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title: "1 Pray Strength Quotes By Margaret Laurence"
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> [“As a devout Baptist, she believed it was a sin to pray for anything for yourself. You ought to pray only for strength to bear whatever the Lord saw fit to send you, she thought. I was never able to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-laurence/as-a-devout-baptist-she-believed-it-was-a-sin-to-pray-for-anything/)

[Margaret Laurence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-laurence/)

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## More by Margaret Laurence

> [“So, if this were indeed my Final Hour, these would be my words to you. I would not claim to pass on any secret…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-laurence/so-if-this-were-indeed-my-final-hour-these-would-be-my-words-to-you-i/)

[Margaret Laurence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-laurence/)

> [“Who wants tea and sympathy? Let's have coffee and sex, Stacey, eh?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-laurence/who-wants-tea-and-sympathy-let-s-have-coffee-and-sex-stacey-eh/)

[Margaret Laurence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-laurence/)

> [“To move to a new place -- that's the greatest excitement. For a while you believe you carry nothing with you -- all is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-laurence/to-move-to-a-new-place-that-s-the-greatest-excitement-for-a-while-you/)

[Margaret Laurence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-laurence/)

> [When I say work I only mean writing. Everything else is just odd jobs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-laurence/when-i-say-work-i-only-mean-writing-everything-else-is-just-odd-jobs/)

[Margaret Laurence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-laurence/)

> [In some families, please is described as the magic word. In our house, however, it was sorry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-laurence/in-some-families-please-is-described-as-the-magic-word-in-our-house/)

[Margaret Laurence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-laurence/)

> [Follow your heart, and you perish.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-laurence/follow-your-heart-and-you-perish/)

[Margaret Laurence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-laurence/)

> [“Too bad to deprive them, but if a person doesn't look after herself in this world, no one else is likely to.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-laurence/too-bad-to-deprive-them-but-if-a-person-doesn-t-look-after-herself-in/)

[Margaret Laurence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-laurence/)

> [Women, as well as men, in all ages and in all places, have danced on the earth, danced the life dance, danced joy, danced…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-laurence/women-as-well-as-men-in-all-ages-and-in-all-places-have-danced-on-the/)

[Margaret Laurence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-laurence/)

> [Will we ever reach a point when it is no longer necessary to say Them and Us? I believe we must reach that point,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-laurence/will-we-ever-reach-a-point-when-it-is-no-longer-necessary-to-say-them/)

[Margaret Laurence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-laurence/)

> [I can't change what's happened to me in my life, or make what's not occurred take place. But I can't say I like it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-laurence/i-can-t-change-what-s-happened-to-me-in-my-life-or-make-what-s-not/)

[Margaret Laurence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-laurence/)

> [Pride was my wilderness, and the demon that led me there was fear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-laurence/pride-was-my-wilderness-and-the-demon-that-led-me-there-was-fear/)

[Margaret Laurence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-laurence/)

> [“Must've been off my head, wandering around the harbour so long. Didn't even get the nightgowns. Are the kids okay? Damn, I wish I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-laurence/must-ve-been-off-my-head-wandering-around-the-harbour-so-long-didn-t/)

[Margaret Laurence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-laurence/)

> [“Nothing is clear now. Something must be the matter with my way of viewing things. I have no middle view. Either I fix on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-laurence/nothing-is-clear-now-something-must-be-the-matter-with-my-way-of/)

[Margaret Laurence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-laurence/)

> [Holidays are enticing only for the first week or so. After that, it is no longer such a novelty to rise late and have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-laurence/holidays-are-enticing-only-for-the-first-week-or-so-after-that-it-is/)

[Margaret Laurence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-laurence/)

> [“And yet, for a writer of fiction, part of the heart remains that of a stranger, for what we are trying to do is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-laurence/and-yet-for-a-writer-of-fiction-part-of-the-heart-remains-that-of-a/)

[Margaret Laurence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-laurence/)

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