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“When God at first made man, Having a glass of blessings standing by, 'Let us,'said he,'pour on him all we can: Let the world's riches, which disperse' d lie, Contract into a span'.”

Men World Firsts Made Said Lying Blessing Standing Glasses Riches Contracts

Author:George Herbert

“I said to my wife just the other day, I was actually taking some time to consider all the blessings in my life and that things are really good. I said, you would have to be a real churl to complain about the life I'm living right now. Everything's going great. I'm having a good time.”

Said Real Wife Right Now Blessing My Wife Complaining Good Times Having A Good Time Living Right Living Right Now

Author:Tracy Letts

“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

“Life is such a very troublesome matter, when all is said and done, that it's as well even to take its blessings quietly.”

Life Wells Said Matter Done Life Is Blessing Troublesome Said And Done

Book:Lady Audley's Secret

Source: Lady Audley's Secret

“Our sages of blessed memory have said that we must not enjoy any pleasure in this world without reciting a blessing. If we eat any food, or drink any beverage, we must recite a blessing over them before and after. If we breathe the scent of goodly grass, the fragrance of spices, the aroma of good fruits, we pronounce a blessing over the pleasure. The same applies to pleasures of the sight. And the same applies to pleasures of the ear.”

Ifs World Said Enjoy Memories Pleasure This World Drink Blessing Ears Sight Blessed Fruit Breathe Grass Scent Sage Fragrance Spices Beverages Aroma Before And After Reciting

Author:Shmuel Yosef Agnon

“President J. Reuben Clark, Jr., a modern prophet, said over and over again that the Lord would never let one of his Saints who had been faithful in the payment of tithes and offerings go without the necessities of life” (Marion G. Romney, “The Blessings of an Honest Tithe,” New Era, Jan.-Feb. 1982, 45). Members who faithfully pay tithing are promised spiritual blessings as well. “I think it is not well known in the Church that payment of tithing has very little to do with money. Tithing has to do with faith”

“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.”

Firsts Said Important Asks Opportunity President Blessing Tasks Meetings Folks Scary Ashamed Invites Cabinets Cheated Presence Of God

Author:John Ashcroft

“Negotiating the adolescent stage is neither quick nor easy. . . . I have often said to parents, "If it isn't illegal, immoral, orfattening, give it your blessing." We do much better . . . if we find and support all the places we can appropriately say yes, and say only the no's that really matter.”

Ifs Giving Said Matter Easy Parent Support Stage Blessing Illegal Adolescence Immoral Negotiating

Author:Virginia Satir

“There were times in my life when I said, "Oh God, I'm making a terrible, terrible mistake here." And on another level it looked as if that's exactly what I had done. All of us can look back across our lives and see what we thought was a disaster was actually a blessing - from a long-term perspective, it was a blessing. With practice, we can shorten the length of time between "what a dumb mistake I've made" and "what a brilliant choice that was.”

Ifs Looks Long Made Said Done Choices Term Levels Mistake Practice Our Lives Perspective Terrible Blessing Brilliant Disaster Dumb Long Term Length

Author:Richard Bach

“God helps me for sure every day and at every contest. I broke my hand and had to get surgery on it. The recovery was really frustrating because I had to skip three weeks at the beginning of the season. But I flipped it around and took it as a blessing. I said a lot of prayers and just asked God to do His thing. I did other things to compliment the recovery like getting the right sleep and taking care of my body. But I went back to the doctor after four weeks and he was ecstatic about the recovery of my hand. I take that as a tribute to my faith and my belief in doing the right things.”

“I have heard of some good old woman in a cottage, who had nothing but a piece of bread and a little water, and lifting up her hands, she said, as a blessing, What! all this, and Christ too?”

Littles Said Hands Christ Water Pieces Heard Blessing Bread Being Thankful Lifting Old Woman Cottages Appreciate What You Have Lifting Up

Book:The Spurgeon Series 1855 & 1856: Unabridged Sermons In Modern Language

Source: The Spurgeon Series 1855 & 1856: Unabridged Sermons In Modern Language

“Our ability to fulfill any assignment is greatly enhanced when we understand the importance of the temple and pay close attention to all that is said and done there. The temple is for redeeming not only the dead but the living as well. All are alive in God, and He is no respecter of persons. Blessings always come from hearing and obeying His word, and His word is never more clear than in the temple.”

