“God is the author, men are only the players. These grand pieces which are played upon earth have been composed in heaven.” MenWorldHas BeensEarthHeavenPiecesPlayer Author:Honore de Balzac
“Hair is the most delicate and lasting of our materials, and survives us, like love. It is so light, so gentle; so escaping from the idea of death, that, with a lock of hair belonging to a child or friend, we may almost look up to heaven and compare notes with the angelic nature,--may almost say, "I have a piece of thee here not unworthy of thy being now.” LooksMayChildrenIdeasLightHeavenPiecesMaterialsHairNotesTheeCompareGentleLook UpLastingBelongingDelicateLocksUnworthyEscapingLike LoveAngelic Book:Men, Women, and Books: A Selection of Sketches, Essays, and Critical Memoirs from His Uncollected Prose Writings Source: Men, Women, and Books: A Selection of Sketches, Essays, and Critical Memoirs from His Uncollected Prose Writings
“In going directly to Investment Heaven, you build your portfolio as you would build a wonderful company through a merger and acquisition program. You specify the way you want your portfolio to look, and then you assemble the profile piece by piece by bringing together companies that make their own individual contributions to the desired character.” WayWantLooksCharacterTogetherIndividualHeavenCompanyPiecesWonderfulProgramInvestmentContributionAcquisitionProfilePortfoliosMergersMergers And Acquisitions Author:Robert Haugen
“I think I've been a good boy long enough and given everyone around me a fair piece of the pie as far as all of the fleeting glory and reward that comes from the heavens - or the music press, whatever you want to call it.” ThinkingWantLongEnoughGivenHeavenBoysPiecesGloryFairsPressesRewardsPieFleetingGood Boy Author:Jack White
“Every time you prefer the pleasures of this world to the joys of heaven, you spit in the face of Christ; every time when to gain in your business, you do an unrighteous thing, you are like Judas selling Him for thirty pieces of silver; every time you make a false profession of religion, you give Him a traitor's kiss; every word you have spoken against Him, every hard thought you have had of Him, has helped to complete your complicity with the great crowd which gathered around the Cross of Calvary, to mock and jeer the Lord of life and glory.” WorldGivingHardFacesJoyHeavenChristPleasureLordPiecesThis WorldKissingGloryGainsCrossesCrowdsProfessionSellingThirtySilverSpitTraitorMockComplicityJudasCalvary Author:Charles Spurgeon
“You will not get to steal quietly into heaven, into Christ's company, without a conflict and a cross. I find crosses to be Christ's carved work that he marks out for us and that with crosses he portraits us to his own image, cutting away pieces of our ill and corruption. Lord cut - Lord carve - Lord wound - Lord do anything that may perfect thy Father's image in us and make us ready for glory.” MaySufferingFatherHeavenChristPerfectCompanyLordPiecesCuttingReadyConflictGloryCrossesMarkIllCorruptionWoundsStealingPortraitsAffliction Author:Samuel Rutherford