BLESSING

Related Subjects: Benefits, Prayer

1. 'Tis not for mortals always to be blest.—JOHN ARMSTRONG, Art of Preserving Health
   

2. Blessings star forth forever; but a curse
   Is like a cloud—it passes.—PHILIP J. BAILEY, Festus
   

3. I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.—Bible, Genesis 32:26
   

4. The Lord bless thee, and keep thee: The Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.—Bible, Numbers 6:24, 25, 26
   

5. Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.—Bible, Deuteronomy 28:5
   

6. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all.—Bible, 2 Corinthians 13:14
   

7. 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.—SIR THOMAS BROWNE, Religio Medici
   

8. Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness.—CARLYLE, Past and Present
   

9. Blessed are the valiant that have lived in the Lord.—CARLYLE, Cromwell's Letters and Speeches
   

10. A spring of love gush'd from my heart,
    And I bless'd them unaware.—COLERIDGE, The Ancient Mariner

11. For blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds,
    And though a late, a sure reward succeeds.—CONGREVE, The Mourning Bride
    

12. "God bless us every one!" said Tiny Tim.—DICKENS, A Christmas Carol
    

13. To heal divisions, to relieve the oppress'd,
    In virtue rich; in blessing others, bless'd.—HOMER, Odyssey
    

14. From people who merely pray we must become people who bless.—NIETZSCHE, Thus Spake Zarathustra
    

15. The blest today is as completely so,
    As who began a thousand years ago.—POPE, Essay on Man
    

16. Good health and good sense are two of life's greatest blessings.—PUBLILIUS SYRUS, Sententiae
    

17. God bless us every one, prayed Tiny Tim
    Crippled and dwarfed of body yet so tall
    Of soul, we tiptoe earth to look on him,
    High towering over all.—JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY, God Bless Us Every One
    

18. The dews of heaven fall thick in blessings on her!—SHAKESPEARE, Henry VIII
    

19. I had most need of blessing, and "Amen"
    Stuck in my throat.—SHAKESPEARE, Macbeth
    

20. Bless thee, Bottom! bless thee! thou art translated.—SHAKESPEARE, A Midsummer-Night's Dream

21. Blessedness is not the reward of virtue but virtue itself.—SPINOZA
    

22. The three blessings for which I am most grateful to Fortune are: first, that I was born a human being and not one of the brutes; second, that I was born a man and not a woman; third, that I was born a Greek and not a barbarian.—THALES, Diogenes Laertius
    

23. Amid my list of blessings infinite,
    Stands this the foremost,
    "That my heart has bled."—EDWARD YOUNG, Night Thoughts