“I knock unbidden once at every gate-- If sleeping, wake--if feasting, rise before I turn away--it is the hour of fate, And they who follow me reach every state Mortals desire, and conquer every foe Save death, but those who doubt of hesitate, Condemned to failure, penury and woe, Seek me in vain and uselessly implore, I answer not, and I return no more.” IfsStatesDesireTurnsOpportunityHoursSleepAnswersDoubtFateReturnMortalsConquerVainGatesWoeFoeFollow MeFeastingOpportunity Knocking Author:John James Ingalls
“I am a stranger to half measures. With life I am on the attack, restlessly ferreting out each pleasure, foraging for answers, wringing from it even the pain. I ransack life, hunt it down. I am the hungry peasants storming the palace gates. I will have my share. No matter how it tastes.” MatterPainAnswersPleasureHalfShareTasteStrangerHungryGatesIntensityAggressionHuntsPalacesPeasantsForagingHalf Measures Book:Migrations of the Heart: An Autobiography Source: Migrations of the Heart: An Autobiography
“Unwearied, and with springing steps elate, I had conveyed my wealth along the road. The empty sack proved now a heavier load: I was borne down beneath its worthless weight. I stumbled on, and knocked at Death's dark gate. There was no answer. Stung by sorrow's goad I forced my way into that grim abode, And laughed, and flung Life's empty sack to Fate.” WayWealthDarkAnswersStepsFateSadnessSorrowSadEmptyWeightMy WayGatesLaughedLoadWorthlessGrimAbode Book:Leafs On An Idle Breeze - My Inspirational Poems (Annotated Edition) Source: Leafs On An Idle Breeze - My Inspirational Poems (Annotated Edition)
“John Wesley tells of a dream he had. In the dream, he was ushered to the gates of Hell. There he asked, "Are there any Presbyterians here?" "Yes!", came the answer. Then he asked, "Are there any Baptists? Any Episcopalians? Any Methodists?" The answer was Yes! each time. Much distressed, Wesley was then ushered to the gates of Heaven. There he asked the same question, and the answer was No! "No?" To this, Wesley asked, "Who then is inside?" The answer came back, "There are only Christians here."” DreamChristianHeavenAnswersHellSalvationGatesBaptistsPresbyteriansMethodistsGates Of HellGates Of HeavenEpiscopalians Author:George Whitefield
“Our good nature and endearing qualities will not arouse the answers to our prayers. Rather it is our mischievous, dishonest attributes that provide the master keys to heaven. When we identify and work to transform our self-centered qualities and crooked characteristics, the key turns and the gates unlock. Blessings and good fortune are now free to rain down upon us.” SelfTurnsHeavenPrayerAnswersQualityMastersKeysBlessingRainFortuneCharacteristicsGatesAttributesGood FortuneOur PrayersSelf CenteredCrookedMischievousGood NatureEndearing Author:Yehuda Berg