If someone talks about union, fidelity, a monogamous relationship, love, blessing; I would say it sounds like marriage to me. And blessing, you see, I think is undermining our sacrament of marriage.
I believe God has blessed our country. This country has been extraordinarily blessed. And we have honored that blessing. And that’s why God has continued to bless us.
My own life has had so many twists that I keep thinking I’ll have one blessing that is not in disguise.
Coco Chanel once said that what makes a woman look old is trying desperately to look young. Why should one be ashamed to be 84? Why do you have to say that you’re 52? Nobody’s going to believe you anyway, so why be such a fool? It’s nice that you got to be so old. It’s a blessing.
To receive footage that has been shot with editing in mind, it is a blessing.
I’m a blessing to whoever gets to really know me.
It’s a blessing and a curse, ’cause I’m never satisfied, so I continually want to outdo myself. But still, I’m never happy.
As a gymnast, I’ve always compartmentalized my life, which is a blessing and a curse. But over time, I’ve learned that my sport doesn’t fully define me, and I think that’s where a lot of the joy in my routines comes from now: I’m not compartmentalizing as much, and I know who I am beyond my sport.
‘CSI’s been a great blessing for me. It’s been a platform that’s allowed me to go around the country and the world, really, and speak on issues of disability, but I’ve never – I’m a professional actor, so I studied for years; I do theater. I never want to disrespect what got me here.
I think in every lesson there’s a blessing, and there’s so many blessings from all the lessons I’ve had to go through in life.
At times, it was an incredible blessing to have all the attention; at times it was a logistical nightmare.
My mother never cursed at home; my father never cursed at home. My father didn’t drink. Even though we were poor, we would say a blessing over the table. So that’s who I am.
See, I have set before you this day life and good, death and evil… I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse; therefore choose life.
I guess the point of that song ‘Troublemaker, Doppelganger’ is trying to navigate the worth of beauty and if it’s hurtful or helpful to value beauty. If it’s a curse or a blessing. Is that something really negative and morbid, like the hearse, or is it the limousine – a glamorous symbol of enjoying life?
I thank God for blessing me with the tools that he blessed me with to be where I am.
I’ve grown up around some incredibly funny people, which has been a blessing and curse because now I’ve been completely spoiled in terms of what I find funny.
I feel every day is a blessing because as I never expected to be where I am.
When I find the right information, the Web is a blessing; when I don’t, it’s a distraction.
When I decided that I might want to do acting for a living – I don’t know where it really came from, since there was no school play or any of that – my mom gave me her blessing. I had to get a scholarship – that was the only way I could have gone to drama school.
We sing a little song before we eat, a little blessing before we eat, and it’s really – we’re thanking the Lord and the Earth for the food that we eat, and it really brings you together in a profound kind of way.
It’s such a blessing having no family.
I am dedicated, adamant and committed. Although these three qualities can be considered as minus points in a woman but for me, this is a blessing.
I sell bikinis. I sell comforters. I sell Cam’ron pillows. I sell a bunch of things off my likeness, and it all came from music, so it’s definitely a blessing.
The thirst for education that comes with the change the gospel brings can be a blessing or a curse, depending on our motives.
We all seek approval, and our mother’s seal is usually the most important. The nitty gritty is that we have to accept ourselves, even if it is just to be ready for the next cut-down. Mom’s blessing or not.
This song ‘Calma’ has been a blessing, an unexpected one. When I wrote the song, I wasn’t looking for a single, I never thought I was gonna have a world hit in my hands. I was connecting with my childhood.
I’m a minimalist Jew, but on Friday night, I celebrate Shabbat. At sundown, we light candles, say the blessing, and I don’t turn on my computer for 24 hours.
I had become wealthy as an art dealer, but my life was never rich until I began serving in a mission and began being blessed by those that were basically hopeless. To see them have hope was the biggest blessing in my life.
My point is you’ve been given a powerful blessing in life in this country to be able to vote and to be able to sit on the jury, so come equipped.
After ‘Student Of The Year,’ when I played that baby-doll, diva character, I knew I would be stereotyped, and I wanted to break that image of me. I loved that role, but I don’t want to be attached to one particular genre, so ‘Highway’ was a blessing in disguise.
I’m really grateful for ‘Gangs… ‘ but it wouldn’t be wrong to say that it was a mixed blessing.
Having one of the highest IQs ever measured is as much a curse as it is a blessing. My parents were great, though: they were always seeking the most difficult presents possible for me – Rubik’s cubes and things like that.
To have a body of work is a blessing – when you have songs that have been around generation after generation that they call timeless music, you can work that for a long time.
Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent.
Every time you put on an Oriole uniform, it’s always a great blessing, and you always want that opportunity to put that on.
The sweetest feeling you can have in this world is to feel the hand of the Lord upon your shoulder. In my patriarchal blessing as a boy, I was promised that I would have the gift of discernment. I have to acknowledge that such a declaration has been abundantly fulfilled in my life.
Do you suppose there is any living man so unreasonable that if he found himself stricken with a dangerous ailment he would not anxiously desire to regain the blessing of health?
The miracle of unity is being granted to us as we pray and work for it in the Lord’s way. Our hearts will be knit together in unity. God has promised that blessing to His faithful Saints whatever their differences in background and whatever conflict rages around them.
A life-long blessing for children is to fill them with warm memories of times together. Happy memories become treasures in the heart to pull out on the tough days of adulthood.
My life is one big prayer because my life is one big blessing.
What God wants is for us to live by His rules, resulting in the receiving of His blessing and power. When we as Christians, celebrating our differences, join together as the house of God representing the kingdom of God for the glory of God, we get the response of God to our presence in history.
A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
I thought it would be so cool to be a musician, but I always thought it was impossible, because I would never be accepted in mainstream media. The fact that I’m able to tour North America and around the world is an incredible blessing, and I am thankful every time I do it.
The blessing that I got from my parents, even if they didn’t really teach me about money, was their simple lifestyle.
Instagram is a blessing – I love to post about everything I’m doing. The explore page is magical.
My life path has been a blessing and a great learning experience. Skateboarding is my passion and I don’t see that changing. When I’m not skating, I love to surf. I’m open to the new experiences and opportunities.
Money to me is just the biggest blessing in the world that allows me freedom.
Creativity is not a trait that we inherit in our genes or a blessing bestowed by the angels. It’s a skill.
Being a part of the NFL for 30 years was a blessing.
The printing press is either the greatest blessing or the greatest curse of modern times, sometimes one forgets which it is.
I have a good brain on me, but I’ve never really used it when it came to making decisions about love, which has been a blessing and a curse.
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?’
Some respected and beloved brethren insist that the forming and organising of churches is, according to God’s will, the only means of finding blessing in the midst of that confusion which is acknowledged to exist.
The reason I’m in San Diego is not because I want distance from South Africa but because I want proximity to the people I love. But I don’t envy growing up in America. As ugly as aspects of it were, my biggest blessing was to be born a South African.
I feel blessed. To live an artistic life, it’s a blessing.
I’m glad I had a daughter first because with a boy you have to teach him stuff and it’s just a little different. Having Melody has changed the way I see things. It’s just a heavenly blessing.
There’s a blessing in everything that happens to us.
Fame was a mixed blessing for me because I thought I could be as big as I wanted to be, and then I realized that I couldn’t because of the racist element in the record business.
