Best blessing & ifs Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

Source: JOHN MUIR’S CALIFORNIA COLLECTION: My First Summer in the Sierra, Picturesque California, The Mountains of California, The Yosemite & Our National Parks (Illustrated): Adventure Memoirs, Travel Sketches, Nature Writings and Wilderness Essays

“Artur Rubinstein, the famous pianist, was once asked the secret of his success-was it dedication, ability, discipline, hard work? Mr. Rubinstein smiled as he remarked, "It's hard to say, but one thing I do know: if you love life, life will love you back!" What a wonderful insight! That philosophy explains how a man in his eighties can continue to be so creative. For life is simply filled with exciting blessings for everybody. They're ours if we give enough of ourselves to life!”

Source: The joy of living: inspiring and practical writings ...

“If I wasn't plagued by needing to write things, that would perhaps be a blessing.”

Ifs Writing Blessing

Author:Conor McPherson

“Life is short and tedious, and is wholly spent in wishing; we trust to find rest and enjoyment at some future time, often at an age when our best blessings, youth and health, have already left us. When at last I that time has arrived, it surprises us in the midst of fresh desires; we have got no farther when we are attacked by a fever which kills us; if we had been cured, it would only have been to give us more time for other desires.”

Ifs Life Giving Has Beens Age Lasts Life Is Desire Left Wish Youth Blessing Surprise Enjoyment Midst More Time Life Is Short Fever Tedious Future Time

Author:Jean de la Bruyere

“Perhaps you went to bed last night thinking about the overdue bills, the lack of finances, the problematic people and situations you have to face. This morning you woke up. Did you give thanks? If you didn't, it is probably because you forgot that when praise goes up, the blessings come down. That should be enough to inspire you to be thankful.”

“If you have become bitter and sour, it is because when God gave you a blessing you hoarded it. Yet if you had poured it out to Him, you would have been the sweetest person on earth. If you are always keeping blessings to yourself and never learning to pour out anything “to the Lord,” other people will never have their vision of God expanded through you.”

People Ifs Persons Has Beens Earth Vision Lord Blessing Bitter Sweetest Sour Blessing You

Book:My Utmost for His Highest

Source: My Utmost for His Highest

“We will make a great and awful mistake if we fail to settle Hebron, neighbor and predecessor of Jerusalem, with a large Jewish settlement, constantly growing and expanding, very soon. This will also be a blessing to the Arab neighbors. Hebron is worthy to be Jerusalem's sister.”

Ifs Mistake Growing Failing Blessing Worthy Neighbor Awful Settling Expanding Jerusalem Settlement Predecessors

Author:David Ben-Gurion

“Of course my moods change, but the average is serenity. I have a firm faith in art, a firm confidence in its being a powerful stream which carries a man to a harbor, though he himself must do his bit too; at all events, I think it such a great blessing when a man has found his work that I cannot count myself among the unfortunate. I mean, I may be in certain relatively great difficulties, and there may be gloomy days in my life, but I shouldn't like to be counted among the unfortunate, nor would it be correct if I were.”

Ifs Thinking Men May Mean Art Certain Courses Found Bits Powerful Events Blessing Difficulty Average Mood Firm Streams Carrie Serenity Unfortunate Harbors Gloomy Mood Changes

Book:Van Gogh's

Source: Van Gogh's

“My blessing is I'm blessed with good health. If I weren't feeling good or if I didn't have the energy, then it's not that much fun. But this way, you can get away with murder because you're going to be 90 in January.”

Ifs Way Feelings Energy Fun Blessing Murder Blessed Feel Good Get Away Good Health January My Blessing

Author:Betty White

“I'm going to make my life everyday about being a blessing in people's lives. If I'm a blessing to people's lives, then there will be nothing to worry about again.”

People Ifs Worry Blessing Everyday Everyday Life

Author:Tony Robbins

“I want them [female fans] to not be afraid to live life, to not be afraid to make bad decisions because there are a lot of lessons and blessings in those decisions. Sometimes, if you don't fall into the pit, you won't reach out to God.”

Ifs Want Sometimes Fall Decision Fans Lessons Blessing Female Live Life Reach Out Pits Bad Decision

Author:Karrine Steffans

“No joy for which thy hungering heart has panted, No hope it cherishes through waiting years, But if thou dost deserve it, shall be granted For with each passionate wish the blessing nears. Tune up the fine, strong instrument of thy being To chord with thy dear hope, and do not tire. When both in key and rhythm are agreeing, Lo! thou shalt kiss the lips of thy desire. The thing thou cravest so waits in the distance, Wrapt in the silences, unseen and dumb: Essential to thy soul and thy existence-- Live worthy of it--call, and it shall come.”

