“ The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays. ”
- Soren Kierkegaard- Copy
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“ Pray, v.: To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy. ”
- Ambrose Bierce- Copy
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“ Logic is like the sword: those who appeal to it shall perish by it. ”
- Samuel Butler- Copy
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“ I pray without ceasing now. My personal prayer is: Make me an instrument which only truth can speak. ”
- Peace Pilgrim- Copy
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“ We do pray for mercy, and that same prayer doth teach us all to render the deeds of mercy. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
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“ If our petitions are in accordance with His will, and if we seek His glory in the asking, the answers will come in ways that will astonish us and fill our hearts with songs of thanksgiving. ”
- J.K. MacLean- Copy
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“ Spread out your petition before God, and then say, "Thy will, not mine, be done." The sweetest lesson I have learned in God's school is to let the Lord choose for me. ”
- Dwight L. Moody- Copy
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“ Pray. To ask the laws of the universe to be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy. ”
- Ambrose Bierce- Copy
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“ We must select the Illusion which appeals to our temperament and embrace it with passion, if we want to be happy. ”
- Cyril Connolly- Copy
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“ Truth is the summit of being; justice is the application of it to affairs. ”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson- Copy
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“ Some pray to marry the man they love, my prayer will somewhat vary; I humbly pray to Heaven above that I love the man I marry. ”
- Rose Pastor Stokes- Copy
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“ It is not well for a man to pray cream and live skim milk. ”
- Henry Ward Beecher- Copy
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“ I think operating systems work best if they're free and open. Particular applications are more likely to be proprietary. ”
- Larry Wall- Copy
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“ If thou shouldst never see my face again, pray for my soul. More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of. ”
- Lord Alfred Tennyson- Copy
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“ God shapes the world by prayer. Prayers are deathless. They outlive the lives of those who uttered them. ”
- E.M. Bounds- Copy
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“ To accept anything on trust, to preclude critical application and development, is a grievous sin. ”
- Vladimir Lenin- Copy
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“ Pray as if everything depended upon God and work as if everything depended upon man. ”
- Francis Cardinal Spellman- Copy
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“ Prayer is less about changing the world than it is about changing ourselves. ”
- David J. Wolpe- Copy
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“ God punishes us mildly by ignoring our prayers, and severely by answering them. ”
- Richard J. Needham- Copy
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