Fastings and vigils without a special object in view are time run to waste. — David Livingstone Copy Share Image
Pray earnestly and fast with purpose and devotion. Some difficulties, like devils, do not come out save by fasting and by prayer.… — Jeffrey R. Holland Copy Share Image
I am not naturally that thin, so I had to go through everything from using drugs to diet pills to laxatives to… — Carre Otis Copy Share Image
Temples are more than stone and mortar. They are filled with faith and fasting. They are built of trials and testimonies. They… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
A genuine fast cleanses the body, mind and soul. It crucifies the flesh and to that extent sets the soul free. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Fasting is futile unless it is accompanied by an incessant longing for self-restraint. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“Keep the faith. The vision is always for the appointed time. Be patient, prayerful and wait for the fulfillment of your visions.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
Get your mind right, get your spirit right, and get your body right. And keep it there. That requires working out; that… — Mya Copy Share Image
Fasting cleanses the soul, raises the mind, subjects one’s flesh to the spirit, renders the heart contrite and humble, scatters the clouds… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
I was a devil of a scapegrace in my time.... Father racked his head for days together to find a punishment that… — Stijn Streuvels Copy Share Image
After a sound drubbing followed by half a day's fasting, I felt more like laughing than like crying; and, in half a… — Stijn Streuvels Copy Share Image
If you want to ascend like the Prophet to the sky of immortality, know this very well: Fasting is your Arabian stallion. — Rumi Copy Share Image
“We suffer these things and they fade form memory. But daily, hourly, to give up our own possessions and especially to subordinate… — Dorothy Day Copy Share Image
In the Lord's discourse on spiritual nourishment, we hear Him says: "Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the… — Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria Copy Share Image
His [Daniel] fast broke the power of the delayer and released the angels of God so that God's purposes could be revealed… — Jentezen Franklin Copy Share Image
Real filth is the one inside. The rest simply washes off. There is only one type of dirt that cannot be cleansed… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Through fasting. . .I have found a perfect health, a new state of existence, a feeling of purity and happiness, something unknown… — Upton Sinclair Copy Share Image
Instead of looking outside of ourselves and counting potential enemies, fasting summons us to turn our glance inward, and to take the… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
Fasting gives your body time to heal itself. It relieves nervousness and tension and gives your digestive system a rest. — Jentezen Franklin Copy Share Image
My religion teaches me that whenever there is distress which one cannot remove, one must fast and pray. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image