Source: Complete Poetical Works of Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Delphi Classics)

“The blessing which we associate with a life of refinement and cultivation can be made universal and must be made universal if they are to be permanent.”

Ifs Made Blessing Universal Permanent Associates Refinement Cultivation Hull House

Book:The Jane Addams Reader

Source: The Jane Addams Reader

“To the lazy man the world appears bereft of all blessings; if poor, he has no friends; if rich, he has no ambition; he aims at nothing, and generally hits his mark.”

Ifs Men World Poor Rich Blessing Ambition Mark Aim Lazy Laziness No Friends Bereft Lazy Man

Author:James Ellis

“If there had been any unbelief in Mary, that could not prevent God from accomplishing his work in any other way which he might choose. But she is called blessed, because she received by faith the blessing offered to her, and opened up the way to God for its accomplishment.”

Ifs Way Might Blessing Blessed Accomplishment Mary Unbelief

Book:Commentary on Luke

Source: Commentary on Luke

“Nevertheless, our constant efforts to lower our estimate of the present world should not lead us to hate life or to be ungrateful toward God. For this life, though it is full of countless miseries, deserves to be reckoned among the divine blessings which should not be despised. Therefore, if we discover nothing of God's goodness in it, we are already guilty of no small ingratitude toward him.”

Ifs World Should Hate Effort Divine Blessing Goodness Deserve Constant Misery Guilty This Life Nevertheless Despised Ungrateful Ingratitude Hate Life

Book:Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life

Source: Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life

“Even if this earth is only a vestibule, we ought undoubtedly to make such a use of its blessing that we are assisted rather than delayed in our journey.”

Ifs Use Earth Journey Ought Blessing Delayed

Author:John Calvin

“Any church which forsakes the regular and uniform for the periodical and spasmodic service of God, is doomed to decay; any church which relies for its spiritual strength and growth entirely upon seasons of "revival," will very soon have no genuine revivals to rely on. Our holy God will not conform His blessings to man's moods and moral caprice. If a church is declining, it may require a "revival" to restore it; but what need was there of its declining?”

Ifs Men Needs May Spiritual Growth Church Moral Holy Blessing Seasons Mood Genuine Gods Will Rely Decay Uniforms Doomed Conform Revival Forsake Caprice Spiritual Strength Holy God

Author:Theodore L. Cuyler

“Why is this soe long detaind in a dark manuscript, that if printed would be a Light to the World, & a Universal Blessing?”

Ifs World Long Light Would Be Dark Blessing Universal Printed Manuscripts

Book:The Works of Thomas Traherne: Inducements to retirednes ; A sober view of Dr Twisses, his considerations ; Seeds of eternity, or, The nature of the soul ; The kingdom of God

Source: The Works of Thomas Traherne: Inducements to retirednes ; A sober view of Dr Twisses, his considerations ; Seeds of eternity, or, The nature of the soul ; The kingdom of God

“We need to take responsibility for the effect of our environment on our nervous systems, and particularly the nervous systems of our children. No wonder so many of them are diagnosed with all the stuff they're diagnosed with today. Modern technology is a blessing to be sure, but it's also a curse if we allow it to pull us out of our spiritual center. A 24 hour electronic onslaught comes at the expense of our deep humanity and our deepest relationships.”

“If you have a friend that will reprove your faults and foibles, consider you enjoy a blessing which the king upon the throne cannot have.”

Ifs Enjoy Kings Blessing Faults Thrones Foibles

Book:The Dignity of Human Nature; or, a Brief account of the certain and established means for attaining the true end of our existence ... By J. B. (James Burgh.)

Source: The Dignity of Human Nature; or, a Brief account of the certain and established means for attaining the true end of our existence ... By J. B. (James Burgh.)

“There is nothing--no circumstance, no trouble, no testing--that can ever touch me until, first of all, it has gone past God and past Christ right through to me. If it has come that far, it has come with a great purpose, which I may not understand at the moment. But as I refuse to become panicky, as I lift up my eyes to Him and accept it as coming from the throne of God for some great purpose of blessing to my own heart, no sorrow will ever disturb me, no circumstance will cause me to fret, for I shall rest in the joy of what my Lord is--that is the rest of victory!”

“Don't let your present problems defeat you. The Chinese have a saying that if you live with a disaster for three years it will turn into a blessing. Look back in your own life at what appeared to be a devastating situation five or ten years ago. Many of those situations were the turning point that caused a number of great things to happen in your future. Regardless of what happens today, realize it is the beginning of something good.”

“You will have no test of faith that will not fit you to be a blessing if you are obedient to the Lord. I never had a trial but when I got out of the deep river I found some poor pilgrim on the bank that I was able to help by that very experience.”

