Instead of dirt and poison we have rather chosen to fill our hives with honey and wax; thus furnishing mankind with the two noblest of things, which are sweetness and light.
I always love to begin a journey on Sundays, because I shall have the prayers of the church to preserve all that travel by land, or by water.
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That which has always been accepted by everyone, everywhere, is almost certain to be false.
Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them.
For we that live please must please to live.
Some people believe holding on and hanging in there are signs of great strength. However, there are times when it takes much more strength to know when to let go and then do it.
We can secure other people’s approval, if we do right and try hard; but our own is worth a hundred of it, and no way has been found out of securing that.
Accept things to which fate binds you, love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.
Acceptance doesn’t mean resignation; it means understanding that something is what it is and that there’s got to be a way through it.
The acceptance of death gives you more of a stake in life, in living life happily, as it should be lived. Living for the moment.
Accept – then act. Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it. Always work with it, not against it.
None can believe how powerful prayer is, and what it is able to effect, but those who have learned it by experience.
My prayer is that when I die, all hell rejoices that I am out of the fight.
When the world pushes you to your knees, you’re in the perfect position to pray.
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow! Praise Him, all creatures here below! Praise Him above, ye heavenly host! Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost!
Whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.
If the radiance of a thousand suns were to burst forth at once in the sky, that would be like the splendor of the Mighty One.
