Praying Quotes - Page 32

• Pray, pray, thou who also weepest,-- And the drops will slacken so; Weep, weep--and the watch thou keepest, With a quicker count will go. Think,--the shadow on the dial For the nature most undone, Marks the passing of the trial, Proves the presence of the sun.

  Elizabeth Barrett Browning

  Thinking, Shadow, Watches

  Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1844). “Poems”, p.164

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• Commemoration of Brooke Foss Westcott, Bishop of Durham, Teacher, 1901 Be not afraid to pray... to pray is right. Pray if thou canst with hope; but ever pray Though hope be weak, or sick with long delay. Whatever is good to wish, ask that of heaven; But if for any wish thou darest not pray, Then pray to God to cast that wish away.

  Hartley Coleridge

  Teacher, Sick, Long

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• Pray to be perfect, though material leaven Forbid the spirit so on earth to be; But if for any wish thou darest not pray, Then pray to God to cast that wish away.

  Hartley Coleridge

  Prayer, Perfect, Wish

  Hartley Coleridge, Derwent Coleridge (1851). “Poems by Hartley Coleridge: With a Memoir of His Life by His Brother. ...”, p.369

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• To pray together, in whatever tongue or ritual, is the most tender brotherhood of hope and sympathy that man can contract in this life.

  Madame de Stael

  Men, Brotherhood, Together

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• Your duty is to pray for the welfare of the world and to work for it as far as it lies in your power.

  Sathya Sai Baba

  Lying, World, Welfare

  FaceBook post by Sri Sathya Sai Baba from Jan 29, 2017

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• If it makes Tom Cruise happy, I don't care if he prays to turtles, ... And I don't think anybody else should.

  Madonna Ciccone

  Caring, Thinking, Turtles

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• To pray against temptation, and yet rush into occasions, is to thrust your fingers into the fire, and then pray they might not be burnt.

  Thomas Secker

  Fire, Temptation, Might

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• There is a thing, like a bird, weak and fluttering within my chest, i cradle it and care for it as anyone should an injured thing, yet, i silently pray for it's death.

  Gabriel Macht

  Bird, Care, Weak

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• Thank you from the heart to all those who in various ways are near me or follow me spiritually with affection and prayers from afar. To each one of you, I ask you to continue to support me by praying to God to let me be his gentle and firm pastor of his church.

  Pope Benedict XVI

  Prayer, Heart, Support

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• Princess Diana was a wonderful, caring philanthropist. She would come sometimes into the church and sit at the back and pray.

  Princess Diana

  Princess, Caring, Church

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• We pray to you, O God ... for strength, determination, and willpower, to do instead of just to pray, to become instead of merely to wish.

  Harold S. Kushner

  Perseverance, Determination, Wish

  Harold S. Kushner (2007). “When Bad Things Happen to Good People”, p.159, Anchor

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• When you affirm big, believe big and pray big, big things happen.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Believe, Belief, Bigs

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• God does not... give people positions or jobs or... good conditions such as they desire; they must do that for themselves.. God does not build cities nor towns nor nations, nor homes, nor factories; men and people do that and all those who want must work for themselves and pray to God to give them strength to do it.

  Marcus Garvey

  Jobs, Home, Godly

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• I hate it when people pray on the screen. It's not because I hate praying, but whenever I see an actor fold his hands and look up in the spotlight, I'm lost. There's only one other thing in the movies I hate as much, and that's sex. You just can't get in bed or pray to God and convince me on the screen.

  Orson Welles

  Sex, Hate, Hands

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I don't pray really, because I don't want to bore God.

  Orson Welles

  Want, Bores

  Interview with Merv Griffin. "Citizen Welles: A Biography of Orson Welles". Book by Frank Brady, Charles Scribner's Sons edition, p. 576, 1989.

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• I pray God that we shall never use our physical prowess to oppress the human race, but we will use our strength, physically, morally and otherwise to preserve humanity and civilization.

  Marcus Garvey

  Race, Civilization, Humanity

  Marcus Garvey (2015). “Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey”, p.12, Ravenio Books

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• Our aim is to appeal to reason. … Prayer is not one of our remedies; it depends on what one is praying for. We consider prayer nothing more than a fervent wish; consequently the merit and worth of a prayer depend upon what the fervent wish is.

  Carter G. Woodson

  Prayer, Wish, Merit

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• Intercessory prayer might be defined as loving our neighbour on our knees.

  Charles Bent

  Prayer, Might, Knees

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• Do not always ask when you pray, but instead affirm that God's blessings are being given, and spend most of your prayers giving thanks.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Prayer, Blessing, Giving

  Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (2003). “The Power of Positive Thinking: 10 Traits for Maximum Results”, p.72, Simon and Schuster

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• Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where Nature may heal and cheer and give strength to body and soul alike. This natural beauty-hunger is made manifest in the little window-sill gardens of the poor, though perhaps only a geranium slip in a broken cup, as well as in the carefully tended rose and lily gardens of the rich, the thousands of spacious city parks and botanical gardens, and in our magnificent National parks — the Yellowstone, Yosemite, Sequoia, etc. — Nature's sublime wonderlands, the admiration and joy of the world.

  John Muir

  Beauty, Nature, Cheer

  John Muir (1997). “Nature Writings: The Story of My Boyhood and Youth, My First Summer in the Sierra, the Mountains of California, Stickeen, Selected Essays”, p.814, Library of America

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• The normal Christian life is a life of regular, daily answer to prayer. In the model prayer Jesus taught His disciples to pray daily for bread, and expect to get it, and to ask daily for forgiveness, for deliverance from the evil one, and for other needs, and daily to get the answers they sought.

  John R. Rice

  Christian, Jesus, Prayer

  John R. Rice (2000). “Prayer: Asking and Receiving”, p.237, Sword of the Lord Publishers

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• I asked Him to give me the prayers He wants me to pray and to give or withhold anything according to his plan for me. Nothing is too big to ask of Him, not even an ocean lot. It is God's business to decide if it is good for me. It is my business to obey Him.

  Elisabeth Elliot

  Christian, Prayer, Ocean

  Elisabeth Elliot (2004). “A Lamp unto My Feet: The Bible's Light for Your Daily Walk”, p.116, Gospel Light Publications

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• The Bible parable says that while men slept, the enemy sowed tares among the wheat. A boy who rises at 4:30 to deliver papers is considered a go-getter, but to urge our young people to rise at 5:30 to pray is considered fanaticism. We must once again wear the harness of discipline. There is no other way.

  Leonard Ravenhill

  Men, Boys, Discipline

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• Dear God, I pray for patience and I want it right now.

  Oren Arnold

  Inspirational, Want, Dear God

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• You cannot pray for an A on a test and study for a B. You cannot pray for a celestial marriage and live a telestial life. You cannot pray for something and act less.

  Tad R. Callister

  Life, Marriage, Prayer

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