Wells Persons Said Done Ability Pay Attention Clear Alive Blessing Importance Hearing Temples Assignments Obeying Redeeming Said And Done

Author:John H. Groberg

“I wanted to say, "Hey, Pope Francis," but I cried like a baby. I was reduced to a very humble set of feelings, because it was not about what was said: There's a presence. That was a blessing for myself and my family and everyone there to be a part of that.”

Said Feelings Wanted Baby Blessing My Family Humble Hey Cried Pope

Author:Joseph Fiennes

“I said this man [Donald Trump] is peeling back the onion of White civility; and every level of that onion that he peels back, more and more of the nakedness of rancor and hate and bitterness is coming up out of the followers. This is one of the most interesting of all of the political presidential runs that I have had the blessing of seeing in my 83 years on this planet.”

Men Years Said Running Political Hate White Interesting Levels Seeing Planets Trump Blessing Presidential Bitterness Followers Civility Most Interesting Onions Peeling Rancor

Author:Louis Farrakhan

“Too many of us live on the horizontal, vain level of life: We want to acquire more and more things; we want the material blessings of life and we are neglecting the elevated state of existence! And that's why God said of Abraham he was neither a Christian nor a Jew, he was a Muslim: he was an upright man.”

Men Want Said States Christian Levels Existence Materials Blessing Jew Vain Acquire Neglect Abraham Horizontal Levels Of Life Upright Man

Author:Louis Farrakhan

“We were scripted, (although) I chose my own passage of scripture but I thought, I'm just going to add my own little thought about rain. And I said Mr. President [Donald Trump], in the Bible, rain is a sign of blessing, and it's my prayer God will bless you, your family, your administration and that God will bless the United States of America. And then I read my scripture but I wanted him to know that God always used rain as a sign of blessing.”

“And yet I think of Christopher Reeve who said he would pay two million dollars to be able to feel pain again. What a courageous man! So I have to think that pain is a blessing.”

Thinking Men Feels Said Two Able Pain Pay Millions Blessing Dollars Courageous Million Dollars Courageous Man

Author:Ricardo Montalban

“Like my grandmother always said, 'you never know the blessings that come from suffering.”

Knows Said Suffering Blessing Grandmother My Grandmother

Author:Joan Bauer

“Blessings be on this house," Granny said, perfunctorily. It was always a good opening remark for a witch. It concentrated people's minds on what other things might be on this house.”

People Mind Said Might House Blessing Opening Witch Remarks Granny

Author:Terry Pratchett

“Only Jesus would be crazy enough to suggest that if you want to become the greatest, you should become the least. Only Jesus would declare God's blessing on the poor rather than on the rich and would insist that it's not enough to just love your friends. I just began to wonder if anybody still believed Jesus meant those things he said.”

Ifs Want Should Said Stills Enough Would Be Jesus Wonder Rich Crazy Blessing Being Crazy

Book:The Irresistible Revolution, Updated and Expanded: Living as an Ordinary Radical

Source: The Irresistible Revolution, Updated and Expanded: Living as an Ordinary Radical

“She closed one eye and looked at me and said, "I know there is a blessing in this somewhere." It is worth living long enough to outlast whatever sense of grievance you may acquire. Another reason why you must be careful of your health.”

Knows May Long Said Reason Enough Eye Blessing Careful Reason Why Acquire Be Careful Worth Living Grievance Living Long

Author:Marilynne Robinson

“Ginny came in to visit while you were unconscious", he said, after a long pause, and Harry's imagination zoomed into overdrive, rapidly constructing a scene in which Ginny, weeking over his lifeless form, confessed her feelings of deep attraction to him while Ron gave them his blessing.”

