Blessing Quotes

You want your coach's blessing.

The market economy is deeply congruent with the values set out in the Hebrew Bible. Material prosperity is a divine blessing. Poverty crushes the spirit as well as the body, and its alleviation is a sacred task. Work is a noble calling.

It's sort of the mixed blessing of being on television for so long in one thing; sometimes that backfires, in that you're not able to continue on.

When you fall into a midseason slot, you have the sort of blessing of not being on television while you shoot most of your season.

A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.

When you're kept by a patron you don't have to duke it out in the media marketplace for dollars and for readers. In some ways that's a blessing because it takes a lot of pressure off you.

Friendship's the privilege of private men; for wretched greatness knows no blessing so substantial.

An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.

It's a blessing that South Africa has a man like Nelson Mandela.

It is a very mixed blessing to be brought back from the dead.

But there's a huge blessing that comes from being a part of a show like 'The Cosby Show' that sets such a high standard of quality - it touched so many people on so many different levels.

It is a blessing to die for a cause, because you can so easily die for nothing.

What if the Soviet intervention was a blessing in disguise? It saved the myth that if the Soviets were not to intervene, there would have been some flowering authentic democratic socialism and so on. I'm a little bit more of a pessimist there. I think that the Soviets - it's a very sad lesson - by their intervention, saved the myth.

Everything is a blessing to me.

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.

To be a good draftsman was to me a blessing.

I can multitask like crazy. I'm riddled with ADD - a blessing and a curse.

We have self-centered minds which get us into plenty of trouble. If we do not come to understand the error in the way we think, our self-awareness, which is our greatest blessing, is also our downfall.

If you're retired, it's a blessing. You know, if you want to keep working and doing what you want to do, it's not a blessing as all - it's a curse.

People see you as an object, not as a person, and they project a set of expectations onto you. People who don't have it think beauty is a blessing, but actually it sets you apart.

Inspiration is some mysterious blessing which happens when the wheels are turning smoothly.

It's a blessing to be a part of such great shows that they're so recognizable.

There are two sides to being pregnant. There is the beautiful, wonderful blessing side. The second side - it sucks!

I'm a praying atheist. When I hear an ambulance siren, I ask for a blessing for those people in trouble, knowing that no one's listening. I think it's just a habit of mindfulness.

I'm used to always deciding everything myself. It's a blessing, but also a terrible defect.

He had a face like a blessing.

What I'm looking for is a blessing that's not in disguise.

Liberty will not descend to a people; a people must raise themselves to liberty; it is a blessing that must be earned before it can be enjoyed.

I've always been a religious person, and I try to think that every disappointment might just be a blessing in disguise.

At times, it was an incredible blessing to have all the attention; at times it was a logistical nightmare.

We all seek approval, and our mother's seal is usually the most important. The nitty gritty is that we have to accept ourselves, even if it is just to be ready for the next cut-down. Mom's blessing or not.

Money to me is just the biggest blessing in the world that allows me freedom.

I consider myself more of an international artist than I do a one-territory artist, which I think is a blessing.

The opportunity to go up to Canada and play was just a blessing for me and my family.

We all know that we're going to die, but we don't know when. That's not a blessing, that's a curse.

Putting out a debut album is a bit scary - I want it to be just right, so I took some extra time to finish it. Eminem's increased involvement has been such a blessing; I'm getting guidance from an artist I really admire and trust.

He never admitted anything, even on his deathbed. He was a deluded liar. If it weren't for my father, I don't think I would be so open. So that's a huge blessing.

Working with Anthony Hopkins every day is a blessing.

Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.

I'm not a crybaby.

Do you know what a blessing it is to make movies that make people happy?

What I am looking for is a blessing not in disguise.

In some ways the ACL tear was a blessing. I had hesitated to return to elite gymnastics after the 2008 Olympics. I told myself I had already accomplished so much, and the road was just going to get harder if I continued.

Every burden is a blessing.

An established property can be a blessing and a challenge. On one hand you have all those fans of the original that you can pick up with and continue on with but then you have a lot of people out there who haven't seen the first and might feel like this isn't a movie for them because of that.

To have the recognition of your colleagues is great. The public attention is a mixed blessing.

Creativity is not a trait that we inherit in our genes or a blessing bestowed by the angels. It's a skill.

You never know where a blessing can come from.

God will not permit any troubles to come upon us, unless He has a specific plan by which great blessing can come out of the difficulty.

It is perhaps both a blessing and a curse that fictional worlds spring into my mind nearly fully formed and it takes quite a while to sift through everything to find the story.

I think in every lesson there's a blessing, and there's so many blessings from all the lessons I've had to go through in life.

This is truly a blessing. Breyon Prescott, Peter Edge and Tom Corson believe in me and have introduced me to a home that also believes and knows exactly what to do with the type of music I'm doing.

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

Do you suppose there is any living man so unreasonable that if he found himself stricken with a dangerous ailment he would not anxiously desire to regain the blessing of health?

No blessing lasts forever.

Laughter is God's blessing.

Every day I feel is a blessing from God. And I consider it a new beginning. Yeah, everything is beautiful.

And I think the blessing of heaven is on Bush. It's just the way it is.

When someone picks up one of my songs and records it, I'm a flattered man, it's a blessing to me.

My kids don't drink and don't smoke. For me, that's a great blessing.

Nourish beginnings, let us nourish beginnings. Not all things are blest, but the seeds of all things are blest. The blessing is in the seed.

Liberty without virtue would be no blessing to us.

The printing press is either the greatest blessing or the greatest curse of modern times, sometimes one forgets which it is.

One of the cries from the people was, don't forget us. They have a long road ahead of them. Operation Blessing has found those little fishing towns. They will not be getting what other towns are getting from the government.

The act is unjustifiable that either begs for a blessing, or, having succeeded gives no thanksgiving.

Lord, dismiss us with Thy blessing, Thanks for mercies past received.

Religion is a mixed blessing.

Every day's a blessing, right? It's all in your control.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent.

The blessing is that everyone knows who I am because of the commercials.

I get more choices of things, projects, which is a blessing and a curse. I can only do one at a time. Sometimes you don't know which way to go.

It is my living sentiment, and by the blessing of God it shall be my dying sentiment, independence now and independence forever.

I believe that illness has led me to a life of gratitude, so I consider Lyme disease at this point in my life to be a blessing in disguise.

Technology without hatred can be a blessing. Technology with hatred is always a disaster.

I'm not sure the oil producers are enjoying real growth. That troubles me. For experience has shown that oil can be more of a curse than a blessing. And not only in Africa.

Independence I have long considered as the grand blessing of life, the basis of every virtue; and independence I will ever secure by contracting my wants, though I were to live on a barren heath.