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title: "8 Prayer Want Quotes by 6 authors"
description: "Browse 8 Prayer Want quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Prayer Want sayings and thoughts."
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> [Everything you say or allow into your eyes or ears becomes data that is stored in your heart. That data is later…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasmin-mogahed/everything-you-say-or-allow-into-your-eyes-or-ears-becomes-data-that/)

[Yasmin Mogahed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasmin-mogahed/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df0/yasmin-mogahed-1335_data_everything-you-say-or-allow-into-your-ey_151234.jpg)

> [“I would like you to write a letter to God that begins with "Dear God, the life I want most for myself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryan-smith/i-would-like-you-to-write-a-letter-to-god-that-begins-with-dear-god/)

[James Bryan Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryan-smith/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/067/james-bryan-smith-28142_beautiful-life_i-would-like-you-to-write-a-letter-to-go_225858.jpg)

> [Prayer or not, I want to believe that, despite all evidence to the contrary, it is possible for anyone to find that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-cohn/prayer-or-not-i-want-to-believe-that-despite-all-evidence-to-the/)

[Rachel Cohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-cohn/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/400/rachel-cohn-1244_believe_prayer-or-not-i-want-to-believe-that-des_391589.jpg)

> [“I'm awful sorry to bother. I can come back. I was wondering if maybe there was any special Program prayer for when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-foster-wallace/i-m-awful-sorry-to-bother-i-can-come-back-i-was-wondering-if-maybe/)

[David Foster Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-foster-wallace/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8c/david-foster-wallace-161_sorry_i-m-awful-sorry-to-bother-i-can-come-bac_413835.jpg)

> [The meaning of prayer is that I want to evoke that Divinity within me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/the-meaning-of-prayer-is-that-i-want-to-evoke-that-divinity-within-me/)

[Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e52/mahatma-gandhi-23_divinity_the-meaning-of-prayer-is-that-i-want-to_628645.jpg)

> [I've got a knife and I want to talk to you I've got a prayer and I want to carve it to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-rollins/i-ve-got-a-knife-and-i-want-to-talk-to-you-i-ve-got-a-prayer-and-i/)

[Henry Rollins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-rollins/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa9/henry-rollins-170_chance_i-ve-got-a-knife-and-i-want-to-talk-to-y_2232134.jpg)

> [“Prayer or not, I want to believe that, despite all evidence to the contrary, it is possible for anyone to find that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-cohn/prayer-or-not-i-want-to-believe-that-despite-all-evidence-to-the-2/)

[Rachel Cohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-cohn/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3d/rachel-cohn-1244_prayer_prayer-or-not-i-want-to-believe-that-des_2503906.png)

> [“Prayer or not, I want to believe that, despite all evidence to the contrary, it is possible for anyone to find that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-cohn/prayer-or-not-i-want-to-believe-that-despite-all-evidence-to-the-3/)

[Rachel Cohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-cohn/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cb/rachel-cohn-1244_central-park_prayer-or-not-i-want-to-believe-that-des_2536416.jpg)

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