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Prayer is on my mind today because I have a favorite uncle who is gravely ill. So I wrote two quotations on prayer today. I think of prayer as something spiritual not necessarily religious. To me prayer is not a request it is a search for hope in...

Quote by Mark Amend about pray, hope, thinking, mind

Prayer may not help, but it can't hurt.

Prayer may not help, but it can't hurt.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about war, help

Prayer power is real. By putting it into action, we will be able to stay more constantly in higher awareness than ever before. If we can do that, the world will quickly change.

Quote by James Redfield about pray, action, change, power, real estate, world

Prayer is the way through which light pours into our soul.

Prayer is the way through which light pours into our soul.

Quote by Vladimir Nikolayevich Lossky about pray, light, soul

There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over...

There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.

Quote by Sfanta Tereza De Avila about tears

The desire is thy prayers; and if thy desire is without ceasing, thy prayer will also be without ceasing. The continuance of your longing is the continuance of your prayer.

Quote by Augustin de Hipona about longing

Who rises from prayer a better man, his prayer is answered.

Who rises from prayer a better man, his prayer is answered.

Quote by George Meredith about pray, man

The time to pray is when you don’t have a prayer. English idiom "to not have a prayer" = "things are hopeless"

Quote by Mark Amend about time, pray, thinking, things

My dear ones, prayer is the one which passes through any...

My dear ones, prayer is the one which passes through any wall, any distance, for prayer crosses after death, too and carries the light.

Quote by Bartolomeu Anania about pray, light, death

But no nation can base its survival and development on luck and prayers alone while its leadership fritters away every available opportunity for success and concrete achievement.

Quote by Ibrahim Babangida about survival, evolution, leadership, bad luck, good luck, chance, nation

It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do...

It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray.

Quote by Aesop about work, pray

God answers sharp and sudden on some prayers, And thrusts...

God answers sharp and sudden on some prayers, And thrusts the thing we have prayed for in our face, A gauntlet with a gift in it.

Quote by Elizabeth Barrett Browning about gifts, god, things, face

The sexual embrace can only be compared with music and...

The sexual embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius about sex, music

I am acutely aware that you have not elected me as your...

I am acutely aware that you have not elected me as your President by your ballots, so I ask you to confirm me with your prayers.

Quote by Gerald R. Ford

Faith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul; man cannot...

Faith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul; man cannot live in health without them.

Quote by Mahalia Jackson about faith, soul, man

An Atheist believes that a hospital should be built instead of a church. An atheist believes that deed must be done instead of prayer said. An atheist strives for involvement in life and not escape into death. He wants disease conquered, poverty...

Quote by Madalyn Murray O'Hair about poverty, war, death, life

No god ever gave any man anything, nor ever answered any...

No god ever gave any man anything, nor ever answered any prayer at any time nor ever will.

Quote by Madalyn Murray O'Hair about god, time, man

I close my eyes, then I drift away, into the magic night I softly say, a silent prayer, like dreamers do, then I fall asleep to dream my dreams of you.

Quote by Roy Orbison about opinion, dream, magic, fall, night, eyes

The unworthy successor of Peter who desires to benefit from the immeasurable wealth of Christ feels the great need of your assistance, your prayers, your sacrifice, and he most humbly asks this of you.

Quote by Papa John Paul II about wealth, sacrifice, need

And it is my fervent hope and prayer, as we stand at the...

And it is my fervent hope and prayer, as we stand at the crossroads between science and the sanctity of life, that we will choose life.

Quote by Mike Pence about opinion, science, hope, life

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