heaven quotes

“It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.”

— Buddha

“There is no heaven or afterlife for broken-down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark. ”

— Stephen Hawking

“Down on your knees, and thank heaven, fasting, for a good man's love. ”

— Euripides

“True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.”

— Moliere

“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

“Yes, love indeed is light from heaven; A spark of that immortal fire with angels shared, by Allah given to lift from earth our low desire.”

— Lord Byron

“Bear up, my child, bear up; Zeus who oversees and directs all things is still mighty in heaven.”

— Sophocles

“One is not idle because one is absorbed. There is both visible and invisible labor. To contemplate is to toil, to think is to do. The crossed arms work, the clasped hands act. The eyes upturned to Heaven are an act of creation.”

— Victor Hugo

“Sensual love deceives one as to the nature of heavenly love; it could not do so alone, but since it unconsciously has the element of heavenly love within it, it can do so. ”

— Franz Kafka

“Heaven is dumb, echoing only the dumb. ”

— Franz Kafka

“Words without thoughts never to heaven go. ”

— William Shakespeare

“O! Let me not be mad, not mad, sweet heaven; keep me in temper; I would not be mad! ”

— William Shakespeare

“Help thyself and Heaven will help thee. ”

— Jean de La Fontaine

“You have to go on and be crazy. Craziness is like heaven.”

— Jimi Hendrix

“Heaven grant us patience with a man in love.”

— Rudyard Kipling

“Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither.”

— Clive Staples Lewis

“Death and love are the two wings that bear the good man to heaven.”

— Michelangelo

“My soul can find no staircase to Heaven unless it be through Earth's loveliness.”

— Michelangelo

“I live in sin, to kill myself I live; no longer my life my own, but sin's; my good is given to me by heaven, my evil by myself, by my free will, of which I am deprived.”

— Michelangelo

“I loved doing 'Pennies from Heaven.' Because you have to understand that I'd been doing comedy for 15 to 20 years, and suddenly along came the opportunity to do this beautiful film. It was so emotional to me. I loved it. I don't think it was a good career move, but I have no regrets about doing it.”

— Steve Martin

“Tweeting is really only good for one thing - it's just good for tweeting... It is rewarding, because it's just its own reward. It's sort of like heaven.”

— Steve Martin

“Trees go wandering forth in all directions with every wind, going and coming like ourselves, traveling with us around the sun two million miles a day, and through space heaven knows how fast and far!”

— John Muir

“I'm going to let God be the judge of who goes to heaven and hell.”

— Joel Osteen

“I'm very careful about saying who would and wouldn't go to heaven. I don't know.”

— Joel Osteen

“Between us and heaven or hell there is only life, which is the frailest thing in the world.”

— Blaise Pascal

“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

“When I die, I hope to go to Heaven, whatever the Hell that is.”

— Ayn Rand

“HIV does not make people dangerous to know, so you can shake their hands and give them a hug: Heaven knows they need it.”

— Princess Diana

heaven quotes

“Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven.”

“Heaven means to be one with God.”

“It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.”

“There is no heaven or afterlife for broken-down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark. ”

“Down on your knees, and thank heaven, fasting, for a good man's love. ”

“True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.”

“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.”

“Yes, love indeed is light from heaven; A spark of that immortal fire with angels shared, by Allah given to lift from earth our low desire.”

“Bear up, my child, bear up; Zeus who oversees and directs all things is still mighty in heaven.”

“One is not idle because one is absorbed. There is both visible and invisible labor. To contemplate is to toil, to think is to do. The crossed arms work, the clasped hands act. The eyes upturned to Heaven are an act of creation.”

“Sensual love deceives one as to the nature of heavenly love; it could not do so alone, but since it unconsciously has the element of heavenly love within it, it can do so. ”

“Heaven is dumb, echoing only the dumb. ”

“Words without thoughts never to heaven go. ”

“O! Let me not be mad, not mad, sweet heaven; keep me in temper; I would not be mad! ”

“Help thyself and Heaven will help thee. ”

“You have to go on and be crazy. Craziness is like heaven.”

“Heaven grant us patience with a man in love.”

“Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither.”

“Death and love are the two wings that bear the good man to heaven.”

“My soul can find no staircase to Heaven unless it be through Earth's loveliness.”

“I live in sin, to kill myself I live; no longer my life my own, but sin's; my good is given to me by heaven, my evil by myself, by my free will, of which I am deprived.”

“Tweeting is really only good for one thing - it's just good for tweeting... It is rewarding, because it's just its own reward. It's sort of like heaven.”

“Trees go wandering forth in all directions with every wind, going and coming like ourselves, traveling with us around the sun two million miles a day, and through space heaven knows how fast and far!”

“I'm going to let God be the judge of who goes to heaven and hell.”

“I'm very careful about saying who would and wouldn't go to heaven. I don't know.”

“Between us and heaven or hell there is only life, which is the frailest thing in the world.”

“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.”

“When I die, I hope to go to Heaven, whatever the Hell that is.”

“HIV does not make people dangerous to know, so you can shake their hands and give them a hug: Heaven knows they need it.”