Pray Quotes
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Therefore, is thy brother a sinner? Then cover his sin and pray for him. Dost thou publish his sins, then truly thou art not a child of your merciful Father; for otherwise thou wouldst be also as he, merciful. It is certainly true that we cannot show as great mercy to our neighbor, as God has to us; but it is the true work of the devil that we do the very opposite of mercy, which is a sure sign that there is not a grain of mercy in us.
Martin Luther
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It's not so difficult to acknowledge that we lack wisdom. When we pray and seek God's wisdom with a longing for a deeper fullness of the life of Christ, then we will always find something to pursue.
Esther Smith
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“Why do demons wish to excite in us gluttony, fornication, greed, anger, rancor and other passions? So that the mind, under their weight, should be unable to pray as it ought; for when the passions of our irrational part begin to act, they prevent the mind from acting rationally.”
Nilus of Sinai
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Ever doubt that God answers your prayers? Pray (sincerely) for humility... and watch what happens.
Mark Hart Crowded House
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Four things for success: work and pray, think and believe.
Norman Vincent Peale
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Fondly do we hope, ferverently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away.
Abraham Lincoln
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At sunset when you pray to God, say over and over that each man is a brother and that all men are equal.
Ahmed Sekou Toure
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Sloth is most often evidenced in busyness ... in frantic running around, trying to be everything to everyone, and then having no time to listen or pray, no time to become the person who is doing these things.
Eugene H. Peterson
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Some people pray to their guides and feel let down by their guides when they go through a challenge in life.
Echo Bodine
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We just write down a bunch of words, and pray to god they make sense. And if we don't, it doesn't matter, we're artists.
Tom DeLonge Box Car Racer
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If you patiently accept what comes, you will always pray with joy.
Evagrius Ponticus
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Pray steal me not, I'm Mrs. Dingley's, Whose heart in this four-footed thing lies.
Jonathan Swift
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Pray, for all men need the aid of the gods.
Homer
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Whatever a person may pray for, that person prays for a miracle. Every prayer comes down to this - Almighty God, grant that two times two not equal four.
Ivan Turgenev
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If you are ever inclined to pray for a missionary, do it at once, where ever you are. Perhaps he may be in great peril at that moment.
Amy Carmichael
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The most important lesson we can learn is how to pray. Prayers do not die, prayers live before God, and God's heart is set on them.
Edward McKendree Bounds
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The cozy fire is bright and gay, The merry kettle boils away and hums a cheerful song. I sing the saucer and the cup; Pray, Mary, fill the teapot up, And do not make it strong.
Barry Pain
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I don't want any minister to pray for me. But if you want a minister there to pray for the crowd, I won't object.
Edward H. Rulloff
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Knew I how to pray, to intercede for your broken Foot were intuitive - but I am but a Pagan.
Emily Dickinson
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What are the things we should pray for? First, our personal troubles...The greatest trouble we can ever know is thinking that we have no trouble for we can become hard-hearted and insensible to what is inside of us.
Martin Luther
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I pray and meditate every morning for anywhere between 15 to 50 minutes.
Susan Kelechi Watson
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All changes pass me like a dream, I neither sing nor pray; And thou art like the poisonous tree That stole my life away.
Elizabeth Siddal
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When I left Springfield [to become President] I asked the people to pray for me. I was not a Christian. When I buried my son, the severest trial of my life, I was not a Christian. But when I went to Gettysburg and saw the graves of thousands of our soldiers, I then and there consecrated myself to Christ.
Abraham Lincoln
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...pray for the grace to realize that no matter where you are, you are in the presence of the Lord.
Ann Spangler