1,370 quotes found
“Pray devoutly but hammer stoutly.”
“The Ancient Mariner said to Neptune during a great storm "O God you will save me if you wish but I am going to go on holding my tiller straight."”
“Pray to God but keep rowing to shore.”
“Call on God but row away from the rocks.”
“To the man who himself strives earnestly God also lends a helping hand.”
“Trust in Allah but tie your camel first.”
“You can do more than pray after you have prayed but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed.”
“Visualize "prayerize " "actionize " and your wishes will come true.”
“Some people think that prayer just means asking for things and if they fail to receive exactly what they asked for they think the whole thing is a fraud.”
“Poverty chastity and obedience are extremely difficult. But there are always the graces if you will pray for them.”
“There are three answers to prayer: yes no and wait awhile. It must be recognized that no is an answer.”
“There are four ways God answers prayer: No not yet No I love you too much Yes I thought you'd never ask Yes and here's more.”
“No answer to prayer is an indication of our merit every answer to prayer is an indication of God's mercy.”
“God answers all true prayer either in kind or in kindness.”
“God is not a cosmic bellboy for whom we can press a button to get things.”
“When I have a problem I pray about it and what comes to mind and stays there I assume to be my answer. And this has been right so often that I know it is God's answer.”
“Whenever the insistence is on the point that God answers prayer we are off the track. The meaning of prayer is that we get hold of God not of the answer.”
“When I pray coincidences happen and when I don't they don't.”
“Our understanding of God is the answer to prayer getting things from God is God's indulgence of us. When God stops giving us things He brings us into the place where we can begin to understand Him.”
“You say "But He has not answered." He has He is so near to you that His silence is the answer. His silence is big with terrific meaning that you cannot understand yet but presently you will.”
