It is possible that Mount Olympus may have supplied the poets with the hint for saying that Jupiter obtained the kingdom of heaven, because Olympus is the common name both of the mountain and of heaven.
The Bible says that God has a reason for keeping us here; if He didn't, He would take us to Heaven far sooner.
A teardrop on earth summons the King of heaven.
The trouble with kingdoms of heaven on earth is that they're liable to come to pass, and then their fraudulence is apparent for all to see. We need a kingdom of heaven in Heaven, if only because it can't be realized.
Marriage is the mother of the world. It preserves kingdoms, and fills cities and churches, and heaven itself.
In 2008, I just decided that there will come a time when I am dead and gone, and I only have a body of work to show. That was when I did films like 'Last Lear' and Deepa Mehta's 'Heaven On Earth.' They were serious roles.
Heaven lent you a soul, Earth will lend a grave.
We can project just about anything we want onto NFL owners - one of them is named Arthur Blank, for heaven's sake. He's a walking Mad Lib, just waiting for us to complete him.
We absolutely believed in Heaven and Hell, Purgatory, and even Limbo. I mean, they were actually closer to us than Australia or Canada, that they were real places.
I have yet to find a faithful tithe payer who cannot testify that in a very literal and wonderful way the windows of Heaven have been opened and blessings have been poured out upon him or her.
Practice yourself, for heaven's sake in little things, and then proceed to greater.
I'm not saying that love always takes you to heaven. Your life can become a nightmare. But that said, it is worth taking the risk.
Women love always: when earth slips from them, they take refuge in heaven.
O! Let me not be mad, not mad, sweet heaven; keep me in temper; I would not be mad!
What are we Democrats fighting for? We are not fighting for salvation and going to heaven. But we are fighting for Medicaid, Medicare, health care, education, jobs, helping old folks.
God has two dwellings; one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart.
May Heaven be propitious, and smile on the cause of my country.
My belief is that 'heaven' and 'hell' are metaphorical terms for what you make of your life. In any instant, you have the ability to make your life total pleasure or total hell.
I went to the University of Michigan for one year, and fortunately they had a foreign-film cinema, and I discovered it, and I thought I died and went to heaven.
Bear up, my child, bear up; Zeus who oversees and directs all things is still mighty in heaven.