The gate of heaven is very low; only the humble can enter it. — Elizabeth Ann Seton
The Pearly Gates. Am I the only one who finds it odd that Heaven has gates? What kind of neighborhood is Heaven in? — Jim Gaffigan
Hell and heaven are within you, both gates are within you. When you are behaving unconsciously there is the gate of hell; when you become alert and conscious, there is the gate of heaven. — Osho
Heaven is a house with porch lights. — Ray Bradbury
I know paradise has many gates, just as hell does. One has to learn to distinguish between them, or one is lost. — Henning Mankell
The window of heaven is what all truth seekers are trying to open. — Harold Klemp
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. — Hafez
Heaven: The Coney Island of the Christian imagination. — Elbert Hubbard
The best and sweetest flowers of paradise God gives to His people when they are upon their knees. Prayer is the gate of heaven. — Thomas Brooks
Sunsets are so beautiful that they almost seem as if we were looking through the gates of Heaven. — Sir John Lubbock
The kingdom of God is just behind the darkness of closed eyes, and the first gate that opens to it is your peace. — Paramahansa Yogananda
Then I saw that there was a way to hell, even from the gates of heaven. — John Bunyan
If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? — James Lipton
The other day I dreamed that I was at the gates of heaven. And St. Peter said, 'Go back to Earth, there are no slums up here.' — Mother Teresa
Short Gates Of Heaven Quotes
Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in. — Mark Twain
The Gates of Hell shall not prevail against it. — Benjamin Rush
He who wants to do good knocks at the gate: he who loves finds the door open. — Rabindranath Tagore
Heaven is a prepared place for a prepared people. — Lewis Sperry Chafer
Paradise is open to all kind hearts. — Pierre Jean de Beranger
Where the Lord closes a door, somewhere He opens a window. — Julie Andrews
Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads. — Henry David Thoreau
Heaven is high, Earth Wide. Bitter between them flies my sorrow. — Li Bai
Heaven is high, Earth Wide. Bitter between them flies my sorrow. — Li Po
Each of us guard a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside. — Stephen Covey
Gates Of Heaven Image Quotes
Heaven on Earth is a choice you must make, not a place you must find.
Gates Of Hell Quotes
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. — John Wesley
If I saw the gates of hell open and I stood on the brink of the abyss, I would not despair; I would not lose hope of mercy, because I would trust in you, my God. — Gemma Galgani
The moment when you take your first step through the gates of hell, the only thing you will hear is all of creation standing to its feet and applauding and praising God because God has rid the earth of you. That's how not good you are. — Paul Washer
Each of us guard a gate of that can only be unlocked from the inside.
Put your ear down to the Bible, and hear Him bid you go and pull sinners out of the fire of sin. Put your ear down to the burdened, agonized heart of humanity, and listen to its pitiful wail for help. — William Booth
Let us learn how the love of Christ, received into the heart, triumphs gradually but surely over all sin, transforms character, turning even its weakness into strength, and so, from the depths of transgression and the very gates of hell, raises men to God. — Alexander Maclaren
Hateful to me as are the gates of hell, Is he who, hiding one thing in his heart, Utters another. — Homer
As we give, we find that sacrifice brings forth the blessings of heaven and in the end we learn it was no sacrifice.
Jesus was born again in the pit of hell. .. The church started when Jesus was born again in the gates of hell. — Charles Capps
Give me one hundred men who love only God with all their heart and hate only sin with all their heart and we will shake the gates of hell and bring in the kingdom of God in one generation. — John Wesley
Give me great sinners to make great saints! They are glorious raw material for Grace to work upon and when you do get them saved, they will shake the very gates of Hell! — Charles Spurgeon
For man's only weapon is courage that flinches not from the gates of Hell itself, and against such not even the legions of Hell can stand. — Robert E. Howard
Heaven's Gate Quotes
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. — Arsene Wenger
Repentance lifts a man up. Mourning knocks at heaven's gate. Holy humility opens it. — John Climacus
This is what I say to the most conservative person that's so terrified of gay marriage becoming legal. Just because the state says it's legal, it's not like God's going to let them into Heaven. So you can still sleep sound every night knowing that goal line defense is up at the pearly gates. — Daniel Tosh
Prayer is the key to heaven but faith unlocks the door.
I give you the end of a golden string, Only wind it into a ball, It will lead you in at Heaven's gate Built in Jerusalem's wall. — William Blake
None but the lark so shrill and clear;
Now at heaven's gate she claps her wings,
The morn not waking till she sings. — John Lyly
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. — William Wordsworth
My home is in Heaven. I'm just traveling through this world.
The key to heaven's gate cannot be duplicated. — Doug Horton
The Sundaies of man's life, Thredded together on time's string, Make bracelets to adorn the wife Of the eternal, glorious King. On Sunday heaven's gates stand ope; Blessings are plentiful and rife. More plentiful than hope. — George Herbert
A dog starv'd at the master's gate
Predicts the ruin of the State.
A horse misus'd upon the road
Calls to heaven for human blood.
