Best earth & heaven Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings Page 5

Source: Dramatic Works: Caius Gracchus. Virginius. William Tell. Alfred the Great; or, The patriot king. The hunchback. The wife; a tale of Mantua. The beggar of Bethnal Green. The daughter

“Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.”

Two Earth Political Heaven Sun Masters Brooks Two Masters

Author:Alexander the Great

“The heavens and the earth, the woods and the wayside, teem with instruction and knowledge to the curious and thoughtful.”

Earth Heaven Woods Curious Thoughtful Instruction

Author:Hosea Ballou

“The God of metaphysics is but an idea. But the God of religion, the Maker of heaven and earth, the sovereign Judge of actions and thoughts, is a power.”

Ideas God Action Earth Heaven Judging Makers Metaphysics Sovereign Heaven And Earth

Book:Some of the

Source: Some of the

“Since, by your greatness, you Are nearer heaven in place; be nearer it In goodness: rich men should transcend the poor, As clouds the earth; rais'd by the comfort of The sun, to water dry and barren grounds.”

Men Should Earth Heaven Water Poor Sun Rich Greatness Comfort Goodness Clouds Dry Barren Rich Man

Author:Cyril Tourneur

“Oh! welcome to the wearied Earth The Sabbath resting comes, Gathering the sons of toil and care Back to their peaceful homes; And, like a portal to the skies, Opens the House of God, Where all who seek may come and learn The way the Saviour trod. But holier to the wanderer seems The Sabbath on the deep, When on, and on, in ceaseless course, The toiling bark must keep, And not a trace of man appears Amid the wilderness Of waters--then it comes like dove Direct from heaven to bless.”

“Spring had come. Despite the many wet and gusty days which April had thrust in rude challenge upon reluctant May, in the glory of the triumphant sun which flooded the concave blue of heaven and the myriad shaded green of earth, the whole world knew to-day, the whole world proclaimed that spring had come. The yearly miracle had been performed.”

World May Book Whole Earth Heaven Challenges Sun Spring Glory Miracle Blue Green Whole World Despite Wet Rude April Thrust Reluctant Triumphant

Book:The Major

Source: The Major

“The Lord who gave us Earth and Heaven Takes that as thanks for all He's given. The book he lent is given back All blotted red and smutted black.”

Book God Earth Given Heaven Black Lord Red Thanks

Book:The Collected Poems

Source: The Collected Poems

“Heaven alone, not earth, is destined to witness the repose of faith.”

Earth Faith Heaven Witness Destined Repose

Author:Moses Harvey

“If there is one pleasure on earth which surpasses all others, it is leaving a play before the end. I might perhaps except the joy of taking tickets for a play, dining well, sitting on after dinner, and finally not going at all. That, of course, is very heaven.”

Ifs Wells Ends Play Might Earth Joy Courses Heaven Pleasure Sitting Theater Leaving Dinner Tickets Dining

Book:High Rising: A Virago Modern Classic

Source: High Rising: A Virago Modern Classic

“She had for so many years been trying to be like other people, that she was now like nothing in heaven or earth.”

People Trying Years Earth Heaven Conformity

Author:Mary Webb

“Gentle feelings produce profoundly beneficial effects upon stern natures. It is the spring rain which melts the ice-covering of the earth, and causes it to open to the beams of heaven.”

Feelings Earth Heaven Causes Kindness Effects Produce Spring Rain Ice Gentle Beneficial Covering Beam Spring Rain

Book:Hertha

Source: Hertha

“There is lasting kindness in Heaven when no kindness is found upon earth.”

Earth Found Heaven Kindness Lasting

Book:The Tragedies & Tragic Comedies

Source: The Tragedies & Tragic Comedies

“Free, free! what a glorious ring to the word. Free! the bitter heart-struggle was over. Free! the soul could go out to heaven and to God with no chains to clog its flight or pull it down. Free! the earth wore a brighter look, and the very stars seemed to sing with joy. Yes, free! free by the laws of man and the smile of God-and Heaven bless them who made me so!”

Men Looks Heart Made Soul Earth Law Joy Heaven Stars Struggle Rings Flight Bitter Chains Glorious Bless Brighter

Book:Behind the Scenes: Or, Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House

Source: Behind the Scenes: Or, Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House

“We may learn by practice such things upon earth as shall be of use to us in heaven. Piety, unostentatious piety, is never out of place.”

May Use Earth Heaven Practice Piety

Author:Edwin Hubbel Chapin

“On this earth there are many roads to heaven; and each traveller supposes his own to be the best. But they must all unite in one road at the last. It is only Omniscience that can decide. And it will then be found that no sect is excluded because of its faith.”

Earth Lasts Religion Found Heaven Being The Best Traveller Sects Excluded Omniscience

Book:Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book: A Guide and Manual for Ladies as Regards Their Conversation; Manners; Dress; with Full Instructions and Advice in Letter Writing [!]; Receiving Presents; Incorrect Words

Source: Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book: A Guide and Manual for Ladies as Regards Their Conversation; Manners; Dress; with Full Instructions and Advice in Letter Writing [!]; Receiving Presents; Incorrect Words

“Blessed be those souls who are glad! They are a salve for sorrow and fatigue. A sun in days of darkness, a joy in sorrow, a ray of heaven shining through the uncertainness of earth.”

Soul Earth Joy Heaven Darkness Sun Sorrow Blessed Shining Glad Rays Fatigue Cheerfulness Shining Through

Book:Yesterdays in a Busy Life

Source: Yesterdays in a Busy Life

“Birth is a bittersweet event ... a place where heaven and earth collide in a perplexing clash of hopes, dreams, facts, fears, questions, and expectations.”

Facts Dream Earth Heaven Events Birth Expectations Clash Childbirth Heaven And Earth Bittersweet Collide Hopes Dreams

Author:Debra Evans

“Twas in heaven pronounced - it was muttered in hell, / And echo caught faintly the sound as it fell; / On the confines of earth 'twas permitted to rest, / And the depth of the ocean its presence confessed. / Yet in shade let it rest, like a delicate flower, / Ah, breathe on it softly, it dies in an hour.”