#blessing

...Ponnammal set the example for the others by quietly doing what they did not care to do. Her spirit created a new climate in the place, and the time came when there was not one nurse who would refuse to do whatever needed to be done. ↗

— Elisabeth Elliot

#christian #help #inspirational #love #selfless-love

Blessing is bowing down to receive the expressions of divine favor that in the inner recesses of the human heart and mind make life worth the bother. ↗

— Beth Moore

#life

Obviously, I'm suffering from lack of sleep, but it truly is a blessing to be a mother. ↗

— Bernard Lagat

#i #lack #mother #obviously #sleep

I just had to find something else to fulfill me. Always being a singer and writing, it was a blessing. My brother started making music that was the kind of music I always saw myself singing. ↗

— Taryn Manning

#being #blessing #brother #else #find

I knew what I wanted to do when I was 13 and I had to go through four years of high school to get out. That's a blessing, because I never had to lay on my bed staring up at the ceiling going, 'What am I going to do with my life?' ↗

— John Mayer

#because #bed #blessing #ceiling #four

Religion is a mixed blessing. ↗

— John Shelby Spong

#mixed #religion

Men are slower to recognize blessings than misfortunes. ↗

— Titus Livius

#men #misfortunes #recognize #slower #than

All my ambition is, I own, to profit and to please unknown; like streams supplied from springs below, which scatter blessings as they go. ↗

— Charles Cotton

#below #blessings #go #i #like

I think American Idol is a great career launcher. A blessing for all of us. ↗

— LaToya London

#american idol #blessing #career #great #great career

Holding on to weight (i.e. anger, bitterness, the past, hatred) will not only hold you back, but also block your blessings. You've got to let some things go to move forward. ↗

— Yvonne Pierre

#forgiveness #letting-go #moving-forward #anger