Quotes with heaven

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  • Adlai Stevenson II Your days are short here; this is the last of your springs. And now in the serenity and quiet of this lovely place, touch the depths of truth, feel the hem of Heaven. You will go away with old, good friends. And don't forget when you leave why you came.
    Adlai Stevenson II
    American politician and governor (1900 - 1965)
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  • Samuel Butler A lawyers dream of heaven; every man reclaimed his property at the resurrection, and each tried to recover it from all his forefathers.
    Samuel Butler
    English poet (1835 - 1902)
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  • Samuel Johnson A man who is good enough to go to heaven is not good enough to be a clergyman.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Gotthold Lessing A single grateful thought toward heaven is the most perfect prayer.
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  • James Baldwin A society must assume that it is stable, but the artist must know, and he must let us know, that there is nothing stable under heaven.
    James Baldwin
    American writer (1924 - 1987)
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  • Robert Browning Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?
    Robert Browning
    English poet (1812 - 1889)
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  • C. S. Lewis Aim at heaven, and you will get earth thrown in; aim at earth, and you will get neither.
    C. S. Lewis
    Irish novelist and poet (1898 - 1963)
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  • Eugene Field All human joys are swift of wing, For heaven doth so allot it; That when you get an easy thing, You find you haven't got it.
    Eugene Field
    American writer (1850 - 1895)
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  • Barbara Walters All of the religions - with the exception of Tibetan Buddhism, which doesn't believe in a heaven - teach that heaven is a better place. At the end of the program, I say that heaven is a place where you are happy. All of the religions have that in common.
    Barbara Walters
    American journalist and author (1929 - )
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  • Robert Burton All places are distant from heaven alike.
    The Anatomy of Melancholy Part II, sect. 2, 4
    Robert Burton
    English clergyman and writer (1577 - 1640)
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  • Edwin Hubbel Chapin An aged Christian, with the snow of time upon his head, may remind us that those points of earth are whitest which are nearest to heaven.
    Edwin Hubbel Chapin
    American author and clergyman (1814 - 1880)
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  • Washington Irving An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heaven, spreading itself like oil over the troubled sea of thought, and keeping the mind smooth and equable in the roughest weather.
    Washington Irving
    American writer (1783 - 1859)
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  • William Shakespeare And if he dies, take him and cut him into little stars and he will make the face of heaven so fine that everyone will fall in love with night.
    Romeo and Juliet 3, 2
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • William Shakespeare And seeing ignorance is the curse of God, Knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.
    Henry VI 4, 7
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Marcus Tullius Cicero As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a false accusation when brought against a man of the purest and holiest character, boils over and is at once dissipated, and vanishes and threats of heaven and sea, himself standing unmoved.
    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    Roman statesman and writer (106 - 43)
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  • Billy Graham As I approached my 95th birthday, I was burdened to write a book that addressed the epidemic of 'easy believism.' There is a mindset today that if people believe in God and do good works, they are going to Heaven.
    Billy Graham
    American Evangelist (1918 - 2018)
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  • Kofi Annan As one of my predecessors said, our objective is not to take people to heaven, but to prevent humanity from going to hell.
    Kofi Annan on 40 Years Trying to End War, Promote Peace at the United Nations (2012)
    Kofi Annan
    Ghanaian diplomat (1938 - 2018)
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  • Doug Horton As the fly bangs against the window attempting freedom while the door stands open, so we bang against death ignoring heaven.
    Doug Horton
    American Protestant clergyman
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  • Ayn Rand Ask yourself whether the dream of heaven and greatness should be waiting for us in our graves - or whether it should be ours here and now and on this earth.
    Ayn Rand
    Russian Writer, Philosopher (1905 - 1982)
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  • Erwin W. Lutzer At death we cross from one territory to another, but we'll have no trouble with visas. Our representative is already there, preparing for our arrival. As citizens of heaven, our entrance is incontestable.
    Erwin W. Lutzer
    American evangelical Christian pastor
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