Praying Quotes - Page 7

• Pray: To ask the laws of the universe to be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Funny, Prayer, Humor

  Ambrose Bierce (2012). “The Devil's Dictionary”, p.96, Courier Corporation

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• A prayer in its simplest definition is merely a wish turned Godward.

  Phillips Brooks

  God, Prayer, Wish

  Phillips Brooks (1838). “Sermons”, p.299

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• God answers sharp and sudden on some prayers, And thrusts the thing we have prayed for in our face, A gauntlet with a gift in it.

  Elizabeth Barrett Browning

  Faith, God, Religious

  'Aurora Leigh' (1857) bk. 2, l. 952

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• Give us this day our daily mask.

  Tom Stoppard

  Bible, Prayer, Bread Of Life

  Tom Stoppard (2013). “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead”, p.31, Faber & Faber

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• Forgive me my nonsense, as I also forgive the nonsense of those that think they talk sense.

  Robert Frost

  Forgiveness, Thinking, Forgive Me

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• Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink deeply from good books - especially the Bible, build a shelter against a rainy day, give thanks for your blessings and pray for guidance every day.

  John Wooden

  Friendship, Art, Book

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• Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself.

  William Ralph Inge

  Prayer, Mean, Opportunity

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• Let us never forget to pray. God lives. He is near. He is real. He is not only aware of us but cares for us. He is our Father. He is accessible to all who will seek Him.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Inspirational, God, Prayer

  Gordon B. Hinckley (2009). “Standing for Something: 10 Neglected Virtues That Will Heal Our Hearts and Homes”, p.136, Harmony

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• Get on your knees and pray, then get on your feet and work.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Feet, Knees

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• I continue to dream and pray about a revival of holiness in our day that moves forth in mission and creates authentic community in which each person can be unleashed through the empowerment of the Spirit to fulfill God's creational intentions.

  John Wesley

  Dream, Moving, Community

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• I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Inspirational, Life, Time

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

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  Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines.

  Satchel Paige

  Thanksgiving, Thank You, Baseball

  Quoted in Deirdre Mullane, Words to Make My Dream Children Live: A Book of African American Quotations (1995)

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• Most people do not pray; they only beg.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Prayer, People, Religion

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• Prayer: the key of the day and the lock of the night.

  Thomas Fuller

  Prayer, Night, Keys

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• No one can pray and worry at the same time.

  Max Lucado

  Prayer, Worry, Max

  Max Lucado (2012). “Great Day Every Day: Navigating Life's Challenges with Promise and Purpose”, p.125, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• We must alter our lives in order to alter our hearts, for it is impossible to live one way and pray another.

  William Law

  Christian, Prayer, Heart

  William Law (1734). “A practical treatise upon Christian perfection. Repr. [of the 1726 ed.].”, p.266

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• The trouble with our praying is, we just do it as a means of last resort.

  Will Rogers

  Prayer, Mean, Lasts

  Will Rogers, Bryan B. Sterling, Frances N. Sterling (1993). “Will Rogers' World: America's Foremost Political Humorist Comments on the Twenties and Thirties--and Eighties and Nineties”, p.220, Rowman & Littlefield

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• I often pray, though I'm not really sure Anyone's listening; and I phrase it carefully, just in case He's literary.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Prayer, Listening, Phrases

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.95, BookBaby

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• Religion is no more possible without prayer than poetry without language, or music without atmosphere.

  James Martineau

  Prayer, Atmosphere, Language

  James Martineau (1905). “Tides of the Spirit: Selections from the Writings of James Martineau”

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• Oh! men and brethren, what would this heart feel if I could but believe that there were some among you who would go home and pray for a revival men whose faith is large enough, and their love fiery enough to lead them from this moment to exercise unceasing intercessions that God would appear among us and do wondrous things here, as in the times of former generations.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Prayer, Believe, Home

  Charles H. Spurgeon (2012). “The Spurgeon Series 1859 & 1860: Unabridged Sermons In Modern Language”, p.528, New Leaf Publishing Group

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• When God intends great mercy for his people, the first thing he doth is to set them a praying.

  Matthew Henry

  People, Firsts, Mercy

  "Isaiah-Malachai".

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• No praying, it spoils business.

  Thomas Otway

  Business, Spoil

  'Venice Preserved' (1682) act 2, l. 87

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• Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another.

  Jean Paul

  Beautiful, Forgiveness, Humanity

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• The conditions of praying are the conditions of righteousness, holiness, and salvation.

  Edward McKendree Bounds

  Holiness, Christianity, Salvation

  Edward McKendree Bounds (1920). “Purpose in Prayer”, p.31, CCEL

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• The secret of praying is praying in secret.

  Leonard Ravenhill

  Prayer, Secret, Sinning

  Leonard Ravenhill (2004). “Why Revival Tarries”, p.150, Bethany House

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