#blessings

It is the Band which unites the Interests of Individuals; it secures to them their respective Rights, and preserves them from Injuries; it is the Source of numberless Blessings, which are interrupted, or wholly vanish, the Moment it is disturbed. ↗

— Charles Inglis

#blessings #disturbed #individuals #injuries #interests

Instead of seeing these children for the blessings that they are, we are measuring them only by the standard of whether they will be future deficits or assets for our nation's competitive needs. ↗

— Jonathan Kozol

#blessings #children #competitive #deficits #future

God is always trying to give blessings to us, but our minds are usually too full to receive them. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#blessings #clouded-thoughts #confusion #delusions #doubt

Manipulation, fueled with good intent, can be a blessing. But when used wickedly, it is the beginning of a magician's karmic calamity. ↗

— T.F. Hodge

#calamity #chaos #confusion #control #good-intentions

Neither does man have gills for living in a water environment; yet it is not sinful to explore the depths of the oceans in search of food or other blessings. ↗

— Walter Lang

#depths #does #environment #explore #food

Suffer not thy wrongs to shroud thy fate, But turn, my soul, to blessings which remain. ↗

— Anna Seward

#fate #my soul #remain #shroud #soul

Good health and good sense are two of life's greatest blessings. ↗

— Publilius Syrus

#good #good health #good sense #greatest #health

For me, I tend to sit back sometimes and just count my blessings because of how long I've played. ↗

— Chili Davis

#because #blessings #count #how #i

To take for granted one's blessings is a damage to the soul, and in time one will lose them, simply from lack of care. One should never tire of nourishing and treasuring all that is lovely. ↗

— Anne Perry

#love

The time has come to harness the blessed power within us and to use it to transcend from our current existence into a more empowered reality. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#inspirational #life #motivational #self-empowerment #success