#bless

But can one be a blessing merely by being cheerful? Yes; moral beauty of any kind exerts a silent influence for good. It is like a sweet flower by the wayside, which has a benediction for everyone who passes by. A legend tells how one day in Galilee the useful corn spurned the lilies because they fed no one’s hunger. “One cannot earn a living just by being sweet,” said the proud cereal. The lilies said nothing in reply, only seemed the sweeter, then the Master came that way; and while his disciples rested at his feet, and the rustling corn invited them to eat, he said, “Children, the life is more than meat. Consider the lilies, how beautiful they grow.” It certainly seemed worth while then just to be sweet, for it pleased the Master. ↗

— J.R. Miller

#cheer #influence #beauty

A sense that with the blessings that God bestowed upon this land, came the responsibility to make the world a better place. ↗

— Marco Rubio

#better #better place #blessings #came #god

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. ↗

— Muriel Rukeyser

#beginnings #blessing #blest #let us #nourish

Liberty without virtue would be no blessing to us. ↗

— Benjamin Rush

#liberty #us #virtue #without #would

Every person who will learn the right way, and who will then continue diligently to follow that right way, is absolutely certain in time to possess great riches and all attending blessings. ↗

— Joseph Franklin Rutherford

#attending #blessings #certain #continue #diligently

I am going to spend my time today just thanking the people that played a role in my career, because I truly do believe that I was blessed by a lot of people that paths crossed mine as I went down the road in my career. ↗

— Nolan Ryan

#am #because #believe #blessed #career

And to play as long as I did and to have a family you have to be very blessed and I was with my wife Ruth. Ruth, I appreciate the job you did, and my three fine children, Reid, Reese, and Wendy. ↗

— Nolan Ryan

#blessed #children #did #family #fine

We need to reclaim our American system of limited government, low taxes, reasonable regulations, and sound money, which has blessed us with unprecedented prosperity. And it has done more to help the poor than any other economic system ever designed. ↗

— Paul Ryan

#any #blessed #designed #done #economic

Somebody has to look out for and protect our kids, and I feel blessed to be a blessing to someone else. ↗

— Usher

#blessing #else #feel #i #i feel

I feel blessed to have an opportunity to try out for a second Olympics team and if it doesn't work out, hey I gave it my all. ↗

— Alicia Sacramone

#feel #gave #hey #i #i feel