Gates Of Heaven Quotes

• Sunsets are so beautiful that they almost seem as if we were looking through the gates of Heaven.

  John Lubbock

  Romantic, Beauty, Beautiful

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• It does not matter what your circumstances are; the instant you begin to thank God, even though your situation has not changed, you begin to change. The key that unlocks the gates of heaven is a thankful heart. Entrance into the courts of God comes as you simply begin to praise the Lord.

  Francis Frangipane

  Heart, Keys, Heaven

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• Hell and heaven are within you, both gates are within you. When you are behaving unconsciously there is the gate of hell; when you become alert and conscious, there is the gate of heaven.

  Rajneesh

  Heaven, Hell, Conscious

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• Then I saw that there was a way to hell, even from the gates of heaven.

  John Bunyan

  Heaven, Way, Saws

  'The Pilgrim's Progress' (1678) pt. 1

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• The gate of heaven is everywhere.

  Thomas Merton

  Heaven, Gates

  Thomas Merton (2015). “Choosing to Love the World: On Contemplation”, p.68, Sounds True

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• A joyous little creature, so beautiful, It was as if a gate of Heaven opened as she came in.

  Victor Hugo

  Beautiful, Heaven, New Life

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• The gate of heaven is very low; only the humble can enter it.

  Elizabeth Ann Seton

  Humble, Heaven, Catholic

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• I'm terrified about the day that I enter the gates of heaven and God says to me, just a minute.

  Maureen O'Hara

  Heaven, Minutes, Gates

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• In the gates of Heaven, the war medals are nothing but the evidences of murder!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  War, Heaven, Murder

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• Battering the gates of heaven with the storms of prayer.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Prayer, Heaven, Storm

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• Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seamed with scars; martyrs have put on their coronation robes glittering with fire, and through their tears have the sorrowful first seen the gates of Heaven.

  Bill Vaughan

  Character, Fire, Heaven

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• The best and sweetest flowers of paradise God gives to His people when they are upon their knees. Prayer is the gate of heaven.

  Thomas Brooks

  Prayer, Flower, People

  Thomas Brooks “Heaven On Earth”, Lulu.com

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• Those who enter the gates of heaven are not beings who have no passions or who have curbed the passions, but those who have cultivated an understanding of them.

  William Blake

  Inspirational, Passion, Emotional

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  Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

  Khalil Gibran

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• When Christ ascended Triumphantly from star to star He left the gates of Heaven ajar.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Stars, Heaven, Christ

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1855). “The poetical works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. With prefatory notice”, p.90

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• We are living in a world that is absolutely transparent and God is shining through it all the time. God manifests Himself everywhere, in everything - in people and in things and in nature and in events ... The only thing is we don't see it ... I have no program for this seeing. It is only given. But the gate of heaven is everywhere.

  Thomas Merton

  People, Shining, Heaven

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• God has nothing to say to the self-righteous. Unless you humble yourself before Him in the dust, and confess before Him your iniquities and sins, the gate of heaven, which is open only for sinners, saved by grace, must be shut against you forever.

  Dwight L. Moody

  Humble, Self, Dust

  Dwight L Moody (1897). “God's Good News”, p.36, Moody Publishers

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• When I arrive at the gates of Heaven the Good Lord will ask ‘what did you do in your life?’ I will respond ‘I tried to win football matches.’ He will say: ‘Are you certain that’s all?’ But, well, that’s the story of my life.

  Arsene Wenger

  Football, Winning, Heaven

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• A servant of the Lord stands bodily before men, but mentally he is knocking at the gates of heaven with prayer.

  John Climacus

  Prayer, Men, Heaven

  Saint John (Climacus) (1982). “John Climacus (CWS)”, p.113, Paulist Press

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• The other day I dreamed that I was at the gates of heaven. And St. Peter said, 'Go back to Earth, there are no slums up here.'

  Mother Teresa

  Heaven, Earth, Peter

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• The gates of heaven are so easily found when we are little, and they are always standing open to let children wander in.

  James M. Barrie

  Children, Heaven, Littles

  James M. Barrie (2013). “Sentimental Tommy (Annotated Edition)”, p.43, Jazzybee Verlag

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• Day, like a weary pilgrim, had reached the western gate of heaven, and Evening stooped down to unloose the latchets of his sandal shoon.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Heaven, Evening, Sandals

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1871). “Hyperion: A Romance”, p.340

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• The potency of prayer hath subdued the strength of fire; it hath bridled the rage of lions, hushed anarchy to rest, extinguished wars, appeased the elements, expelled demons, burst the chains of death, expanded the gates of heaven, assuaged diseases, repelled frauds, rescued cities from destruction, stayed the sun in its course, and arrested the progress of the thunderbolt.

  Saint John Chrysostom

  Prayer, War, Fire

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• Sweet Mercy! to the gates of heaven This minstrel lead, his sins forgiven; The rueful conflict, the heart riven With vain endeavour, And memory of Earth's bitter leaven Effaced forever.

  William Wordsworth

  Sweet, Memories, Heart

  William Wordsworth (1854). “The Complete Poetical Works of William Wordsworth”, p.239

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• Can you open and close the gate of Heaven and act like a woman?

  Laozi

  Heaven, Taoism, Gates

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