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  • I've had my fill of these city guttersnipes--all that scavenging scum! They're the sort of people, who, if the gates of heaven opened to them, all they'd feel would be a draught.

    Cities   People   Heaven  
    Harold Pinter (1999). “The Dwarfs: And Nine Revue Sketches”, p.15, Dramatists Play Service Inc
  • He, who steadily observes those moral precepts in which all religions concur, will never be questioned at the gates of heaven as to the dogmas in which they all differ.

    Thomas Jefferson, John Dewey (2008). “The Essential Jefferson”, p.90, Courier Corporation
  • Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

  • God has nothing to say to the self-righteous. Unless you humble yourself before Him in the dust, and confess before Him your iniquities and sins, the gate of heaven, which is open only for sinners, saved by grace, must be shut against you forever.

    Humble   Self   Dust  
    Dwight L Moody (1897). “God's Good News”, p.36, Moody Publishers
  • It is written on the gate of heaven: Nothing in existence is more powerful than destiny. And destiny brought you here, to this page, which is part of your ticket-as all things are-to return to God.

  • In the gates of Heaven, the war medals are nothing but the evidences of murder!

    War   Heaven   Murder  
  • When I arrive at the gates of Heaven the Good Lord will ask ‘what did you do in your life?’ I will respond ‘I tried to win football matches.’ He will say: ‘Are you certain that’s all?’ But, well, that’s the story of my life.

  • It does not matter what your circumstances are; the instant you begin to thank God, even though your situation has not changed, you begin to change. The key that unlocks the gates of heaven is a thankful heart. Entrance into the courts of God comes as you simply begin to praise the Lord.

    Heart   Keys   Heaven  
  • The potency of prayer hath subdued the strength of fire; it hath bridled the rage of lions, hushed anarchy to rest, extinguished wars, appeased the elements, expelled demons, burst the chains of death, expanded the gates of heaven, assuaged diseases, repelled frauds, rescued cities from destruction, stayed the sun in its course, and arrested the progress of the thunderbolt.

    Prayer   War   Fire  
  • It has been said that self-respect is the gate of heaven, and the most cursory observation shows that a degree of reserve adds vastly to the latent force of character.

    Character   Self   Heaven  
    Henry Theodore Tuckerman (1850). “The optimist”, p.124
  • The way to heaven is too steep, too narrow for men to dance in and keep revel rout. No way is large or smooth enough for capering rousters, for jumping, skipping, dancing dames but that broad, beaten, pleasant road that leads to hell. The gate of heaven is too narrow for whole rounds, whole troops of dancers to march in together.

    Dance   Men   Jumping  
  • Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seamed with scars; martyrs have put on their coronation robes glittering with fire, and through their tears have the sorrowful first seen the gates of Heaven.

    Character   Fire   Heaven  
  • Clergyman: A ticket speculator outside the gates of Heaven.

  • O saving Victim, opening wide The gate of heaven to man below, Our foes press on from every side, Thine aid supply, Thy strength bestow.

    Men   Heaven   Saving  
  • The Irish tell the story of a man who arrives at the gates of heaven and asks to be let in St. Peter says, “Of course, just show us your scars.” The man says, “I have no scars”. St. Peter says, “What a pity was there nothing worth fighting for”?

    Fighting   Men   Heaven  
  • Then I saw that there was a way to hell, even from the gates of heaven.

    Heaven   Way   Saws  
    'The Pilgrim's Progress' (1678) pt. 1
  • Once one has rejected faith, it will become impossible for him to enter the gates of Heaven.

  • When Christ ascended Triumphantly from star to star He left the gates of Heaven ajar.

    Stars   Heaven   Christ  
    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1855). “The poetical works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. With prefatory notice”, p.90
  • The gate of heaven is very low; only the humble can enter it.

  • It is self-love and its offspring self-deception, which shut the gates of heaven, and lead men, as if in a delicious dream, to hell.

    Dream   Men   Self  
    Christian Scriver (1857). “Gotthold's Emblems: or Invisible things understood by things that are made. Tr. by R. Menzies”, p.128
  • Give me one hundred preachers who fear nothing but sin and desire nothing but God, and I care not whether they be clergymen or laymen, they alone will shake the gates of Hell and set up the kingdom of Heaven upon Earth.

    Giving   Heaven   Desire  
    John Wesley (1960). “The Letters of the Rev. John Wesley ...”
  • The best and sweetest flowers of paradise God gives to His people when they are upon their knees. Prayer is the gate of heaven.

    Prayer   Flower   People  
    Thomas Brooks “Heaven On Earth”, Lulu.com
  • A joyous little creature, so beautiful, It was as if a gate of Heaven opened as she came in.

  • Self-actualization is what educated existence is all about. For members of the educated class, life is one long graduate school. When they die, God meets them at the gates of heaven, totes up how many fields of self-expression they have mastered, and then hands them a divine diploma and lets them in.

    David Brooks (2011). “The Paradise Suite: Bobos in Paradise and On Paradise Drive”, p.18, Simon and Schuster
  • Sunsets are so beautiful that they almost seem as if we were looking through the gates of Heaven.

  • Day, like a weary pilgrim, had reached the western gate of heaven, and Evening stooped down to unloose the latchets of his sandal shoon.

    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1871). “Hyperion: A Romance”, p.340
  • We are living in a world that is absolutely transparent and God is shining through it all the time. God manifests Himself everywhere, in everything - in people and in things and in nature and in events ... The only thing is we don't see it ... I have no program for this seeing. It is only given. But the gate of heaven is everywhere.

    People   Shining   Heaven  
  • Battering the gates of heaven with the storms of prayer.

    Prayer   Heaven   Storm  
  • Sweet Mercy! to the gates of heaven This minstrel lead, his sins forgiven; The rueful conflict, the heart riven With vain endeavour, And memory of Earth's bitter leaven Effaced forever.

    Sweet   Memories   Heart  
    William Wordsworth (1854). “The Complete Poetical Works of William Wordsworth”, p.239
  • Isn't that ridiculous to show Peter standing at the gates of Heaven with a ring of keys? The doors are already unlocked for us, all we've got to do is walk in through the front gate!

    Keys   Doors   Heaven  
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