Edward Gibbon Quotes

That the saints were usually in ill luck does not canonize you.

It was a miracle; it was all a miracle: and one ought to have known, from the sufferings of saints, that miracles are horror.

Pray to Saint Philomena, What ever you ask from her, She will obtain for you.

Miracles have no claim whatever to the character of historical facts and are wholly invalid as evidence of any revelation.

I would rather obey than work miracles.

Jesus is magic, because he turned water into wine. I think he made the statue of liberty disappear in the 80s or something.

I wish to work miracles.

Miracles, or those extraordinary manifestations of the power of god, are not for the unbeliever; they are to console the Saints, and to strengthen and confirm the faith of those who love, fear, and serve God.

All saints can do miracles, but few of them can keep a hotel.

Jesus don't walk on water no more; his feet leak.

Now I see that God prefers to work through intermediaries - Mary and the saints. . . He wants us to pray through Mary and not only directly.

Heaven is a house full of miracles; yea, of spectacles and images of free grace.

Miracles arise from our ignorance of nature, not from nature itself.

You are not realistic unless you believe in miracles!

Tune into the presence of miracles, and in an instant, life can be transformed into a dazzling experience, more wondrous and exciting than we could even imagine.

I’m saying a prayer. Maybe you ought to, too. It’s going to take us a miracle to get through this.” Whether he was serious or not, Claire sent the prayer up toward heaven, and she thought the others did, too. So it seemed kind of miraculous when the doorbell rang. “At least they’re getting more polite when they try to kill us,” Shane said.

There's a reason prophets perform miracles; language lacks the power to describe faith.

It is the duty of the saints, especially in times of straights, to reflect upon the performances of Providence for them in all the states and through all the stages of their lives.

If you want to come behind the Bible and explain everything scientifically, then you're denying God's power over miracles.

This was love: a string of coincidences that gathered significance and became miracles.

people who believe in miracles do not make much fuss when they actually encounter one

In the realist, faith is not born from miracles, but miracles from faith.

I do believe I begin to grasp the nature of miracles! For would it be a miracle, if there was any reason for it? Miracles have nothing to do with reason. Miracles contradict reason, they strike clean across mere human deserts, and deliver and save where they will. If they made sense, they would not be miracles.

Jehovah is the great Miracle Maker, the unrivaled Wonder worker. None can be likened unto Him, He is alone in wonderland, the Creator and Worker of true marvels, compared with which all other remarkable things are as child's play.

Be guided by the Spirit. I have said so many times to my Brethren that the Spirit is the most important single element in this work. With the Spirit, and by magnifying your call, you can do miracles for the Lord in the mission field. Without the Spirit you will never succeed regardless of your talent and ability.