I Pray Quotes - Page 12

• I pray that wherever we are and whatever duties we have in the priesthood of God, we will be united in the cause to bring the gospel to all the world.

  Henry B. Eyring

  Missionary, World, Causes

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• For a man to argue, 'I don't go to church; I pray alone,' is no wiser than if he should say, 'I have no use for symphonies; I believe only in solo music.'

  George Arthur Buttrick

  Christian, Believe, Men

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• The NFL has been an amazing page in this chapter of my life. I pray that all successive adventures offer me the same potential for growth, success and most importantly fun.

  Ricky Williams

  Football, Fun, Adventure

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• All I really want - when I pray , I don't really ask for anything. All I want to do is God's will and make the best decisions I can. I don't go out and preach.

  Harry Connick, Jr.

  Decision, Want, Praying

  Source: www.patheos.com

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• I'll get angry in the same way with the coachman Ivan, argue in the same way, speak my mind inappropriately, there will be the same wall between my soul's holy of holies and other people, even my wife, I'll accuse her in the same way of my own fear and then regret it, I'll fail in the same way to understand with my reason why I pray, and yet I will pray--but my life now, my whole life, regardless of all that may happen to me, every minute of it, is not only not meaningless, as it was before, but has the unquestionable meaning of the good which it is in my power to put into it!

  Leo Tolstoy

  Wall, Regret, Wife

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• I want to yell so loud that Baby Girl can hear me that dirty ain't a color, disease ain't the Negro side a town. I want to stop that moment from coming - and it come in ever white child's life - when they start to think that colored folks ain't as good as whites. ... I pray that wasn't her moment, Pray I still got time.

  Kathryn Stockett

  Girl, Baby, Children

  Kathryn Stockett (2009). “The Help”, p.106, Penguin

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• I'm always wondering if he'll return. Sometimes I pray that he doesn't. And sometimes I hope he will. I wish on falling stars and eyelashes. Absence isn't solid the way death is. It's fluid, like language. And it hurts so much...so, so much.

  Jacqueline Woodson

  Hurt, Stars, Fall

  Jacqueline Woodson (2002). “Maizon at Blue Hill”, p.37, Penguin

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• I pray the gods some respite from the weary task of this long year's watch that lying on the Atreidae's roof on bended arm, dog- like, I have kept, marking the conclave of all night's stars, those potentates blazing in the heavens that bring winter and summer to mortal men, the constellations, when they wane, when they rise.

  Aeschylus

  Summer, Dog, Stars

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• I pray that when people hear my music, they say at the very least 'man I'm glad that someone else feels that way too.'

  Jonathan McReynolds

  Men, People, Way

  Source: www.christianpost.com

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• And so I pray I am today as honest with myself, with life all around me and below and above me, with all who I encounter.

  Jimmy Santiago Baca

  Today, Encounters, Honest

  Jimmy Santiago Baca (2004). “Winter Poems Along the Rio Grande”, p.8, New Directions Publishing

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• But there are times when a tree can no longer withstand the pain inflicted on it, and the wind will take pity on that tree and topple it over in a mighty storm. All the other trees who witnessed the evil look down upon the fallen tree with envy. They pray for the day when a wind will end their suffering. I pray for the day when God will end mine.

  Julius Lester

  Pain, Wind, Evil

  Julius Lester (2009). “Guardian”, p.2, Harper Collins

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• There we will, I pray, remain and learn and grow until the time when we will rise together to the ultimate heights, changing in appearance but never in devotion, sharing the transcendent glory of our love through all eternity.

  Richard Matheson

  Together, Our Love, Height

  Richard Matheson (2007). “What Dreams May Come: A Novel”, p.276, Macmillan

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• I pray for faith that my future will be good if I live today well, and in peace. I will remember that staying in the present is the best thing I can do for my future. I will focus on what’s happening now instead of what’s going to happen tomorrow.

  Melody Beattie

  Focus, Live For Today, Tomorrow

  Melody Beattie (2003). “The Language of Letting Go: A Meditation Book and Journal for Daily Reflections”, p.28, Hazelden Publishing

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• I pray every night. I just talk to God and I can go to sleep. I don't worry anymore.

  Anna Chlumsky

  Sleep, Night, Worry

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Spiritually, I pray and meditate. Emotionally, I challenge myself to be open, honest, and available.

  Malcolm Goodwin

  Challenges, Honest, Praying

  "iZombie Actor Malcolm Goodwin: Life-Changing Leap of Faith". Interview with Robert Piper, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• Have faith that when bad things happen to you, I belief in an after life, it is better to suffer here on Earth than what awaits you. That is why I pray for pain, and I get it. I do.

  Peter Steele

  Pain, Suffering, Earth

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• When I wake up, I immediately pray. When I go to sleep, I pray. Honestly, a prayer every second, in every breath. I suggest the whole world to do it. Prayer is amazing.

  DJ Khaled

  Prayer, Sleep, Wake Up

  Source: ca.complex.com

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• "You are old, Father William," the young man cried, "The few locks which are left you are gray; You are hale, Father William, a hearty old man,- Now tell me the reason I pray."

  Robert Southey

  Father, Men, Locks

  "The Old Man's Comforts and How He Gained Them" l. 1 (1799) See Carroll 9

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• I pray to the architect that designed me. I'm grateful.

  John Feldmann

  Grateful, Praying, Architect

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I pray every day, several times. It soothes me. I don't ask for anything, except for health.

  Jon Bon Jovi

  Praying, Asks

  "'Not even Frank Sinatra did that': Thrilled Jon Bon Jovi on riding with Barack Obama in his plane and Cadillac" by Kevin Maguire, www.mirror.co.uk. November 03, 2012.

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• I'm a modern Muslim. I pray, and if I have a question, I ask someone who is more educated in the religion than me.

  Youssou N'Dour

  Praying, Modern, Educated

  "A song and a prayer" by Mark Hudson, www.theguardian.com. May 23, 2004.

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• I pray as part of my mindfulness practice and try to recount my day, all my triumphs and foibles, before I go to sleep at night. These practices keep me calm for the most part.

  Emily Saliers

  Sleep, Night, Practice

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• I pray that our leaders stop pointing fingers and playing the blame game and seek a real solution for the good of the planet and all who inhabit it.

  Don Cheadle

  Real, Games, Leader

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• My relationship with God through Christ has given me meaning and direction. My faith has made a big difference in my personal life, and my public life as well. I make personal decisions every day. Some are easy, and some aren't so easy. I have worries just like you do. And I pray. I pray for guidance. I pray for patience. I firmly believe in the power of intercessory prayer; and I know that I could not do my job without it.

  George W. Bush

  Jobs, Prayer, Believe

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• The gates of hell did not prevail before me. They will not prevail after me. The Kingdom, I pray will use me but it doesn't need me.

  R. C. Sproul, Jr.

  Needs, Use, Kingdoms

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