#pray

When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me. ↗

— Emo Philips

#asked #bicycle #every #every night #forgive

It's not enough to attend church and pray every Sunday; you have to act. ↗

— Abbe Pierre

#attend #church #enough #every #every sunday

Praying without ceasing is not ritualized, nor are there even words. It is a constant state of awareness of oneness with God. ↗

— Peace Pilgrim

#ceasing #constant #constant state #even #god

The most blessed result of prayer would be to rise thinking "But I never knew before. I never dreamed...." I suppose it was at such a moment that Thomas Aquinas said of all his own theology, "It reminds me of straw. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#prayer #dreams

Reading is the last act of secular prayer. ↗

— Richard Powers

#last #prayer #reading #secular

He knows the tax code as thoroughly as the pope knows the Lord's Prayer. ↗

— William Proxmire

#knows #lord #pope #prayer #tax

As a people of faith, we know that prayer is a powerful instrument. And as one Nation under God, we know that many times our most powerful tool is prayer. ↗

— Nick Rahall

#god #instrument #know #many #most

Today we thank God for all the blessings He has bestowed upon this great Country and ask Him to continue to heal our land and meet our needs - and we do so through the power of prayer. ↗

— Nick Rahall

#bestowed #blessings #continue #country #god

Pray to God that your attachment to such transitory things as wealth, name, and creature comforts may become less and less every day. ↗

— Ramakrishna

#become #comforts #creature #day #every

This was our last stop. This was it. We had those two embryos that we had banked prior to learning about the breast cancer, and with the medicine she was on, this was our last effort. The prayers were answered. ↗

— Bill Rancic

#answered #breast cancer #cancer #effort #embryos