O Lord, thou knowest how busy I must be this day; if I forget thee, do not thou forget me. [Prayer before Battle of Edgehill, 1642]
Sir Jacob AstleyThe Church should go forward along the path of progress and be no longer satisfied only to represent the Conservative Party at prayer.
Maude RoydenThe torpid artist seeks inspiration at any cost, by virtue or by vice, by friend or by fiend, by prayer or by wine.
Ralph Waldo EmersonYour prayer must be for a sound mind in a sound body.
JuvenalCourage is just fear, plus prayers, plus understanding.
Edward AlbertThe only time my prayers are never answered is on the golf course.
Billy GrahamAnd so with that spirit of confidence in our step and with that prayer in our heart, let us now quicken our pace to the victory that awaits us!
Perry ChristieThe general atmosphere of Lord's is more like a prayer meeting than a ball game.
Alistair CookeIn prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
Mahatma GandhiI have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it.
VoltaireDeeply saddened by the news of the terrorist attacks in central London, the Holy Father offers his fervent prayers for the victims and for all those who mourn. [on the London terrorist bombings, 7th July 2005]
Pope Benedict XVIThe wish for prayer is a prayer in itself
Georges BernanosIn prayer the lips ne'er act the winning part
Without the sweet concurrence of the heart
Robert HerrickPrayer ardent opens heaven
Edward YoungThe Christian life is not a constant high. I have my moments of deep discouragement. I have to go to God in prayer with tears in my eyes, and say, 'O God, forgive me,' or 'Help me.'
Billy GrahamJust as in earthly life lovers long for the moment when they are able to breathe forth their love for each other, to let their souls blend in a soft whisper, so the mystic longs for the moment when in prayer he can, as it were, creep into God.
Soren KierkegaardThe works of God are great mysteries and may truly always be hidden from us, however it is not wrong to lead your own personal enquiry through your prayers to the Lord.
Jane GreyWhatever a man prays for, he prays for a miracle. Every prayer reduces itself to this: Great God, grant that twice two be not four
Ivan TurgenevThe romantic embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.
Havelock EllisAnything large enough for a wish to light upon, is large enough to hang a prayer upon.
George MacDonaldBattering the gates of heaven with the storms of prayer.
Alfred Lord TennysonHe who sows the ground with care and diligence acquires a greater stock of religious merit than he could gain by the repetition of ten thousand prayers
ZoroasterIntercessory prayer might be defined as loving our neighbour on our knees.
Charles BentIf thou shouldst never see my face again, pray for my soul. More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of.
Alfred Lord TennysonPrayer puts you in touch with the infinite and prepares your mind for the finite.
Peter DanielA prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages.
Tennessee WilliamsIf God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another.
EpicurusMany of our prayers were not answered, and for this we are now grateful
William FeatherAs we look upon that agony and those tearful prayers, let us not only look with thankfulness; but let that kneeling Saviour teach us that in prayer alone can we be forearmed against our lesser sorrows; that strength to bear flows into the heart that is opened in supplication; and that a sorrow which we are made able to endure is more truly conquered than a sorrow which we avoid
Alexander MaclarenThe sexual embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.
Marcus AureliusThe creator who could put a cancer in a believer's stomach is above being interfered with by prayers
Bret HarteBernard always had a few prayers in the hall and some whiskey afterwards as he was rather pious.
Daisy AshfordFar as distress the soul can wound 'Tis pain in each degree; Bliss goes but to a certain bound, Beyond is agony. (A Prayer for Indifference)
Frances GrevilleThe man who says his evening prayer is a captain posting his sentinels. He can sleep.
Charles BaudelaireI admired and valued Robin as a colleague and friend and as one of the greatest parliamentarians of our time. His wife Gaynor and his two sons are in our thoughts and prayers. [on the death of Robin Cook]
Gordon BrownIt is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray.
AesopOur prayers are answered not when we are given what we ask but when we are challenged to be what we can be.
Morris AdlerOld hands soil, it seems, whatever they caress, but they too have their beauty when they are joined in prayer. Young hands were made for caresses and the sheathing of love. It is a pity to make them join too soon.
André GidePrayer indeed is good, but while calling on the gods a man should himself lend a hand.
HippocratesThe function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.
Soren KierkegaardIn times of trouble or personal suffering remember that you always have the opportunity to make earnest request to God through your prayers for the strength you need to continue.
Patrick GordonI am acutely aware that you have not elected me as your President by your ballots, so I ask you to confirm me with your prayers.
Gerald FordPrayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night.
George HerbertI never pray on a golf course. Actually, the Lord answers my prayers everywhere except on the course.
Billy GrahamThere are thoughts which are prayers. There are moments when, whatever the posture of the body, the soul is on its knees.
Victor HugoWhat a Friend we have in Jesus,
All our sins and griefs to bear!
What a privilege to carry
Everything to God in prayer! [Hymn]
Joseph ScrivenTo all my little Hulkamaniacs, say your prayers, take your vitamins and you will never go wrong.
Hulk HoganBusiness underlies everything in our national life, including our spiritual life. Witness the fact that in the Lord's Prayer, the first petition is for daily bread. No one can worship God or love his neighbour on an empty stomach.
Woodrow WilsonBasically, I'm for anything that gets you through the night - be it prayer, tranquilisers or a bottle of Jack Daniels.
Frank SinatraWe must not sit still and look for miracles; up and doing, and the Lord will be with thee. Prayer and pains, through faith in Christ Jesus, will do anything.
George Eliot
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