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Blessing is the soveraign act of God, and the power of benediction like the power of God.

Quote by John Pearson about god, power

By the God of thy Father who shall help thee, and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts and of the womb

Quote by John Pearson about god, help

Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New.

Quote by Francis Bacon about prosperity, old, olderness

A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and love for his blessings here on earth is ever so alive.

Quote by Pearl Bailey about ambition, man, earth, love

A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most recent blessings or misfortunes.

Quote by Joseph Addison about politics, influence, day

A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.

Quote by Joseph Addison about mind, world, man

Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.

Quote by Joseph Addison about patience, real estate

It's a blessing and a curse. But it's not always the best situation to be in. As a profession, I don't recommend acting at all.

Quote by Armand Assante about work

He had a face like a blessing.

Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about face

Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes of which all men have some.

Quote by Charles Dickens about present, man, past

The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about recollection, olderness, age, old

Freedom from care and anxiety of mind is a blessing, which I apprehend such people enjoy in higher perfection than most others, and is of the utmost consequence.

Quote by William Falconer about consequences, perfection, mind, people

A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.

Quote by Alexander Hamilton about nation

Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best stage, is but a necessary evil, in its worst state an intolerable one.

Quote by Thomas Paine about society, state

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.

Quote by Thomas Paine about liberty, man

But we know that the very God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time, and sometimes we're called upon to defend both life and liberty God's blessings to Americans, and indeed, to all of His creation.

Quote by Sonny Perdue about god, liberty, americans, creation, life, time

Death is really a great blessing for humanity, without it there could be no real progress. People who lived for ever would not only hamper and discourage the young, but they would themselves lack sufficient stimulus to be creative.

Quote by Alfred Adler about death, progress, humanity, real estate, people

How blessed are some people, whose lives have no fears, no dreads; to whom sleep is a blessing that comes nightly, and brings nothing but sweet dreams.

Quote by Bram Stoker about opinion, sleep, dream, nothing, people

All my ambition is, I own, to profit and to please unknown; like streams supplied from springs below, which scatter blessings as they go.

Quote by Charles Cotton about opinion, ambition

Kitchen wisdom: Count your blessings, but count your calories too.

Quote by Mark Amend about aphorisms, kitchen, wisdom, thinking