Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources / Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them

by Rev. James Wood

God answers sharp and sudden on some prayers, / And thrusts the thing we have prayed for in our face, / A gauntlet with a gift in it. Mrs. Browning.

God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You must take it; the only choice is how. Ward Beecher.

God asks not what, but whence, thy work is: 15 from the fruit / He turns His eye away, to prove the inmost root. Trench.

God assists those who rise early in the morning. Sp. Pr.

God blesses still the generous thought, / And still the fitting word He speeds, / And truth, at His requiring taught, / He quickens into deeds. Whittier.

God blesses the seeking, not the finding. Ger. Pr.

God builds His temple in the heart and on the ruins of churches and religions. Emerson.

God comes at last, when we think He is 20 farthest off. Pr.

God comes in distress, and distress goes. Gael. Pr.

God comes to see us without bell. Pr.