The beatitudes say, "Blessed are the poor". They don't say, "Blessed are those who care for the poor." — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
“I am waiting for the meek to be blessed and inherit the earth... without taxes” — Lawrence Ferlinghetti Copy Share Image
British Beatitudes! ... Beer, beef, business, bibles, bulldogs, battleships, buggery and bishops. — James Joyce Copy Share Image
“An Attitude of Gratitude Delivers to you the Altitude of Beatitudes” — Jaachynma N.E. Agu Copy Share Image
We need to build up society in the light of the Beatitudes, walking towards the Kingdom with the least among us. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I love the melodies in the Old Testament, how preachers highlight them when they read from the Scripture. But I was influenced… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“When God wants to sort out the world, as the Beatitudes in the Sermon on the Mount make clear, he doesn't send… — N.T. Wright Copy Share Image
The Beatitudes, far from being a new set of virtues that further divide the religious haves and have nots, are words of… — James Bryan Smith Copy Share Image
“the Sermon on the Mount is God’s formula for revival. The Beatitudes are His recipe for His kingdom to come and His… — Heidi Baker Copy Share Image
It is well for us if we have learned to listen to the sweet persuasion of the Beatitudes, but there are crises… — John Greenleaf Whittier Copy Share Image
They're called in the Scripture the Beatitudes. You know why they're called the Beatitudes without being prestigious? Because they should be the… — Leonard Ravenhill Copy Share Image
For some reason, the most vocal Christians among us never mention the Beatitudes (Matthew 5). But, often with tears in their eyes,… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Sometimes we struggle to grasp the biblical view of joy because of the way it is defined and described in Western culture… — R.C. Sproul Copy Share Image
“BEATITUDES My God, this is staggering, Woah! Immense. This epiphany quivers me as I write. How powerful, nonpareil, & superordinary is your… — Bright Heaven's Copy Share Image
“From there Ari took her to the church which marked the place of the miracle of the multiplication of loaves and fishes… — Leon Uris Copy Share Image
“HELPED are those who are content to be themselves; they will never lack mystery in their lives and the joys of self-discovery… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
“Yet, happy are the pure of heart for they have known the music.” — David Paul Kirkpatrick Copy Share Image
“When we think of all the beatitudes in life, our heart shall be merry.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
“Blessed are the wealthy, for theirs is the kingdom of influence and abundance.” — H.M. Forester Copy Share Image
“Look at the commencement of His ministry. In the Beatitudes with which the Sermon on the Mount opens, He speaks: “Blessed are… — Andrew Murray Copy Share Image
“I have often wondered why people never want to put a stone monument of the Eight Beatitudes on a courthouse lawn. Then… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
“The Beatitudes are no spiritual “to do list” to be attempted by eager, rule-keeping disciples. It is a spiritual “done” list of… — Ronnie McBrayer Copy Share Image
“What we should see in the real Beatitudes is not merely that the words of Jesus exalt good character instead of bad… — Randy Alcorn Copy Share Image
A friend of mine says that in the world of religion we often have ignorance on fire and intelligence on ice. The… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“These abiding words of the Beatitudes are, more than anything else, a promise of impending deliverance from subservience and foreign rule. They… — Reza Aslan Copy Share Image
“Peacemaking contains all the elements of the Christian faith. Peacemaking is the result of not only taking the beatitudes seriously, but living… — Donald R. Clymer Copy Share Image
“Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The Beatitudes reveal the profile of the Christian, the character of the one who has had a life-changing encounter with the grace… — Anonymous Copy Share Image