Praying Quotes - Page 29

• A slave's soul has no worth, my brothers; it lacks strength to tread on this great earth with gallantry and freedom. I pity the poor slaves, they're nought but airy mist, a light breeze scatters them, a fragrance knocks them down; it's only just they crawl on the earth on hands and knees. Today I'll write a hymn to God and pray for this great grace.

  Nikos Kazantzakis

  Brother, Writing, Light

  Nikos Kazantzakis (1958). “The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel”, New York : Simon and Schuster

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• Give honour unto Luke Evangelist; For he it was (the aged legends say) Who first taught Art to fold her hands and pray.

  Dante Gabriel Rossetti

  Art, Hands, Giving

  'The House of Life' (1881) pt. 2 'Old and New Art'

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• If a man prays to Thee with a yearning heart, he can reach Thee, through Thy grace, by any path.

  Ramakrishna

  Heart, Men, Grace

  Ramakrishna, Mahendra Nath Gupta (1942). “The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna”, Ramakrishna Vivekanada Center

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• The presidency has a funny way of making a person feel the need to pray.

  Barack Obama

  Needs, Way, Feels

  Remarks by the President at National Prayer Breakfast, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. February 03, 2011.

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• Just as the pious man prays without speaking a word and the Almighty hearkens unto him, so the artist with true feelings paints and the sensitive man understands and recognizes it.

  Caspar David Friedrich

  Artist, Men, Sensitive Man

  Quoted in S Hinz Caspar David Friedrich in Briefen und Bekenntnissen (1968).

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• I have seen Christians in Communist prisons with fifty pounds of chains on their feet, tortured with red-hot iron pokers, in whose throats spoonfuls of salt had been forced, being kept afterward without water, starving, whipped, suffering from cold - and praying with fervor for the Communists. This is humanly inexplicable! It is the love of Christ, which was poured out in our hearts.

  Richard Wurmbrand

  Christian, Heart, Iron

  "Tortured For Christ". Book by Richard Wurmbrand, June 1940.

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• Why should the sons and daughters of God be reluctant to pray, when prayer is the key in the hand of faith to unlock heaven's storehouse, where are treasured the boundless resources of Omnipotence.

  Ellen G. White

  Daughter, Prayer, Son

  Ellen G. White (2013). “Ellen G. White Review and Herald Articles - Book IV of IV”, p.37, Lulu Press, Inc

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• Prayer is a form of communication between God and man and man and God... I am always impressed by the fact that it is recorded that the only thing that the disciples asked Jesus to teach them how to do was to pray.

  Howard Thurman

  Jesus, Prayer, Communication

  "Disciplines of the Spirit". Book by Howard Thurman, 1977.

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• Worship is the earthly act by which we most distinctly recognize our personal immortality; men who think that they will be extinct a few years hence do not pray. In worship we spread out our insignificant life, which yet is the work of the Creator's hands, and the purchase of the Redeemer's blood, before the Eternal and All-Merciful, that we may learn the manners of a higher sphere, and fit ourselves for companionship with saints and angels, and for the everlasting sight of the face of God.

  Henry Parry Liddon

  Prayer, Angel, Men

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". P. 457. Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, 1895.

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• From the fame opinion of a soul distinct from the body came the practice of praying, first for the dead, and then to them with a long train of other absurd opinions, and superstitious practices.

  Joseph Priestley

  Practice, Long, Soul

  Joseph Priestley (1782). “An History of the Corruption of Christianity”, p.442

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• And also to the alien, who is not of Thy people Israel, but comes from a distant land on account of Thy fame; for hearing of Thy great name and Thy strong hand, and Thine outstretched arm, he comes to this house to pray... do Thou listen in the heavens, the place where Thou dwellest, and perform all that the alien begs of Thee, so that all the peoples of the earth may know Thy name, to fear Thee like Thine own people Israel, and to know that Thy name is proclaimed over this house that I have built.

  Solomon

  Strong, Land, Names

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• If those kids had been carrying guns they would have gunned down this one gunman... Don't pray. Learn to use guns.

