Quotes on Blessing

It is a very mixed blessing to be brought back from the dead.

He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest.

Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent.

God's arrows of affliction are sharp and painful so He can get our attention. He won't let His beloved children get away with sin because He knows it robs us of blessings, opportunities, and even character refinement.

Life has no blessing like a prudent friend.

Each of us has much for which to be grateful if we will but pause and contemplate our blessings.

One of my most precious possessions is my memory of a home in which love was supreme, in which I cannot recall ever a cross word having passed between father and mother. We all owe such a blessing to our children.

Blessing is the projection of good into the life of another.

Small is how blessings, healing, progress and increase occur.

You know, people come to therapy really for a blessing. Not so much to fix what's broken, but to get what's broken blessed.

In prosperity God is heard, and that is a blessing; but in adversity God is seen, and that is a greater blessing.

Some people have a thick skin and you don’t. Your heart is really open and that is going to cause pain, but that is an appropriate response to this world. The cost is high, but the blessing of being compassionate is beyond your wildest dreams.

If we give God things in hope that they'll earn us blessings, we're really not doing anything for him. It's for ourselves.

Today, we're taking a break from the concerns and the bustle of the work-a-day world. But we're also making a new beginning. As we gather around our dining room tables for the midday meal, let us thank God for life and the blessings He's put before us. High among them are our families, our freedom, and the opportunities of a new year.

Sickness sometimes is a great blessing. People become angels through sickness.

Too many people write their blessings in the sand but engrave their sorrows in marble

You have need to pray to God, not only to help you in your troubles--but to help you in your blessings

Returning from the wilderness a man becomes a restorer of order, a preserver. He sees the truth, recognizes his true heir, honors his forbears and his heritage, and gives his blessing to his successors. He embodies the passing of human time, living and dying within the human limits of grief and joy.

The habit of quietly absorbing the shocks will be quite a great help to stabilize pure awareness. _x000D_ The technique is: Just feel not disturbed. _x000D_ The disturbing influence could be a blessing of Mother Nature to develop the habit to make _x000D_ best use out of every situation. _x000D_ Every situation is God Sent. With this supreme wisdom of life any situation can be used _x000D_ to our advantage and regarded as a blessing of Mother Nature.

To find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.