For that purpose Christ instituted holy baptism, thereby to clothe you with his righteousness. It is tantamount to his saying, My righteousness shall be your righteousness; my innocence, your innocence. Your sins indeed are great, but by baptism I bestow on you my righteousness; I strip death from you and clothe you with my life.
It is as natural and reasonable for a dependent creature to apply to its Creator for what it needs, as for a child thus to solicit the aid of a parent who is believed to have the disposition and ability to bestow what it needs.
In a head-on collision with Fanatics, the real problem is always the same: how can we possibly behave decently toward people so arrogantly ignorant that they believe, first, that they possess Christ's power to bestow salvation, second, that forcing us to memorize and regurgitate a few of their favorite Bible phrases and attend their church is that salvation, and third, that any discomfort, frustration, anger or disagreement we express in the face of their moronic barrages is due not to their astounding effrontery but to our sinfulness?
The wounds received in battle bestow honor, they do not take it away.
Friendship is the holiest of gifts; God can bestow nothing more sacred upon us! It enhances every joy, mitigates every pain. Everyone can have a friend, Who himself knows how to be a friend.
Where's the man who counsel can bestow, still pleased to teach, and yet not proud to know.
But neither infinite power nor infinite wisdom could bestow godhood upon men. For that there would have to be infinite love as well.
To give liberty to a slave before he understands its value is, perhaps, rather to impose a penalty than to bestow a blessing.
Unless one is happy, one cannot bestow happiness on others.
America, our endless blessings bestow an enduring burden. But as Americans, we welcome our responsibility to lead.
Passion costs me too much to bestow it on every trifle.
I had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one.
No experience in this world has ever been cathartic without the willing participation of the individual. Life does not automatically bestow wisdom or growth upon anyone just for showing up.
God is more anxious to bestow his blessings on us than we are to receive them.
Teaching children the joy of honest labor is one of the greatest of all gifts you can bestow upon them.
Work did bestow dignity, status, meaning. Wasn't that why people dreaded unemployment, why some men found retirement so traumatic?
Our delight in any particular study, art, or science rises and improves in proportion to the application which we bestow upon it. Thus, what was at first an exercise becomes at length an entertainment.
God grants us not always what we ask so as to bestow something preferable.
Nature does not bestow virtue; to be good is an art.
The right to justice is something that no one can bestow, nor take away, for it is in one's heart.