Bless Quotes

• God bless us, every one!

  Charles Dickens

  Blessing, God Bless

  A Christmas Carol stave 3 (1843)

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• If I choose to bless another person, I will always end up feeling more blessed.

  Marianne Williamson

  Love, Forgiveness, Peace

  Marianne Williamson (1992). “A return to love: reflections on the principles of "A course in miracles"”

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• God doesn't bless us just to make us happy; He blesses us to make us a blessing.

  Warren W. Wiersbe

  Happy, God, Religious

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• God sometimes does try to the uttermost those whom he wishes to bless.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Adversity, Best Wishes, Trying

  Mahatma Gandhi (1965). “Glorious Thoughts of Gandhi: Being a Treasury of about Ten Thousand Valuable and Inspiring Thougths of Mahatma Gandhi, Classified Under Four Hundred Subjects”

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• The most eloquent prayer is the prayer through hands that heal and bless.

  Billy Graham

  Prayer, Hands, Heal

  Billy Graham (1966). “The Quotable Billy Graham”

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• Ultima came to stay with us the summer I was almost seven. When she came the beauty of the llano unfolded before my eyes, and the gurgling waters of the river sang to the hum of the turning earth. The magical time of childhood stood still, and the pulse of the living earth pressed its mystery into my living blood.

  Rudolfo Anaya

  Summer, Eye, Blood

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• Until we meet again, may God bless you as he has blessed me.

  Elvis Presley

  Blessed, Singing Career, May

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• I bless God for this retirement: I never was more thankful for any thing than I have been of late for the necessity I am under of self-denial in many respects.

  David Brainerd

  Retirement, Self, Denial

  David Brainerd (1824). “The Life of the Rev. David Brainerd, Missionary to the Indians, from the Society in Scotland, for Propagating Christian Knowledge: Who Died at Northampton, in New-England, October 9, 1747, in the 30th Year of His Age”, p.304

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• During the presidential primaries of 1940, I received a request from the Democratic National Committee to sing God Bless America before the speeches.

  Kate Smith

  America, Presidential, Speech

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• President Bush has shown great leadership. He has said that the 21st century will not be ruled or dictated by terrorists, dictators, and murderers. He is absolutely right. God bless him for his resolve.

  Lindsey Graham

  Leadership, President, Dictator

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• God bless the Union; - it is dearer to us for the blood of brave men which has been shed in its defence.

  Edward Everett

  Men, Blood, Bravery

  Edward Everett (1868). “Orations and Speeches on Various Occasions”, p.658

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• God bless Ray Charles. It was such an honor to meet him and sing with him and actually just to watch him sing from just two feet away.

  Norah Jones

  Two, Feet, Honor

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• But God really did bless me, you know? He really said, All right. Come on. I'm still waiting for you. Get over here. Get over here.

  Liza Minnelli

  Waiting, Said, Get Over

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• I suppose I have had more advantages and privileges than most of you, who are slaves have ever known, and I believe more than many white people have enjoyed, for which I desire to bless God, and pray that he may bless those who have given them to me.

  Jupiter Hammon

  Believe, White, People

  Jupiter Hammon, Stanley Austin Ransom (1983). “America's first Negro poet: the complete works of Jupiter Hammon of Long Island”, Associated Faculty Pr Inc

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

  Charles Dickens

  Inspirational, Happiness, Thanksgiving

  Charles Dickens (1839). “Sketches by Boz”, p.172

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• I realize we're not promised tomorrow. Believe me, I realize that. But if God blesses me and lets me stay, I love my life so much, it is such a good life. I am eager to throw myself at His feet, but I don't want to get on the first busload that is going.

  Barbara Mandrell

  Good Life, Believe, Feet

  "Barbara Mandrell: Sweetness Through Suffering". Interview with Scott Ross, www.cbn.com.

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• I contend the state ought to do its thing and provide legal rights for all couples who want to be joined together for life. The church should bless unions that it sees fit to bless, and they should be called marriages.

  Tony Campolo

  Couple, Rights, Church

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• That's what they do in Europe. You go down to the city hall and you become legally connected. You have a civil union there. Then, if you're religious, you go down to the church, and the church blesses the union. That gets the problem solved.

  Tony Campolo

  Religious, Europe, Cities

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• God bless America, God Save the Queen, God defend New Zealand and thank Christ for Australia.

  Russell Crowe

  Queens, Australia Day, America

  "Kiwis find something to crow about". www.telegraph.co.uk. March 28, 2001.

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• What money is better bestowed than that of a schoolboy's tip? How the kindness is recalled by the recipient in after days! It blesses him that gives and him that takes.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Kindness, Giving, Kind

  William Makepeace Thackeray (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of William Makepeace Thackeray (Illustrated)”, p.2821, Delphi Classics

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• If you want God to bless your relationship, honor God through your relationship.

  Miles McPherson

  Honor, Want, Our Relationship

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• Now look, you built a factory and it turned into something terrific or a great idea, God Bless, keep a big hunk of it. But part of the underlying social contract is you take a hunk of that and paid forward for the next kid who comes along.

  Elizabeth Warren

  Kids, Ideas, Looks

  Elizabeth Warren (2014). “A Fighting Chance”, p.215, Metropolitan Books

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• The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.

  Eric Hoffer

  Thank You, Thankful, Gratitude

  "Reflections on the Human Condition" by Eric Hoffer, (Section 172), 1973.

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• The Lord will bless us with more baptisms if you make sure the ones you have are going to keep their commitments. The Lord will not prepare more people for baptism if we are not converting the ones we have.

  Richard G. Scott

  Commitment, Baptized In, People

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• The story about me, apocryphal or not, is that I could sing before I spoke. My parents went into bedroom one day and there I was standing in the crib singing God Bless America.

  Linda Lavin

  America, Parent, Singing

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