In one house was a father weeping for the loss of his daughter, in another perhaps a mother trembling for the fate of her child; and instead of the blessings that had formerly been heaped on the Sultan's head, the air was now full of curses.
– Jealousy is the art of counting someone else's blessings instead of your own.
The business of america is justice and securing the blessings of liberty.
A man with ambition and love for his blessings here on earth is ever so alive.
Count Your Blessings Make a written (or mental) list of things you are thankful for, from very small to very big and anywhere in between.
" Some men despise their best blessings because they come without cost.
" What seem to be blessings are not always so.
" We should not deprive others of blessings because we cannot enjoy them ourselves.
The desire for imaginary benefits often involves the loss of present blessings.
" To enjoy our blessings we must have freedom.
Men however are so made, that when they are too well off they no longer value the blessings which come from God, but grow indifferent and careless.
He bestowed upon them also all his richest blessings.
They had riches and blessings, they liked to enjoy themselves, but they did good as well, they wished to make everybody as happy as they were themselves.
Our Lord granted her life, and his blessings shone over her and her son.
"No need now for us to wait seven years for the blessings of peace.
Our time is the time of progress, with its manifold blessings.
I spread blessings abroad among thirsty mankind.
May our salutation be heard as is heard the worm' s hymn of thanksgiving - the worm that is cut to pieces beneath the plow, while a new springtime is dawning and the plowman draws his furrow among us worms, crushing us, that your blessings may be bestowed upon the coming generation.
"See," she exclaimed, "what wealth, what blessings surround us.
"Crippled Hans brings us blessings.
