Adolph Saphir Quotes
It is only in times of great and grievous dullness that the believer regards prayer as a duty, and not as a privilege.
Quotes to Explore
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The desire is thy prayers; and if thy desire is without ceasing, thy prayer will also be without ceasing. The continuance of your longing is the continuance of your prayer.
Saint Augustine
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Being listened to and being heard is an experience that doesn't happen terribly often. To listen compassionately or nonjudgmentally to another person - not to get too heavy about it - but I once heard somebody say that was a form of real prayer.
Gabriel Byrne
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It is the duty of every good officer to obey any orders given him by his commander in chief.
Nathan Hale
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It's clearly more important to treat one's fellow man well than to be always praying and fasting and touching one's head to a prayer mat.
Naguib Mahfouz
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Access to the Vedas is the greatest privilege this century may claim over all previous centuries.
J. Robert Oppenheimer
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Our duty is to be patient.
Hamza Yusuf
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It is the duty of Her Majesty's government neither to flap nor to falter.
Harold MacMillan
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I am afraid of privilege, of ease, of entitlement.
Tan Le
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Are you there? Say a prayer for the pretender who started out so young and strong only to surrender
Jackson Browne
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Man is not to be comprehended as a starting-point, or progress as a goal, without those two great forces, Faith and Love. Prayer is sublime.
Albert Pike
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Apostolic preaching cannot be carried on unless there be apostolic prayer.
Edward McKendree Bounds
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God shapes the world by prayer.
Edward McKendree Bounds
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I believe that we don't need to worry about what happens after this life, as long as we do our duty here-to love and to serve.
Albert Einstein
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When I think about 'Since U Been Gone,' I think the first thing that comes to mind is 'Livin' On A Prayer' - they're kind of like sisters, a little bit. And 'Call Me Maybe' was so wildly original, and so quirky, and so satisfying.
Bonnie McKee
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I close my eyes, then I drift away, into the magic night I softly say. A silent prayer, like dreamers do, then I fall asleep to dream my dreams of you.
Roy Orbison
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It is a bipartisan gathering to be able to pray for the needs back in our districts, for our families and each other. Another thing the prayer caucus does is to address religious liberty issues around the country as they arise.
James Lankford
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Prayer is the spirit speaking truth to Truth.
Philip James Bailey
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All of my babies know that I preach all day... I ain't trying to hide no light under no bushel. Everybody needs a little light in their life, and when they need prayer, they know where to come because they know I love them all, and I ain't judging nobody.
Betty Wright
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The duty and the task of a writer are those of an interpreter.
Marcel Proust
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Prayer is the song of the heart. It reaches the ear of God even if it is mingled with the cry and tumult of a thousand men.
Kahlil Gibran
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I built a conglomerate and emerged the richest black man in the world in 2008 but it didn’t happen overnight. It took me 30 years to get to where I am today. Youths of today aspire to be like me but they want to achieve it overnight. It’s not going to work. To build a successful business, you must start small and dream big. In the journey of entrepreneurship, tenacity of purpose is supreme.
Aliko Dangote
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If I wanted to be a doctor today I'd go to math school not med school.
Vinod Khosla
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I don't categorize myself. I don't think I'm perceived as a female act by my audience. My fans include just as many men as women.
Elayne Boosler
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It is only in times of great and grievous dullness that the believer regards prayer as a duty, and not as a privilege.
Adolph Saphir