Completion Quote by John Calvin Download Open image “You must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy.” — John Calvin ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Completion Joy Order Submit Suffering Supreme
To attain eternal happiness one must suffer. He who has reached the state of self-sacrifice has true joy. Temporal joy will vanish. — Abdu'l-Bahá Copy Share Image
Joy is not necessarily the absence of suffering, it is the presence of God. — Sam Storms Copy Share Image
Perfect joy lies in selflessly striving for the best outcome, and then humbly accepting whatever God gives. — Daya Mata Copy Share Image
When we are expecting only suffering, the least joy surprises us: Suffering itself becomes the greatest of joys when we seek it as a… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
If you are not in the state of either acceptance, enjoyment, or enthusiasm, look closely and you will find that you are creating suffering… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Suffering teaches us only that we suffer. Joy shows us which way to go. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Suffer what there is to suffer. Enjoy what there is to enjoy. Regard both suffering and joy as facts of life. — Nichiren Copy Share Image
Although I know that there is ultimately greater glory in suffering than in joy, it is joy that sustains us. It is in the… — John Lars Zwerenz Copy Share Image
We mortals with immortal minds are only born for sufferings and joys, and one could almost say that the most excellent receive joy through… — Ludwig van Beethoven Copy Share Image
“Eventually, it boils down to two choices – do I wish to experience this physical reality primarily through joy or do I want to… — Alaric Hutchinson Copy Share Image
I have never seen either a drop of piety or a grain of truth or ingenuousness - nay, I have never found common sense… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
But a most pernicious error widely prevails that Scripture has only so much weight as is conceded to it by the consent of the… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
For earthly princes lay aside their power when they rise up against God, and are unworthy to be reckoned among the number of mankind.… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
It is no small honour that God for our sake has so magnificently adorned the world, in order that we may not only be… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
The word "hope" I take for faith; and indeed hope is nothing else but the constancy of faith. — John Calvin Copy Share Image
No man can come to God but by an extraordinary revelation of the Spirit. — John Calvin Copy Share Image
There cannot be a surer rule, nor a stronger exhortation to the observance of it, than when we are taught that all the endowments… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
For Scripture is the school of the Holy Spirit, in which, as nothing is omitted that is both necessary and useful to know, so… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
“For earthly princes lay aside their power when they rise up against God, and are unworthy to be reckoned among the number of mankind.… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
I think I can recognize when a piece is at a state of completion. I always say to my wife, "Oh yeah, it's roughly… — Geoff Dyer Copy Share Image
“Although it may appear as though there have been many miracles in the world, a true miracle has never come to pass. A true… — Woo Myung Copy Share Image
Having my son, it's such a sense of completion as a woman; it's put me at peace. — Sherilyn Fenn Copy Share Image
A moment of complete happiness never occurs in the creation of a work of art. The promise of it is felt in the act… — Lucian Freud Copy Share Image
Enclosure, upon its completion, was the record which represented the achievement of all the musical goals I had been aiming at for the previous 5 years. It was recorded simultaneously with Black Knights' Medieval Chamber, and as different as the two albums appear to be, they represent one investigative creative thought process. What I learned from one fed directly into… — John Frusciante Copy Share
I don't need someone who is perfect, because nobody is perfect. I just need someone who can complete me. — Anurag Prakash Ray Copy Share Image
Don't look for someone to complete you, complete yourself or you'll feel empty when they leave — Sonya Parker Copy Share Image
With the empowerment of an advanced Teacher, and your own best efforts, you will be able to explore the mysteries of knowledge that lead… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Earlier this week ... scientists announced the completion of a task that once seemed unimaginable; and that is, the deciphering of the entire DNA sequence of the human genetic code. This amazing accomplishment is likely to affect the 21st century as profoundly as the invention of the computer or the splitting of the atom affected the 20th century. I believe… — Edward Kennedy Copy Share
“You have done well," Grandfather said. "We thank you." "We were afraid sometimes," Jetsam replied. "Good." Grandfather's eyes smiled. "That means you had the… — Sheila Moon Copy Share Image
When we descend all the way down to the bottom of loss, and dwell patiently, with an open heart, in the darkness and pain, we can bring back up with us the sweetness of life and the exhilaration of inner growth. When there is nothing left to lose, we find the true self - the self that is whole, the… — Elizabeth Lesser Copy Share
Building a successful life is much like building anything else: it should be thoroughly thought about in advance and then carried through to completion. — Sterling W Sill Copy Share Image