  Ann Coulter

  Kids, Gun, Use

  Ann Coulter's remarks on Heath High School shooting on "Politically Incorrect" with Bill Maher, December 18, 1997.

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• Reader, pray that soon this Iron Age Will crumble, and Beauty escape the rusting cage.

  Philip Jose Farmer

  Iron, Age, Reader

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• You'd better hope and pray
  That you make it safe
  Back to your own world
  You'd better hope and pray
  That you'll wake one day in your own world
  'Cause when you sleep at night
  They don't hear your cries in your own world
  Only time will tell if you can break the spell
  Back in your own world.

  Siobhan Fahey

  Sleep, Night, One Day

  "Song: 'Stay'". 1992.

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• So, The Color Purple changed my life. It changed everything about my life because, in that moment of praying and letting go, I really understood the principle of surrender. The principle of surrender is that, after you have done all that you can do, and you've done your best and given it your all, you then have to release it to whatever you call God, or don't call God.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Letting Go, Color, Purple

  Source: collider.com

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• The great thing about meditation is that I don’t ask for anything. Whereas when I pray I always ask for things!

  Rick Springfield

  Meditation, Great Things, Asks

  "Rick Springfield: The Journey Is Never Over". Interview with Howard Kerbel, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 19, 2014.

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• I pray. Prayer is a time to connect with the divine, but also time, I'm sure, to concentrate one's thoughts, to meditate, and to imagine what might be.

  Mitt Romney

  Prayer, Might, Imagine

  "60 Minutes" with Scott Pelley, www.foxnews.com. September 24, 2012.

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• Open your grief-stricken heart to the Lord. Weep and sincerely pray, 'O Lord, draw me towards You; give me peace of mind.' By doing so constantly you, will gradually attain peace of mind.

  Sarada Devi

  Grief, Heart, Giving

  "Thus Spake the Holy Mother". Book by Sarada Devi, 1985.

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• Pray to God with tears in your eyes whenever you want illumination or find yourself faced with any doubt or difficulty. The Lord will remove all your impurities, assuage your mental anguish, and give you enlightenment.

  Sarada Devi

  Eye, Illumination, Giving

  "Sri Sarada Devi, the Holy Mother; Life and Conversations". Book by Swami Nikhilananda, August 31, 2004.

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• The grace of God is the thing that is needful. One should pray for the grace of God.

  Sarada Devi

  Grace, Should, Grace Of God

  "Sri Sarada Devi, the Holy Mother; Life and Conversation" by Swami Tapasyananda, Swami Nikhilananda, (p. 301), 2004.

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• He who will pray to God eagerly will see Him.

  Sarada Devi

  Praying To God

  Sarada Devi (1984). “The Gospel of the Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi”

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• If you do a good act, it cancels the effects of your evil deeds. If one prays, takes the Name of God and thinks of Him, the effects of evil are cancelled.

  Sarada Devi

  Thinking, Names, Evil

  Sarada Devi (1963). “At Holy Mother's Feet: Teachings of Shri Sarada Devi”

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• People complain about their griefs and sorrows and how they pray to God but find no relief from pain. But grief itself is a gift from God. It is the symbol of His compassion.

  Sarada Devi

  Pain, Grief, Compassion

  "In the Company of the Holy Mother" by Advaita Ashrama, (pp. 220-221), 1993.

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• He who has really prayed to the Master, even once, has nothing to fear. By, praying to him constantly one gets ecstatic love (Prema Bhakti) through his grace.

  Sarada Devi

  Grace, Ecstatic Love, Bhakti

  "Sri Sarada Devi, the Holy Mother; Life and Conversations". Book by Swami Nikhilananda (p. 363), August 31, 2004.

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• One suffers as a result of one's own actions. So, instead of blaming others for such sufferings, one should pray to the Lord and depending entirely on His grace, try to bear them patiently and with forbearance under all circumstances.

  Sarada Devi

  Grace, Suffering, Trying

  "Reminiscences of Holy Mother Sarada Devi" by Swami Chetanananda,

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