“Labour is the source of every blessing.”

It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.

Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.

To be well prepared for war is the best guarantee of peace.

Don’t be in a hurry to change one evil for another.

If you don’t want to lose, you should wait for the right opportunity

Necessity is the mother of invention.

Those who assume a character which does not belong to them, only make themselves ridiculous.

Bad as any government may be, it is seldom worse than anarchy.

Vices are their own punishment.

The quarrels of friends are the opportunities of foes.

Sometimes the slow ones blame the active for the delay.

Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.

A man is known by the company he keeps.

United you will be more than a match for your enemies. But if you quarrel and separate, your weakness will put you at the mercy of those who attack you.

He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.

Give assistance, not advice, in a crisis.

See if you can give yourself gifts that may be true blessings, such as self-acceptance , or some time each day with no purpose. Practice feeling deserving enough to accept these gifts without obligation – to simply receive from yourself, and from the universe.

The voice thing is a blessing that I was given. I’ve had opportunities to do voice work of all kinds. It was something that was given to me and I was able to make good use of it.

I wasn’t blessed with a healthy childhood self esteem but now that I have built it up by myself it’s even stronger.

Ask God to show you His plans, not bless your dreams

Grace is when you should be totally punished but are blessed for no reason.

The idea that God is a worthy recipient of our gratitude for the blessings of life but should not be held accountable for the disasters is a transparently disingenuous innovation of the theologians.

When I count other people’s blessings I lose sight of mine.

When life is hard it’s easy to focus only on the bad things and forget all about the good things God has given us. But God has blessed every one of us in ways we often overlook.