Blessed Quotes — Page 37

Novelist

“O how blessed it would be never to marry, or grow old; but to spend one's life innocently and indifferently among the trees and rivers which alone can keep one cool and childlike in the midst of the troubles of the world!”

Blessed Rivers Childhood

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Thomas Adams

Author, Historian

“Blessed be God, I not only begin praying when I kneel down, but I do not leave off praying when I rise up.”

Prayer Blessed Praying

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Thomas Carlyle

Essayist, Historian, Novelist

“Blessed be the God's voice; for it is true, and falsehoods have to cease before it!”

Voice Truth

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Seneca the Younger

Philosopher, Statesman

“Home joys are blessed of heaven.”

Home Joy

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Thomas Aquinas

Philosopher, Theologian

“Here 'neath veils, my Saviour darkly I behold; To my thirsting spirit all thy light unfold; Face to face in heaven let me come to thee, And the blessed vision of thy glory see.”

Light Heaven Blessed

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Thomas Aquinas

Philosopher, Theologian

“Even as in the blessed in heaven there will be most perfect charity, so in the damned there will be the most perfect hate. Wherefore as the saints will rejoice in all goods, so will the damned grieve for all goods. Consequently the sight of the happiness of the saints will give them very great pain.”

Hate Pain Blessed

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Thomas Carlyle

Essayist, Historian, Novelist

“It is great, and there is no other greatness-to make one nook of God's Creation more fruitful, better, more worthy of God; to make some human heart a little wiser, manlier, happier-more blessed.”

Heart Blessed Greatness

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Thomas Carlyle

Essayist, Historian, Novelist

“Wealth of a man is the number of things which he loves and blesses which he is loved and blessed by.”

Men Numbers Blessed

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Thomas Huxley

Biologist, Anthropologist

“Whatever evil voices may rage, Science, secure among the powers that are eternal, will do her work and be blessed.”

Science Voice Blessed

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Thomas Jefferson

Politician, Founding Father

“I duly acknowledge that I have gone through a long life, with fewer circumstances of affliction than are the lot of most men. Uninterrupted health, a competence for every reasonable want, usefulness to my fellow-citizens, a good portion of their esteem, no complaint against the world which has sufficiently honored me, and above all, a family which has blessed me by their affections, and never by their conduct given me a moment's pain.”

Pain Blessed Health

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Tom Hanks

Actor, Producer

“The most accurate representation of how I feel is that I'm incredibly lucky to be working in this structure where people get paid millions to read the news on TV. And, yes, it is insane. And there is nothing I can say beyond acknowledging my immense good fortune, and being aware that I'm blessed, and aware that it isn't going to last forever.”

People Forever Blessed

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Tracy Morgan

Comedian, Actor

“I grew up in the projects in Brooklyn, and I consider myself lucky and blessed to be where I am - just working.”

Blessed Lucky Brooklyn

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