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…we’re all beautiful golden sunflowers inside, we’re all blessed by our own seed & golden hairy naked accomplishment (Sunflower Sutra)
Allen Ginsberg
'...we're all gleaming embers of potentiality, blessed by our own inherent gifts and luminous success (Ember Sutra).'
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Go forth in peace, for you have followed the good road. Go forth without fear, for he who created you has made you holy, has always protected you, and loves you as a mother. Blessed be you, my God, for having created me.
Clare of Assisi
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It is impossible to be saved without the help of the Most Blessed Virgin, because those who are not saved by the justice of God are saved by the intercession of Mary.
Saint John Chrysostom
It is impossible to be rescued without the aid of the Blessed Virgin Mary, because those who are not redeemed by God's righteousness are brought to safety through Mary's mediation.
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Jesus Himself has already paid the price for your sins, so stop condemning yourself! Today, when you look into the mirror, what do you see? Do you see yourself trapped in all your failings, mistakes, and sins? Or do you see what God sees? My dear friend, when God sees you today, He sees Jesus. Use your eyes of faith and believe that as Jesus is, so are you. In God’s eyes, you are righteous, you are favored, you are blessed, and you are healed. You are freed from all sin, all pangs of guilt, all forms of condemnation, and every bondage of addiction!
Joseph Prince
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If I had a choice, I would still choose to remain blind...for when I die, the first face I will ever see will be the face of my blessed Saviour.
Fanny Crosby
If I had a decision, I would still opt to stay sightless...for when I pass away, the first visage I will ever behold will be the countenance of my blessed Redeemer.
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Blessed, blessed is that Sikh of the Guru, who goes and falls at the Feet of the True Guru. Blessed, blessed is that Sikh of the Guru, who with his mouth, utters the Name of the Lord.
Guru Gobind Singh
Fortunate, fortunate is that Sikh of the Guru, who hastens to bow before the True Guru. Fortunate, fortunate is that Sikh of the Guru, who constantly recites the Lord's Name with his lips.
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It seemed intended by the blessed providence of God that I should be blind all my life, and I thank him for the dispensation. If perfect earthly sight were offered me tomorrow I would not accept it. I might not have sung hymns to the praise of God if I had been distracted by the beautiful and interesting things about me.
Fanny Crosby
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Lord, I am no longer my own, but Yours. Put me to what You will, rank me with whom You will. Let be employed by You or laid aside for You, exalted for You or brought low by You. Let me have all things, let me have nothing, I freely and heartily yield all things to Your pleasure and disposal. And now, O glorious and blessed God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, You are mine and I am Yours. So be it. Amen.
John Wesley
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Until we have a passionate love for our Lord in the Most Blessed Sacrament we shall accomplish nothing.
Saint Peter
Until we have an ardent affection for our Creator in the Most Blessed Sacrament, we shall not achieve anything.
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It is my right to be rich, happy, and successful.
Money flows to me freely, copiously, and endlessly.
I am forever conscious of my true worth. I give of my talents freely, and I am wonderfully blessed financially. It is wonderful!
Joseph Murphy
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Let’s face it: There are people who won’t be happy when you get too blessed. There are people who feel threatened by your success. There are people who, out of envy, will just not like you anymore.
Bo Sanchez
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O blessed poverty, who bestows eternal riches on those who love and embrace her!
Clare of Assisi
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For some reason, the most vocal Christians among us never mention the Beatitudes (Matthew 5). But, often with tears in their eyes, they demand that the Ten Commandments be posted in public buildings. And of course, that's Moses, not Jesus. I haven't heard one of them demand that the Sermon on the Mount, the Beatitudes, be posted anywhere. "Blessed are the merciful" in a courtroom? "Blessed are the peacemakers" in the Pentagon? Give me a break!
Kurt Vonnegut
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Blessed are those who, in the face of death, think only about the front sight.
Jeff Cooper
Fortunate are they who, in the face of mortality, focus solely on what lies ahead.
