#blessing

Two urns on Jove's high throne have ever stood, the source of evil one, and one of good; from thence the cup of mortal man he fills, blessings to these, to those distributes ills; to most he mingles both. ↗

— Homer

#both #cup #distributes #ever #evil

Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures. ↗

— Joseph Addison

#appear #blessings #disappointments #figures #let us

A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most recent blessings or misfortunes. ↗

— Joseph Addison

#cloudy #constitutions #day #great #influence

A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world. ↗

— Joseph Addison

#contented #contented mind #enjoy #greatest #greatest blessing

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. ↗

— Candice Bergen

#apart #beauty #blessing #expectations #object

The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#age #blessing #harvest #old #old age

Let peace, descending from her native heaven, bid her olives spring amidst the joyful nations; and plenty, in league with commerce, scatter blessings from her copious hand! ↗

— Daniel Boone

#bid #blessings #commerce #descending #hand

However many blessings we expect from God, His infinite liberality will always exceed all our wishes and our thoughts. ↗

— John Calvin

#blessings #exceed #expect #god #his

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

— Darren Flutie

#canada #family #go #just #me

Never undertake anything for which you wouldn't have the courage to ask the blessings of heaven. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

#ask #blessings #courage #heaven #never