--- title: "5 Pray For Myself Quotes by 4 authors" description: "Browse 5 Pray For Myself quotes by 4 authors. Discover the best Pray For Myself sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a6/etty-hillesum-9002_burden_when-i-pray-i-never-pray-for-myself-alwa_982909.jpg" --- > [When I pray, I never pray for myself, always for others, or else I hold a silly, naive, or deadly serious dialogue…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etty-hillesum/when-i-pray-i-never-pray-for-myself-always-for-others-or-else-i-hold/) [Etty Hillesum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etty-hillesum/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a6/etty-hillesum-9002_burden_when-i-pray-i-never-pray-for-myself-alwa_982909.jpg) > [“Jesus, I thank you for the gift of another day. Please fill my gaze with your beauty, my mind with your truth,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scotty-smith/jesus-i-thank-you-for-the-gift-of-another-day-please-fill-my-gaze/) [Scotty Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scotty-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f96/scotty-smith-1447_another-day_jesus-i-thank-you-for-the-gift-of-anothe_1489324.jpg) > [If I'm away from you for more than an hour, I can't stop thinking about you. I carry you in my spirit.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-perry/if-i-m-away-from-you-for-more-than-an-hour-i-can-t-stop-thinking/) [Tyler Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-perry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/538/tyler-perry-1498_fairy-tale_if-i-m-away-from-you-for-more-than-an-ho_1856568.jpg) > [“n I pray for myself because what does it mean to love the murderer?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-shaw-crane/n-i-pray-for-myself-because-what-does-it-mean-to-love-the-murderer/) [Emma Shaw Crane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-shaw-crane/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15a/emma-shaw-crane-96598_love_n-i-pray-for-myself-because-what-does-it_2282751.jpg) > [If I'm away from you for more than an hour, I can't stop thinking about you. I carry you in my spirit.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-perry/if-i-m-away-from-you-for-more-than-an-hour-i-can-t-stop-thinking-2/) [Tyler Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-perry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32b/tyler-perry-1498_able_if-i-m-away-from-you-for-more-than-an-ho_2354586.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pray-for-myself/#itemlist", "name": "Pray For Myself Quotes", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When I pray, I never pray for myself, always for others, or else I hold a silly, naive, or deadly serious dialogue with what is deepest inside me, which for the sake of convenience I call God. Praying to God for something for yourself strikes me as being too childish for words. 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