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Contentment, then, is the product of a heart resting in God. It is the soul’s enjoyment of that peace that passes all understanding. It is the outcome of my will being brought into subjection to the Divine will. It is the blessed assurance that God does all things well, and is, even now, making all things work together for my ultimate good.
Arthur W. Pink
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When God moves, everybody will be blessed. If something is of the flesh, everybody will have a sick feeling. And if something is of the devil, it seems like the hair will stand up on your neck. That's a simple way everyone can judge, whether they've got any spiritual discernment or not.
Kenneth E. Hagin
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Blessed are those who believe when there is no evidence of an answer to prayer.
David Wilkerson
Fortunate are those who trust even when there is no proof of a response to petition.
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God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for him, but I can’t be everywhere.
Willie Nelson
God has bestowed you with plenty, so bow your head and express your gratitude. Don't neglect those in need or else God will severely reprimand you. I would be delighted to do that for him, but I am not omnipresent.
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Humility is like a pair of scales: the lower one side falls, the higher rises the other. Let us humble ourselves like the Blessed Virgin and we shall be exalted.
John Vianney
'Humility is analogous to a balance: the more we lower ourselves, the greater our elevation. Let us emulate the Blessed Virgin and be elevated in kind.'
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If you invoke the Blessed Virgin when you are tempted, she will come at once to your help, and Satan will leave you.
John Vianney
If you appeal to the Blessed Virgin when tempted, she will promptly attend to your aid and Satan will abandon you.
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I'm blessed and I thank God for every day for everything that happens for me.
Lil Wayne
I am fortunate and I express my gratitude to the divine for every single occurrence in my life.
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Here is the great secret of success. Work with all your might; but trust not in the least in your work. Pray with all your might for the blessing of God; but work, at the same time, with all diligence, with all patience, with all perseverance. Pray then, and work. Work and pray. And still again pray, and then work. And so on all the days of your life. The result will surely be, abundant blessing. Whether you see much fruit or little fruit, such kind of service will be blessed.
George Muller
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For 86 years I have served Jesus Christ and he has never abandoned me. How could I curse my blessed king and savior?
Polycarp
'For 86 years I have been devoted to Jesus Christ and he has never failed me. How could I possibly renounce my benevolent king and savior?'
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My sweetest Joy is to be in the presence of Jesus in the holy Sacrament. I beg that when obliged to withdraw in body, I may leave my heart before the holy Sacrament. How I would miss Our Lord if He were to be away from me by His presence in the Blessed Sacrament!
Katharine Drexel
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Let my name die everywhere, let even my friends forget me, if by that means the cause of the blessed Jesus may be promoted
George Whitefield
Let my identity be obliterated, let even my acquaintances forget me, if that leads to the advancement of the holy Jesus.
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Blessed is he who has learned to admire but not envy, to follow but not imitate, to praise but not flatter, and to lead but not manipulate.
William Arthur Ward
Fortunate is he who has acquired the capacity to appreciate without coveting, to observe without copying, to acclaim without sycophancy, and to guide without controlling.
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Blessed are the single-hearted, for they shall enjoy much peace. If you refuse to be hurried and pressed, if you stay your soul on God, nothing can keep you from that clearness of spirit which is life and peace. In that stillness you will know what His will is.
Amy Carmichael
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In the new covenant, God doesn't want us to be blessed when we obey the law and cursed when we fail. Doesn't such a system sound awfully similar to the old covenant? Grace is the undeserved, unmerited and unearned favor of God - the moment you try to merit the free favors of God, His grace is nullified.
Joseph Prince
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Start calling yourself healed, happy, whole, blessed, and prosperous. Stop talking to God about how big your mountains are, and start talking to your mountains about how big your God is!
Joel Osteen
Commence addressing yourself as restored, joyous, integral, favored and affluent. Cease conversing with the Lord about how gigantic your challenges are, and begin chatting to your difficulties regarding how powerful your Deity is!
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To keep me from sin and straying from Him, God has used devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. My life vows destined to be spent in the light irradiating from the tabernacle, and it is to the Heart of Jesus that I dare go for the solution of all my problems
Pope John XXIII
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I don't know exactly what a prayer is. I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass, how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields, which is what I have been doing all day. Tell me, what else should I have done? Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon? Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?