Each outcry of the hunted hare
A fibre from the brain does tear,
A skylark wounded on the wing,
A cherubim does cease to sing. — William Blake
Like mercy from heaven's gate, there's a freedom in your arms that carries me through. I need you. — LeAnn Rimes
Pearly Gates Quotes
It's a thin line between paper and hate,
Friends and snakes, nine millis and thirty-eights,
Hell or the pearly gates...I was destined to come,
Predicted, blame God, He blew breath in my lungs. — Nas
Even a band of angels can turn ugly and start looting if enough angels are unemployed and hanging around the Pearly Gates convinced that all the succubi own all the liquor stores in Heaven. — P. J. O'Rourke
When I get "too busy" to pray, I envision Jesus at the Pearly Gates showing me the time I wasted looking for something to watch on Netflix. — Mark Hart
If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.
I can see it now: Osama bin Laden goes up to the pearly gates where George Washington comes out, starts beating him and is then joined by 70 other members of the Continental Congress. Osama will say, Hey, wait! Where are my 71 virgins? And George will reply It's 71 Virginians, you asshole! — Robin Williams
When I'm standing at the Pearly Gates, I want to say to God, 'Don't look at the records. Look at my family. I'm much prouder about that part.' — John Fogerty
His mother had told him that when you looked into the eyes of God at the pearly gates, all the questions you ever had were answered. Ronan had a lot of questions. Waking Glendower might be like that. Fewer angels attending, and maybe a heavier Welsh accent. Slightly less judgment. — Maggie Stiefvater
My home is heaven. I'm just traveling through this world.
If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the pearly gates? Oh, you know something? I'm so far away from believing that it exists, and the only thing I know are jokes about it. — Donald Sutherland
I done been to the pearly gates, they sent me back said the good die young I ain't eligible for that — 50 Cent
Whatever happens when we die, it would be really weird if it was what we had expected. Even if you were a lifelong Christian believer, it would be kind of weird if there actually were pearly gates. — George Saunders
It often occurs to me that if, against all odds, there is a judgmental God and heaven, it will come to pass that when the pearly gates open, those who had the valor to think for themselves will be escorted to the head of the line, garlanded, and given their own personal audience. — E. O. Wilson
Your good thoughts, good words and good deeds alone will be your intercessors. Nothing more will be wanted. They alone will serve you as a safe pilot to the harbour of Heaven, as a safe guide to the gates of paradise. — Zoroaster
Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.
May you be at the gates of heaven an hour before the devil knows you’re dead! — Irish Proverbs
Zeus most glorious and most great, Thundercloud, throned in the heavens! Let not the sun go down and the darkness come, until I cast down headlong the citadel of Priam in flames, and burn his gates with blazing fire, and tear to rags the shirt upon Hectors breast! May many of his men fall about him prone in the dust and bite the earth! — Homer
One day, a woman found herself standing at Heaven's gate. The angels' only question to her was, "Zusai, why weren't you Zusai?" Within that simple question lies the heart of all our soul work. If you are David, why aren't you fully David? If you are Susan, why aren't you completely Susan? We are here on Earth to become who we are meant to be. — Angeles Arrien
A servant of the Lord stands bodily before men, but mentally he is knocking at the gates of heaven with prayer. — John Climacus
I'm terrified about the day that I enter the gates of heaven and God says to me, just a minute. — Maureen O'Hara
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. — Bill Vaughan
To me the gospel is not a great mass of theological jargon. It is a simple and beautiful and logical thing, with one quiet truth following another in orderly sequence. I do not fret over the mysteries. I do not worry whether the heavenly gates swing or slide. I am only concerned that they open. — Gordon B. Hinckley
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. — Edwin Hubbell Chapin
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. — Francis Frangipane
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. — Dwight L. Moody
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. — Thomas Merton
Once one has rejected faith, it will become impossible for him to enter the gates of Heaven. — SebastiAn
In the gates of Heaven, the war medals are nothing but the evidences of murder! — Mehmet Murat Ildan
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. — William Prynne
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
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
Really, just looking around, you feel a twinge of pity for the poor souls who succeeded in getting past the Pearly Gates. One can't help but picture the lackluster VIP lounge in Heaven, a kind of nonalcoholic ice-cream social starring Harriet Beecher Stowe and Mahatma Gandhi. Hardly anyone's idea of a "with-it" social register. — Chuck Palahniuk
Hail the day that sees Him rise,
Ravished from our wistful eyes!
Christ, awhile to mortals given,
Re-ascends His native heaven.
There the glorious triumph waits,
Lift your heads, eternal gates!
Wide unfold the radiant scene,
Take the King of glory in! — Charles Wesley
If the way of heaven be narrow, it is not long; and if the gate be straight, it opens into endless life. — William Beveridge
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. — Christian Scriver
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”? — Martin Sheen
When Christ ascended Triumphantly from star to star He left the gates of Heaven ajar. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Every time I read a Jane Austen novel, I feel like a bartender at the gates of heaven. — Mark Twain
Death when to death a death by death hath given
Then shall be op't the long shut gates of heaven.
[Mors, mortis morti mortem nisi morte dedisset (dedisses).] — Thomas Heywood
A joyous little creature, so beautiful, It was as if a gate of Heaven opened as she came in. — Victor Hugo
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