“Oh, say! what is that thing call'd light, Which I must ne'er enjoy? What are the blessings of the sight? Oh, tell your poor blind boy!” LightEnjoyPoorBoysBlessingSightBlindBlindness Author:Colley Cibber
“And the more you spend in blessing The poor and lonely and sad, The more of your heart's possessing Returns to you glad.” HeartPoorReturnBlessingLonelyGladChristmasPossessingChristmas DayChristmas HolidayBest ChristmasChristmas MagicHoliday TraditionsCharity At ChristmasBelieving In ChristmasHoliday Greeting Card Author:John Greenleaf Whittier
“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.” IfsMenWorldPoorRichBlessingAmbitionMarkAimLazyLazinessNo FriendsBereftLazy Man Author:James Ellis
“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.” IfsHelpingAbleFoundPoorLordFitBlessingRiversTestsTrialsObedientPilgrimTest Of Faith Author:A. B. Simpson
“Every living thing was shunning him. Poor little Peter Pan, he sat down and cried, and even then he did not know that, for a bird, he was sitting on his wrong part. It is a blessing that he did not know, for otherwise he would have lost faith in his power to fly, and the moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease forever to be able to do it. The reason birds can fly and we can't is simply that they have perfect faith, for to have faith is to have wings.” KnowsLittlesReasonMomentsAbleLostPerfectPoorForeverDoubtBlessingBirdSittingDown AndWingsCeaseSatHave FaithPeterCriedLiving ThingsLost FaithShunning Book:The Little White Bird (Annotated Edition) Source: The Little White Bird (Annotated Edition)
“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!” IfsChildrenDoneFatherEnjoyWealthPoorGenerationsBlessingOur ChildrenUnionsPrivilegeLegacyGloriousHonoredOur FatherBoundlessUnbornTransmit Author:Edward Everett
“Hail, Holy Day! the blessing from above Brightens thy presence like a smile of love, Smoothing, like oil upon a stormy sea, The roughest waves of human destiny Cheering the good, and to the poor oppress'd Bearing the promise of their heavenly rest.” HumansPoorDestinySeaHolyPromiseBlessingWaveOilHeavenlyCheerSabbathHailStormyHoly DaysStormy Seas Book:Dictionary of poetical quotations Source: Dictionary of poetical quotations
“To the world I may seem very poor, walking penniless and wearing or carrying in my pockets my only material possessions, but I am really very rich in blessings which no amount of money could buy - health and happiness and inner peace.” WorldMaySeemsPoorRichMaterialsAmountWalkingBlessingPossessionInner PeacePocketsMaterial Possessions Author:Peace Pilgrim
“There's a belief that you're supposed to be poor, and suffering, and show your humility. I just don't see the Bible that way. I see that God came and Jesus died so that we might live an abundant life and be a blessing to others.” WayShowsMightSufferingJesusBeliefPoorHumilityBlessingDiedSupposed To BeAbundant LifeBlessing To Others Author:Joel Osteen
“Since we must and do write each our own way, we may during actual writing get more lasting instruction not from another's work, whatever its blessings, however better it is than ours, but from our own poor scratched-over pages. For these we can hold up to life. That is, we are born with a mind and heart to hold each page up to, and to ask: is it valid?” WayWritingMindHeartMayAsksBornPoorBlessingPagesLastingInstructionHeart And Mind Book:On Writing Source: On Writing
“No, no, no, no! Come, let's away to prison: We two alone will sing like birds i' the cage: When thou dost ask me blessing, I'll kneel down, And ask of thee forgiveness: so we'll live, And pray, and sing, and tell old tales, and laugh At gilded butterflies, and hear poor rogues Talk of court news; and we'll talk with them too, Who loses and who wins; who's in, who's out; And take upon's the mystery of things, As if we were God's spies: and we'll wear out, In a wall'd prison, packs and sects of great ones, That ebb and flow by the moon.” IfsTwoAsksWinningLosesPoorLaughingMysteryWallPrayingBlessingMoonNewsBirdFlowDown AndCourtPrisonTalesTheeAsk MeButterflyPacksCagesSpySectsGreat OnesRoguesEbb And FlowGildedCordelia Author:William Shakespeare
“There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses. If it would confine itself to equal protection, and, as Heaven does its rains, shower its favors alike on the high and the low, the rich and the poor, it would be an unqualified blessing.” IfsDoeGovernmentWould BeEvilHeavenPoorRichBlessingEqualLowsRainAbuseProtectionFavorsShowers4th Of JulyUnqualifiedVetoNecessary EvilEqual Protection Author:Andrew Jackson
“Children, don't waste a single second. Serve others, above all the poor, expecting nothing in return. Just as the person who offers God flowers is the first to enjoy their fragrance, the person who offers compassion is the first to receive its blessing. Wherever a heart beats with compassion: God is there.” FirstsHeartChildrenPersonsEnjoyPoorCompassionFlowerReturnBlessingOffersWasteBeatsExpectingFragranceHeart BeatGod Is ThereExpecting Nothing In Return Author:Mata Amritanandamayi
“Grasp your opportunities, no matter how poor your health; nothing is worse for your health than boredom.” MatterOpportunityPoorBlessingBoredom Author:Mignon McLaughlin
“The tenets of [the Christian life] seem paradoxes to carnal men; as first, that a Christian is the only freeman, and other men are slaves; that he is the only rich man, though never so poor in the world; that he is the only beautiful man, though outwardly never so deformed; that he is the only happy man in the midst of all his miseries.” MenWorldFirstsSeemsChristianBeautifulPoorRichBlessingMiserySlaveChristian LifeMidstParadoxRich ManChastisementFreemanHappy Man Author:Richard Sibbes