Mary Oliver
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Be someone who listens, and you will be heard. Be someone who cares, and you will be loved. Be someone who gives, and you will be blessed. Be someone who comforts, and you will know peace.
Ralph Marston
Be someone who hears, and you will be attended to. Be someone who empathizes, and you will be cherished. Be someone who donates, and you will find contentment. Be someone who consoles, and you will experience serenity.
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Say the Holy Rosary. Blessed be that monotony of Hail Mary's which purifies the monotony of your sins!
Josemaria Escriva
'Recite the Sacred Chaplet. Praised be that recitation of Hail Marys which cleanses the repetition of your transgressions!'
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Think of it. We are blessed with technology that would be indescribable to our forefathers. We have the wherewithal, the know-it-all to feed everybody, clothe everybody, and give every human on Earth a chance. We know now what we could never have known before - that we now have the option for all humanity to make it successfully on this planet in this lifetime. Whether it is to be Utopia or Oblivion will be a touch-and-go relay race right up to the final moment.
R. Buckminster Fuller
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Never underestimate your own strength. You were born for a purpose and are blessed with the power to achieve it.
Leon Brown
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Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine! O what a foretaste of glory divine! Heir of salvation, purchase of God. Born of His Spirit, washed in His blood.
Fanny Crosby
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I've always felt, it's a gift of God, whatever I have, whatever has made me do what I do for as long as I do it. But I know I can lose that in one second. A stroke. Whatever. One second. Blow the whole thing. So, when you do think about that, you realize how fortunate and how blessed you've been, and that's really how I feel.
Vin Scully
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May all the gods whom I settled in their sacred centers ask daily of Bêl and Nâbu that my days be long and may they intercede for my welfare. ... The people of Babylon blessed my kingship, and I settled all the lands in peaceful abodes.
Cyrus the Great
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Blessed, blessed is the True Guru, who has given the supreme gift of the Name of the Lord.
Guru Gobind Singh
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I can see you being set free, saved, healed, blessed - in the name of Jesus Christ!
T. B. Joshua
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God changes appearances every second. Blessed is the man who can recognize him in all his disguises. One moment he is a glass of fresh water, the next, your son bouncing on your knees or an enchanting woman, or perhaps merely a morning walk.
Nikos Kazantzakis
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You cannot persist in wanting what you already have. If you assume you are what you desire to be to the point of ecstasy, you no longer want it. Your imaginal act is as much a creative act as a physical one wherein man halts, shrinks and is blessed, for as man creates his own likeness, so does your imaginal act transform itself into the likeness of your assumption. If, however, you do not reach the point of satisfaction, repeat the action over and over again until you feel as though you touched it and virtue went out of you.
Neville Goddard
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When we lose one blessing, another is often most unexpectedly given in its place.
C. S. Lewis
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Blessed the man and woman who is able to serve cheerfully in the second rank - a big test.
Mary Slessor
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Blessed is the person who sees the need, recognizes the responsibility, and actively becomes the answer.
William Arthur Ward
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Christ wishes the Christian Community to be a body that is perfect because we work together towards a single end, and the higher the motive which actuates this collaboration the higher, no doubt, will be the union. Now the end in question is supremely exalted: the continuous sanctification of the Body for the glory of God and the Lamb that was slain [Jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament].
Katharine Drexel
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God expects the ANC to rule this country because we are the only organisation which was blessed by pastors when it was formed. It is even blessed in Heaven. That is why we will rule until Jesus comes back. We should not allow anyone to govern our city [Cape Town] when we are ruling the country.
Jacob Zuma
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Blessed, blessed is their Guru, whose mouth tastes the Ambrosial Fruit of the Lord.
Guru Gobind Singh
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When people say God blessed me with a beautiful jump shot, it really pisses me off. I tell those people, 'Don't undermine the work I've put in every day.' Not some days. Every day.
Ray Allen
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Call it a curse, or just call me blessed, if you can't handle my worst, you ain't getting my best
Nicki Minaj