Heaven

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• Blessings be the inventor of the alphabet, pen and printing press! Life would be -- to me in all events -- a terrible thing without books.

  Lucy Maud Montgomery

  Book, Events, Would Be

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• My God, grant that my bounty may be a clear and transparent river, flowing from pure charity, and uncontaminated by self-love, ambition, or interest. Thanks are due not to me, but Thee, from whom all I possess is derived. And what are the paltry gifts for which my neighbor forgets to thank me, compared with the immense blessings for which I have so often forgotten to be grateful to Thee!

  Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

  Grateful, Ambition, Rivers

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• Uncorrupted man, with God's blessing, advances across the fields of the universe as though he were walking down a country lane.

  Robert Payne

  Country, Men, Fields

  Robert Payne (1975). “The Corrupt Society: From Ancient Greece to Present-Day America”, Praeger Publishers

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• the blessings of matrimony, like those of poverty, belong rather to philosophy than reality.

  Letitia Elizabeth Landon

  Philosophy, Reality, Poverty

  Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1852). “Romance and reality”, p.75

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• We pray for trifles without so much as a thought of the greatest blessings; and we are not ashamed many times, to ask God for that which we should blush to own to our neighbor.

  Seneca the Younger

  Prayer, Praying, Neighbor

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• The all-important and crowning blessings of membership in the Church are those blessings which we receive in the temples of God

  Thomas S. Monson

  Important, Church, Membership

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• You can do beautiful things with your friends; you can do beautiful things when you are all alone! In togetherness, listen to the music of the crowds; in solitude, listen to the music of the silence! Be neither afraid of the crowds, nor of the loneliness, because both are blessings!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Music, Beautiful, Loneliness

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• One of the blessings of becoming an adult is finally seeing my mom and dad as people, not just parents.

  Sara Shandler

  Inspirational, Mom, Dad

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• You can have sex with whomever you want to; you're not trapped with the person you had the baby with. You can pick the name, religion, schools, what they wear. There's no consulting - you call all the shots. Single motherhood is an amazing thing; it's a blessing.

  Kelly Cutrone

  Baby, Sex, School

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• If I had to do it all again, I would still want my same daughter and two sons; through laughter, tears, prayers, and blessings.

  Ana Monnar

  Daughter, Laughter, Prayer

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• I haven't had such an overwhelmingly positive response as I have from The Normal Heart directly to me. And it's a blessing. If this is it, if I have a piano dropped on me tomorrow, then I would go down thinking, 'You know what, I did okay as far as my career goes, because that's a gift. That's rare.'

  Mark Ruffalo

  Heart, Thinking, Careers

  "Mark Ruffalo After ‘Normal Heart’: 'If A Piano Dropped On Me Tomorrow, I Did OK'". Interview with Jeremy Gerard, deadline.com. August 10, 2014.

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• As we give, we find that sacrifice brings forth the blessings of heaven, and in the end, we learn that it was no sacrifice at all.

  Spencer W. Kimball

  Sacrifice, Giving, Heaven

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• Being disconnected from the local church, for whatever reason, is a dangerous way to live. Not only do these “ lone rangers” miss out on the blessings of functioning within the context of the body of Christ, but like lone sheep away from the safety of the flock and the watchful care of the shepherd, they are vulnerable to predators of every sort.

  Nancy Leigh DeMoss

  Sheep, Safety, Missing

  Nancy Leigh DeMoss (2008). “Holiness: The Heart God Purifies”, p.128, Moody Publishers

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• Prayer is so necessary, and the source of so many blessings, that he who has discovered the treasure cannot be prevented from having recourse to it, whenever he has an opportunity.

  Francois Fenelon

  Prayer, Opportunity, Treasure

  Francois Fenelon (2014). “Spiritual Progress”, p.125, Lulu.com

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• Frankly, the president, during the first opportunity I had to be in a Cabinet meeting, before we started the meeting, he said, Folks, before we begin this meeting, I'm going to call on General Ashcroft and ask him invite the wisdom and presence of God in what we do. And I thought to myself how ashamed I'd been that so many times in my life I had entered upon great important tasks and I had cheated myself and those that I had served of a blessing.

  John Ashcroft

  Opportunity, Scary, Important

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• The process of biblical change, explained in God's Word, begins when you repent of your sin and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. God has given you everything you need to make the changes in your life that will please Him and will lead to His blessings. As you continue to obey God's Word, biblical change toward maturity will occur in your life until you see Jesus face to face.

  John C. Broger

  Jesus, Believe, Biblical

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