Long Said Feelings Form Imagination Scene Blessing Attraction Unconscious Pauses Lifeless Overdrive

Author:J. K. Rowling

“Percy," my mom said. "I give you my blessing." "Be safe brother!" Tyson pleaded. "Enchiladas!" Grover said. I wasn't sure where that came from, but it didn't seem to help much.”

Giving Said Helping Seems Brother Mom Blessing Safe My Mom Tyson My Blessing Grover Enchiladas

Book:Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian

Source: Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian

“He says when your grandmother died your mother cried solidly for a week, solidly. She was crying with relief he says, it was like as if a door had been unlocked and she'd been let outside, she said to me I'm safe now. He waits, and he says this kid, when it's born, you mustn't ever let it think it's anything other than a gift and a blessing, do you hear me?”

Ifs Thinking Said Kids Mother Waiting Born Doors Week Cry Blessing Safe Died Relief Grandmother Cried Your Grandmother

Book:If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things

Source: If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things

“I have heard men talk about the blessings of freedom," he said to himself, "but I wish any wise man would teach me what use to make of it now that I have it.”

Men Said Use Wish Teach Wise Heard Blessing

Book:The Waverly Novels: 26 Books in One Volume – Complete Collection: Rob Roy, Ivanhoe, The Pirate, Waverly, Old Mortality, The Guy Mannering, The Antiquary, The Heart of Midlothian, The Betrothed, The Talisman, Black Dwarf, The Monastery, Kenilworth, Legend of Montrose

Source: The Waverly Novels: 26 Books in One Volume – Complete Collection: Rob Roy, Ivanhoe, The Pirate, Waverly, Old Mortality, The Guy Mannering, The Antiquary, The Heart of Midlothian, The Betrothed, The Talisman, Black Dwarf, The Monastery, Kenilworth, Legend of Montrose

“It was a blessing and also a curse of handwritten letters that unlike email you couldn’t obsessively reread what you’d written after you’d sent it. You couldn’t attempt to un-send it. Once you’d sent it it was gone. It was an object that no longer belonged to you but belonged to your recipient to do with what he would. You tended to remember the feeling of what you’d said more than the words. You gave to object away and left yourself with the memory. That was what it was to give.”

Giving Said Feelings Remember Left Memories Gone Written Objects Blessing Letters Curse Email Handwritten Letters

Book:Sisterhood Everlasting (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants): A Novel

Source: Sisterhood Everlasting (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants): A Novel

“So young," said Wyman Manderly, "Though mayhaps this was a blessing. Had he lived he would've grown up to be a Frey.”

Said Young Blessing

Author:George R. R. Martin

“He inclined his head at my dress. "What's the occasion?" "Homecoming," I said, twirling. "Like?" "Last I heard, Homecoming requires a date." "About that," i hedged. "I'm sort of...going with Scott. We both figure a high-school dance is the last place Hank will be patrolling." Patch smiled, but it was tight. "I take that back. If Hank wants to shoot Scott, he has my blessing.”

Ifs Want Said School Lasts Heard Figures Blessing High School Dresses Occasions Patches Homecoming My Blessing Last Place Twirling Patrolling

Book:The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale

Source: The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale

“I am free, you see," she said, "to love or to withhold love. Love and dependence need no longer be the same thing to me. I am free to love. that is why I love you and it is the way I love you. If you have come here, Kit, because you think you owe me something, because you believe I might crumble without your protection, then go away again with my blessing and find happiness with someone else." "I love you," he said again.”

Ifs Thinking Way Needs Believe Said Might Love You Blessing Protection Going Away Dependence Finding Happiness My Blessing Way I Love You Why I Love You

Book:A Summer to Remember

Source: A Summer to Remember

“It’s a curse, really,” Lady Danbury said. “I’m the only person I know my age who has perfect hearing.” “Most would call that a blessing.” She snorted. “Not with that musicale looming over the horizon.”

Knows Persons Said Age Perfect Blessing Hearing Curse Horizon Looming

Book:Something to Hide

Source: Something to Hide

“The clipping said forgiveness meant that God is for giving, and that we are here for giving too, and that to withold love or blessings is to be completely delusional.”