Ifs Helping Able Found Poor Lord Fit Blessing Rivers Tests Trials Obedient Pilgrim Test Of Faith

Author:A. B. Simpson

“Russell... I love you. I thank you so much man. You made me better. You know, Your work ethic. I always wanted to compete with you. I always wanted to pull up into the parking lot of the practice facility, And if you beat me there, I was always upset. I always wanted to outwork you. And you set the bar. You set the tone. And thank you so much man. Thank you. You had a big piece of this MVP trophy. You're an MVP caliber player It's a blessing to play with you man.”

Ifs Knows Men Made Play Bigs Wanted Practice Pieces Player Love You Blessing Beats Ethics Bars Upset Tone Nba Work Ethic Facility Trophies Parking Parking Lot Mvp Caliber Pull Ups

Author:Kevin Durant

“The Presidents Woodruff and Smith both said they were willing for such a ceremony to occur, if done in Mexico, and Pres. Woodruff promised the Lord's blessing to follow such an act.”

Ifs Said Done President Lord Willing Blessing Mexico Ceremony Polygamy

Author:Abraham H. Cannon

“You are rich if you have enough to meet your most basic needs. You are rich if you have access to clean water, food, shelter, love, a roof over your head.You have to count your blessings to see that you are richer than you think.”

Ifs Thinking Needs Enough Water Rich Blessing Clean Access Over You Shelter Roof Need You Clean Water Basic Needs Count Your Blessings Roof Over Your Head

Author:Michelle Singletary

“If you have one good series, you know, it's a blessing. Two good series is unusual. Three is a phenomenon.”

Ifs Knows Two Three Blessing Series Phenomenon Unusual

Author:Betty White

“If Providence had not guided us I would often never have found these dizzy paths. Thus, it is that we National Socialists have in the depths of our hearts our faith. No man can fashion world history or the history of peoples unless upon his purpose and his powers there rests the blessing of this Providence.”

Ifs Men World Heart Purpose Found Path Fashion Blessing Depth Providence World History Dizzy Fashion World

Author:Adolf Hitler

“If we set out with... a scrupulous regard to the Constitution, the government will acquire a spirit and a tone productive of permanent blessings to the community. If on the contrary,... the Constitution is slighted, or explained away, upon every frivolous pretext, the future of government will be feeble, distracted and arbitrary. The rights of the subjects will be the sport of every party vicissitude. There will be no settled rule of conduct, but everything will fluctuate with the alternate prevalency of contending factions.”

“It is permissible to take life's blessings with both hands provided thou dost know thyself prepared in the opposite event to take them just as gladly. This applies to food and friends and kindred, to anything God gives and takes away... As long as God is satisfied do thou rest content. If he is pleased to want something else of thee, still rest content.”

Ifs Knows Want Giving Long Stills Hands Events Blessing Opposites Prepared Satisfied Thee Want Something Thyself Know Thyself Kindred Give And Take

Author:Meister Eckhart

“To be rich, to be famous? do these profit a year hence, when other names sound louder than yours, when you lie hidden away under ground, along with the idle titles engraven on your coffin? But only true love lives after you, follows your memory with secret blessings or pervades you, and intercedes for you. Non omnis moriar, if, dying, I yet live in a tender heart or two; nor am lost and hopeless, living, if a sainted departed soul still loves and prays for me.”

Source: The History of Henry Esmond, Esq., Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne: Written by Himself

“Love can never be a sin. It can be only a blessing. Even if you're not loved in return -- though I can't imagine that -- to love is a proof of life -- indeed, it's the only proof, for once you can't love another human being, you're not alive.”

Ifs Humans I Can Human Beings Sin Love Is Alive Imagine Return Blessing Proof Imagine That

Author:Pearl S. Buck

“A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world; and if in the present life his happiness arises from the subduing of his desires, it will arise in the next from the gratification of them.”

Ifs Men World Mind Desire Next Enjoy This World Blessing Arise Contentment Gratification Present Life Greatest Blessings

Book:The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison: The Spectator. The Guardian. The Lover. The present state of the war, and the necessity of augmentation, considered. The late trial and conviction of Count Tariff. The Whig-examiner. The Freeholder

Source: The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison: The Spectator. The Guardian. The Lover. The present state of the war, and the necessity of augmentation, considered. The late trial and conviction of Count Tariff. The Whig-examiner. The Freeholder

“This glorious union shall not perish! Precious legacy of our fathers, it shall go down honored and cherished to our children. Generations unborn shall enjoy its privileges as we have done; and if we leave them poor in all besides, we will transmit to them the boundless wealth of its blessings!”