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Prayer |
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Quotations
 | I always made one prayer to God: “O Lord, make our enemies quite ridiculous! ”God granted it. — Voltaire, 1694-1778, French philosopher & writer 14 likes |
 | If the gods listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another. — Epicurus, 341-270 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 10 likes |
 | Pray as though everything depends on God. And work as if everything depends on you. — Saint Augustine, 354-430, Christian theologian & philosopher 5 likes |
 | Prayer must never be answered: if it is, it ceases to be prayer and becomes correspondence. — Oscar Wilde, 1854-1900, Irish writer 5 likes |
 | When the world pushes you to your knees, you’re in the perfect position to pray. — Rumi, 1207-1273, Persian mystic & poet 5 likes |
 | In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart. — Mahatma Gandhi, 1869-1948, Indian leader of independence 4 likes |
 | The sovereign cure for worry is prayer. — William James, 1842-1910, American philosopher 4 likes |
 | The trouble with being a god is that you've got no one to pray to. — Terry Pratchett, 1948-2015, British writer 4 likes |
 | Fortune resists half-hearted prayers. — Ovid, 43 BC-17 AD, Roman poet 4 likes |
 | There are thoughts which are prayers. There are moments when, whatever the posture of the body, the soul is on its knees. — Victor Hugo, 1802-1885, French writer 3 likes |
 | I would like to explain that I consider prayer above all an act of gratitude for existence. — Saul Bellow, 1914-2005, Canadian-American writer, Nobel 1976 3 likes |
 | Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night. — George Herbert, 1593-1633, Welsh poet 1 likes |
 | Prayer in action is love, love in action is service. — Mother Teresa, 1910-1997, Albanian-Indian nun & missionary |
 | Prayer doesn’t change our destiny, but it changes our mood, which is not less useful. |
 | I don't pray really, because I don't want to bore God. |
 | Men have prayed in prison, men have prayed in slums and concentration camps. It’s only the middle class who demand to pray in suitable surroundings. |
 | The prayer of the agnostic: “O God, if there is a God, save my soul if I have a soul.” |
 | Through prayer we speak to God. In meditation, God speaks to us. |
 | The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays. |
Personal Stories
 | Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back. — Charles de Gaulle, 1890-1970, French President 2 likes |
Latin Quotes
 | Pray and Work. Ora et Labora. — Motto of the Benedictine Order 86 likes |
Quotes in Verse
 | No matter how far I look, I see kneeling people –like they are praying. |
Funny Quotes
 | Pray, v. To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy. — Ambrose Bierce, 1842–1914, American writer 7 likes |
 | I'm for anything that gets you through the night, be it prayer, benzedrine or a bottle of Jack Daniel's. — Frank Sinatra, 1915-1998, American singer 5 likes |
 | No matter how often I talk to God, he never tells me anything I didn’t already know. — Ashleigh Brilliant, 1933-, British cartoonist & epigrammatist |
Ancient Greek
| It is futile to pray to the gods for that which one has the power to obtain by himself. Μάταιόν εστι παρά θεών αιτείσθαι ά τις εαυτώ χορηγήσαι ικανός εστι. — Epicurus, 341-270 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 19 likes |
