Quotes About Blessings

Don't spoil Christmas Day by anticipating how it will be. Let is unfold as it does, and be grateful for whatever comes.

The only thing God didn't do to Job was give him a computer.

I don't see why religion and science can't cooperate. What's wrong with using a computer to count our blessings?

We must pray to God everyday to show we don't forget that all gifts come from Him. But if some wishes remain unfulfilled we must show our confidence in Him, for He knows best.

Stupidity is letting your pride rob you of God's blessings.

The power of positive thoughts is the key to receiving wonders and miraculous blessings.

I'm grateful to God for His bountiful gifts... He gave me courage and faith in myself.

Never undertake anything for which you wouldn't have the courage to ask the blessings of heaven.

Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds you so much dread Are big with mercy and shall break, With blessings on your head

Bravery and faith bring both material and spiritual rewards.

My dad lived till he was 78, my mum was in her 80s, and I've got two uncles who are in their 90s now.

I was lucky enough to watch my son hit a grand slam at sports camp, and that was great. Yes, I may miss some things, but honestly, I think I get to see more than a dad who works a daily 9 to 5.

In a sense, Job must replay the original test of the garden of Eden, with the bar raised higher. Living in paradise, Adam and Eve faced a best-case scenario for trusting God, who asked so little of them and showered down blessings. In a living hell, Job faces the worst-case scenario: God asks so much, while curses rain down on him.

virtue does not spring from riches, but riches and all other human blessings, both private and public, from virtue.

To fear death, gentlemen, is no other than to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know. No one knows whether death may not be the greatest of all blessings for a man, yet men fear it as if they knew [b] that it is the greatest of evils.

No one knows whether death may not be the greatest of all blessings for a man, yet men fear it as if they knew that it is the greatest of evils. And surely it is the most blameworthy ignorance to believe that one knows what one does not know.

To fear death, gentlemen, is no other than to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know. No one knows whether death may not be the greatest of all blessings for a man, yet men fear it as if they knew that it is the greatest of evils.

Poderoso Júpiter, dadnos bienes; ya te los pidamos o no, y aleja de nosotros los males, aun cuando te los pidamos.»

How does a person receive rain? Not by prying it loose from the sky but just by watching it fall, by standing in the downpour, by thanking Him for opening up the floodgates and sending what He knows we need and can't get for ourselves, yet what He so faithfully, regularly, and graciously gives.

O fortunatos nimium sua si bona norint, agricolas

The author wishes to thank: Good fortune, Godiva chocolates, and Slim-Fast

Not immediately able to proceed, I stood there, inexpressibly grateful that my life, for all its terrors, is so filled with moments of grace.

My parents didn't raise me to ask God for blessings or benefits. For guidance, yes. For the strength to do the right thing, yes. Not for a winning lottery number, not for love or health, or happiness. Prayer is not a gimme list; God isn't Santa Claus.

Every day he gave thanks for his legs, and proved his gratitude by using them.