Giving Said Blessing Delusional

Book:Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith

Source: Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith

“You said a curse is only a curse if I allowed myself to me cursed by it. You said... I had it in my power to free myself of any curse - that curses were preludes to blessings.”

Ifs Said Blessing Curse Cursed Prelude Lucinda Price

Book:The Fallen Series: 4-Book Collection

Source: The Fallen Series: 4-Book Collection

“The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "My Companions are as stars. Whomsoever of them you follow, you will be rightly guided." When a man looks at a star, and finds his way by it, the star does not speak any word to that man. Yet, by merely looking at the star, the man knows the road from roadlessness and reaches his goal.”

Knows Men Way Looks Doe Said Religion Speak Stars Goal Religious Blessing Prophet Companion

Author:Rumi

“I think there is hope for you yet, Will Herondale. I will try to learn how to have it, without you to show me. Tessa, Jem said. She knows despair, and hope as well. you can teach each other. Find her, Will, and tell her that I loved her always. My blessings, for all that it is worth, is on you both.”

Source: The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess

“Then my father's features hardened. "You can't expect my blessings on this disastrous mistake." The words were directed at me, but Vlad responded. "I wouldn't insult you by asking. We both know you disapprove and we both know I don't care. Leila's opinion is the only one that matters, and she said yes.”

Knows Said Matter Care Father Mistake Opinion Blessing Asking Don't Care I Don't Care Features Insult Hardened My Blessing Insults You

Author:Jeaniene Frost

“I did have regrets these past six months,” he told me quietly. “I found it a curse as much as a blessing, all that time to think. About the things I could have said, that I should have told you . . .”

Thinking Should Said Past Found Regret Months Blessing Six Should Have Curse Six Months Time To Think

Author:Karen Chance

“It may be a blessing in disguise...Something happened a long time ago in Haiti, and people might not want to talk about it. Haitians were originally under the heel of the French. You know, Napoleon the third, or whatever. And they got together and swore a pact to the devil. They said, we will serve you if you will get us free from the French. True story. And so, the devil said, okay it's a deal. Ever since they have been cursed by one thing after the other.”

“I remember watching Mel Gibson on some show once, and he was being asked about his belief in the afterlife. Gibson said: 'Well, I can't believe this is all there is'. And I thought: 'Wait a minute. You're Mel Gibson. You have millions of dollars. You're a great-looking chap with every conceivable blessing that could be bestowed upon a man. And that's not good enough ?'”

Men Believe Wells Said I Can Enough Shows Remember Belief Heaven Waiting Millions Hell Minutes Blessing Dollars Good Enough Afterlife Heaven And Hell Not Good Enough Chaps

Author:Hugh Laurie

“A grateful heart, then, comes through expressing gratitude to our Heavenly Father for His blessings and to those around us for all that they bring into our lives. This requires conscious effort-at least until we have truly learned and cultivated an attitude of gratitude. Often we feel grateful and intend to express our thanks but forget to do so or just don't get around to it. Someone has said that "feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it."”

“A river reaches places which its source never knows. And Jesus said that, if we have received His fullness, "rivers of living water" will flow out of us, reaching in blessing even "to the end of the earth" regardless of how small the visible effects of our lives may appear to be.”

Ifs Knows May Persons Said Ends Earth Jesus Water Our Lives Effects Source Blessing Flow Rivers Encouragement Visible Reaching Fullness

Author:Oswald Chambers

“Life is too short to live that way. Learn to travel light. Every morning when you first get up, forgive the people that did you wrong the day before. Forgive your spouse for what they said. At the start of the day, let go of the disappointments, the set backs from yesterday. Start every morning fresh and new. God did not create you to carry around all that baggage. Let it go and move forward in the life of blessing He has in store for you!”

“Our sages of blessed memory have said that we must not enjoy any pleasure in this world without reciting a blessing.”

World Said Enjoy Memories Pleasure This World Blessing Blessed Sage Reciting

Author:Shmuel Yosef Agnon