quotations about blessings
Receiving a blessing is like the first step in getting into the kingdom of heaven. This lets you know that God has already acknowledged the work done as one of his servants.
CATRICE JONES
How to Get a Blessing from God
And when you are desirous to be bless'd,
I'll blessing beg of you.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Hamlet
Blessed are the valiant that have lived in the Lord.
THOMAS CARLYLE
Cromwell's Letters and Speeches
Blessings are not valued till they are gone.
THOMAS FULLER
Gnomologia
Like a led Victim, to my Death I'll go,
And, dying, bless the Hand that gave the Blow.
JOHN DRYDEN
The Spanish Friar
Nothing is blessed in every respect.
HORACE
Odes
A pack of blessings lights upon thy back.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Romeo and Juliet
Bless me in this life with but peace of my conscience, command of my affections, the love of Thyself and my dearest friends, and I shall be happy enough to pity Caesar.
THOMAS BROWNE
Religio Medici
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
JESUS
Matthew 23:39
A double blessing is a double grace.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Hamlet
Come what may, I have been blessed.
LORD BYRON
The Giaour
My blessings have banished fear.
OVID
Metamorphoses
The ripples of the kind heart are the highest blessings of the Universe.
AMIT RAY
Yoga and Vipassana
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 dispersed lie,
Contract into a span.'
GEORGE HERBERT
The Pulley
Oh lord, I've come to receive my blessing
Patiently awaiting for the harvest is nigh
JOHN P. KEE
"Harvest"
Focus on your blessings, not your misfortunes.
ROY T. BENNETT
The Light in the Heart
In order to complete our amazing life journey successfully, it is vital that we turn each and every dark tear into a pearl of wisdom, and find the blessing in every curse.
ANTHON ST. MAARTEN
Divine Living
Blessings are like building blocks. They do not stand alone, but instead build upon one another. Often it is the smaller blessings, that we do not recognize, that are the true foundation for the greater blessings to come.
SHAWN MURPHY
A Bold Faith Study Guide
Blessedness is not the reward of virtue, but virtue itself.
BARUCH SPINOZA
Ethics