Quotes about prayer
prayer ninety-nine names
Let them like the Tibetans, chew the cud of their "om mane padme hum" innumerable times, or, as in Benares, count the name of the God Ram-Ram-Ram (etc. with or without charm) on their fingers; or honour Vishnu with his thousand names of invocation, Allah with his ninety-nine; or they may make use of the prayer-wheels and the rosary: the main thing is that they are settled down for a time at this work and are tolerable to look at. This kind of prayer has been invented for the benefit of the pious who have thought and elevations of their own. Friedrich Nietzsche
prayer mercy-of-god venice
Though justice be Thy plea, consider this: That in the course of justice none of us should see salvation. We do pray for mercy, And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy. George Bernard Shaw
prayer people political
Most of the money given by rich people in "charity" is made up of conscience money, "ransom," political bribery, and bids for titles.... One buys moral credit by signing a cheque, which is easier than turning a prayer wheel.
prayer self voice
In saying my prayers, I discovered the voice of an innermost self, the raw nerve of my identity. Gelsey Kirkland
prayer self
A life of prayer is a life whose litanies are ever fresh acts of self-devoting love. Frederick William Robertson
prayer passionate-desire expectations
That prayer which does not succeed in moderating our wishes--in changing the passionate desire into still submission, the anxious, tumultuous expectation into silent surrender--is no true prayer, and proves that we have not the spirit of true prayer.
prayer wish praying
Pray till prayer makes you forget your own wish, and leave it or merge it in God's will.
prayer hands giving
After sketching his program for the scientific revolution that he foresaw, Bacon ends his account with a prayer: "Humbly we pray that this mind may be steadfast in us, and that through these our hands, and the hands of others to whom thou shalt give the same spirit, thou wilt vouchsafe to endow the human family with new mercies". That is still a good prayer for all of us as we begin the twenty-first century. Freeman Dyson
prayer writing form
Writing [is] a form of prayer. Franz Kafka
prayers thoughts tragedy
This was a tragedy and our thoughts and our prayers are with the families.
prayer night keys
Prayer: the key of the day and the lock of the night. Thomas Fuller
prayer took
I used to be a drug addict, I used to be an alcoholic, but I took it up in prayer,
prayer needs looks
Hope looks toward the future. Trust looks to the present. Hope expects. Trust possesses...what prayer needs, at all times, is abiding and abundant trust. Edward McKendree Bounds
prayer miracle heaven
When a faith-healer commands God to perform a miracle, in the absence of a prayer that says, 'Thy will be done,' it is, as far as I am concerned, the most rank form of arrogance . . . The faith-healer Bosworth once said that faith makes God act. If you follow that line of reasoning God is in His heaven, but Bosworth rules the world! C. Everett Koop
prayer school boys
At school, I enjoyed playing the bassoon. I was in the orchestra and played the melody when the other boys sang hymns at prayers time. James Dyson
prayer fatherhood needs
It is impossible to overstate the need for prayer in the fabric of family life. James Dobson
prayer fall exercise
Barring a miracle, the family that has existed since antiquity will likely crumble, presaging the fall of Western civilization itself. This is a time for concerted prayer, divine wisdom and greater courage than we have ever been called upon to exercise,
prayer judging wisconsin
Prayer and dependence on God has been our history. How unfortunate it is now that an unaccountable and unelected and misguided judge from Wisconsin, Judge Barbara Crabb, has declared National Days of Prayer - established by the Congress - to be unconstitutional.
prayer eye hair
How could anybody confuse truth with beauty, I thought as I looked at him. Truth came with sunken eyes, bony or scarred, decayed. Its teeth were bad, its hair gray and unkempt. While beauty was empty as a gourd, vain as a parakeet. But it had power. It smelled of musk and oranges and made you close your eyes in a prayer. Janet Fitch
prayer eye orange
Beauty was empty as a gourd, vain as a parakeet. But it had power. It smelled of musk and oranges and made you close your eyes in a prayer.
prayer if-there-is-a-god soul
The prayer of the agnostic: "O God, if there is a God, save my soul if I have a soul." Ernest Renan
prayer taken past
All of you are aware of the journey I've taken this past year and I just want to relay to all of the people that sent along their prayers and well wishes, my heartfelt thanks. It was truly overwhelming to me and my family the outpouring that we received from the Twin Cities community and from across the Midwest. Fred Hoiberg
prayer life-is handle
Life is fragile, handle with prayer. Harold B. Lee
prayer humble men
My humble prayer is that all men everywhere may understand more fully the significance of the atonement of the Savior of all mankind, who has given us the plan of salvation which will lead us into eternal life, where God and Christ dwell.
prayer goal vision
God grant that each of us here today may so live that all among us, and with us, may see, not us, but that which is divine and comes from God. With that vision of what those who have lost their way may become, my prayer is that they may receive strength and resolution to climb higher and higher and upward and onward to that great goal of eternal life and also that I may do my part in seeking to show by example, as well as by precept, that which will be the best of which I am capable of doing.
prayer ocean sea
He that will learn to pray, let him go to sea. George Herbert
prayer president praying
Michele Bachmann told reporters that she will lead the nation in prayer if she is elected president. You know if she is elected president, we all better be praying. She doesn't have to lead us. Jay Leno
prayer what-if factions
What if I pulled through and the pious faction contentedly claimed that their prayers had been answered? That would somehow be irritating, Christopher Hitchens
prayer doors hands
Oh, God, open all doors for me. Oh God who answers prayers and answers those who ask you, I am asking you for your help. I am asking you for forgiveness. I am asking you to lighten my way. I am asking you to lift the burden I feel. Oh God, you who open all doors, please open all doors for me, open all venues for me, open all avenues for me. God, I trust in you. God, I lay myself in your hands.... There is no God but God, I being a sinner. We are of God, and to God we return. Mohamed Atta
prayer mean writing
When I write, I try to represent the ordinary person in the pew, which means that, ironically, I'm qualified to write about prayer by being unqualified! Mo Yan
prayer joining solemn
The joining of the whole congregation in prayer has something exceedingly solemn and affecting in it. Karl Philipp Moritz
prayer artist grace
The grace to be a beginner is always the best prayer for an artist. Julia Cameron
prayer responsibility scary
Answered prayers are scary. They imply responsibility. You asked for it. Now that you've got it, what are you going to do? Why else the cautionary phrase Watch out for what you pray for; you might just get it?