It's a blessing and a curse when your first big public album does so well. 'Twentysomething' sold four million copies - I think we were hoping to sell 80,000. And it's still selling. In some ways, you'll always be defined by that.

Every blessing ignored becomes a curse.

It's a blessing from God just to have all of the opportunities that I've had and being able to come down with as many catches as I've had.

To receive footage that has been shot with editing in mind, it is a blessing.

Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content.

You must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing.

Every day is a blessing.

You have the highest of human trusts committed to your care. Providence has showered on this favored land blessings without number, and has chosen you as the guardians of freedom, to preserve it for the benefit of the human race.

Of course, being the synagogue president, for me it was a great blessing.

We have the promise of God's being our God, and of the blessing by Christ for ourselves, as we are Abraham's seed, yet take the whole promise collectively made to him and us.

The thirst for education that comes with the change the gospel brings can be a blessing or a curse, depending on our motives.

Any team that wants to draft me is a blessing to me.

Being in the public eye is part of what I do, and taking on a multitude of different projects - television, radio, fashion, writing or deep-sea diving - is a blessing. It is also how I pay my bills and fund my own skating, as I don't have a sponsor or financial help from my federation.

Laughter is God's blessing.

The fact that people are able to be positively impacted by any of my work is really just a blessing. And ultimately, that's what I want to do.

Tweeting about objects means I don't need to bid on them, which is a blessing. Buying something is a way of saying, 'Look at this!' So is tweeting. So, I guess, is writing fiction.

The Gospel is about grace and we all know that grace is about us receiving from God blessings that we don't deserve.

Creativity is not a trait that we inherit in our genes or a blessing bestowed by the angels. It's a skill.

I would like to express my deep gratitude to the people of Bijepur Assembly constituency for having showered their blessings on the BJD.

I never dreamed I would coach at UCLA. It was not one of those things in my coaching career I thought would happen. It's a tremendous blessing, and I'm going to make the most of it.