Charles Grandison Finney Quotes

Unless I had the spirit of prayer, I could do nothing.

Charles Grandison Finney

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• The limitless loving devotion to God, and the gift God makes of Himself to you, are the highest elevation of which the heart is capable; it is the highest degree of prayer. The souls that have reached this point are truly the heart of the Church.

  

  Edith Stein
  • God
  • Heart
  • Church

• I do not believe in the eternity of the spirit. That contradicts my ideology.

  

  Yossi Sarid
  • Believe
  • Spirit
  • Eternity

• The English have all the material requisites for the revolution. What they lack is the spirit of generalization and revolutionary ardour.

  

  Karl Marx
  • English
  • Spirit
  • Revolution

• Close by the Rights of Man, at the least set beside them, are the Rights of the Spirit.

  

  Victor Hugo
  • Man
  • Spirit
  • Rights

• Experience teaches us that we do not always receive the blessings we ask for in prayer.

  

  Mary Baker Eddy
  • Experience
  • Prayer

• Most of the great books on prayer are written by 'experts' - monks, missionaries, mystics, saints. I've read scores of them, and mainly they make me feel guilty.

  

  Philip Yancey
  • Great
  • Prayer
  • Guilty

• I think one thing is that prayer has become more useful, interesting, fruitful, and... almost involuntary in my life.

  

  Mary Oliver
  • Life
  • Interesting
  • Prayer

• Since 1775, when the first Continental Congress called for a national day of prayer, there have been such events called for by almost every President. I saw the figures - 34 out of 44 Presidents have called for a national day of prayer. Some of those who didn't have died in office.

  

  James Dobson
  • Prayer

• I think faith is the small mustard seed of opportunities every day. For example, 'Am I going to love this person? Am I going to share my faith with this person? Am I going to pray that little prayer?' It really is a daily thing where you seize those little mustard seed opportunities and then see what God does.

  

  Mark Batterson
  • God
  • Small
  • Faith

• I am constantly thankful. The world is so beautiful, I am thankful. I have endless energy, I am thankful. I am plugged into the source of Universal Supply, I am thankful. I am plugged into the source of Universal Truth, I am thankful. I have this constant feeling of thankfulness, which is a prayer.

  

  Peace Pilgrim
  • World
  • Truth
  • Beautiful

• Sincere friendship towards God, in all who believe him to be properly an intelligent, willing being, does most apparently, directly, and strongly incline to prayer; and it no less disposes the heart strongly to desire to have our infinitely glorious.

  

  Jonathan Edwards
  • God
  • Believe
  • Heart

• Yes, I like that word. "More" is a prayer to God, isn't it? Gratitude and plea, all in one.

  

  Art Garfunkel Simon & Garfunkel
  • God
  • Prayer
  • More

• Do not count the days, do not count the miles. Count only the Germans you have killed. Kill the German - this is your old mother's prayer. Kill the German - this is what your children beseech you to do. Kill the German - this is the cry of your Russian earth. Do not waver. Do not let up. Kill.

  

  Ilya Ehrenburg
  • Up
  • Children
  • Mother

• We should try to learn the nature of [the spirit of revelation]. . . . This is the grand means that the Lord has provided for us, that we may know the light, and not be groveling continually in the dark.

  

  Lorenzo Snow
  • Trying
  • May
  • Nature

• Constitution is not a mere lawyers document, it is a vehicle of Life, and its spirit is always the spirit of Age.

  

  Babasaheb
  • Life
  • Age
  • Spirit

• Every true revival from that day to this has had its earthly origin in prayer.

  

  R. A. Torrey
  • True
  • Prayer
  • Revival

• If we then let the words of Christ abide in us, they will stir us up in prayer.

  

  R. A. Torrey
  • Up
  • Words
  • Prayer

• Prayers never bring anything... They may bring solace to the sap, the bigot, the ignorant, the aboriginal, and the lazy - but to the enlightened it is the same as asking Santa Claus to bring you something for Xmas

  

  W. C. Fields
  • May
  • Religious
  • Prayer

• The best food I've had was actually in catering at 'Single Ladies.' It's insane. I can't live in Atlanta. In fact, even if I'm offered, I'm not sure I could come back for another six months, because I'll just be fat.

  

  Ricky Whittle
  • Months
  • Actually
  • Catering

• Business is tough; you need tough guys.

  

  Carlos Ghosn
  • Business
  • You
  • Tough

• If you think about the contexts in which we talk about things being fun, often there's a certain kind of misery or effort that's involved with it. The difficulty of travel, getting all your bags packed and your work done and navigating the airports and all that. That sort of struggle.

  

  Ian Bogost
  • Work
  • Thinking
  • Done

• I knew it was happening, but I never paid much attention to it . . . just to the passage of time. Something new always slowly changes right in front of your eyes - it just happens.

  

  William Eggleston
  • Attention
  • Eye
  • Fronts

• Tom’s need to live out his life as a memorial to his comrades.

  

  Bessel van der Kolk
  • Memorial
  • Comrades

• Unless I had the spirit of prayer, I could do nothing.

  

  Charles Grandison Finney
  • Prayer
  • Spirit