Bob Buford Quotes

Prayer is, for me, like that - a state of being together with God. It's not usually triggered by liturgy or special needs. It's more like what the Bible instructs us to do: Pray without ceasing.

Bob Buford

Quotes to Explore

I was born in Bradford, a city in the north of England that God forgot about. A place where most people never leave, but if they do, they certainly never go back.

Natalia Kills
- People
- God
- City
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
- Real
- Experience
- Prayer
After 'The Poisonwood Bible' was published, several people believed that my parents were missionaries, which could not be further from the truth.

Barbara Kingsolver
- People
- Truth
- Parents
It's the Law of God that gave the stability to Christian civilization.

Randall Terry
- God
- Law
- Christian
I was attending the University of Alberta. I was going to be a high school teacher, like my parents. I failed - no, I didn't fail a class, I just barely passed. I really didn't try. It was Canadian history, through the plays of the time. My God, those were boring plays.

Nathan Fillion
- Time
- God
- School
Remember that the good angels do what they can to preserve men from sin and obtain God's honor. But they do not lose courage when men fail.

Saint Ignatius
- Good
- God
- Men