Grant Me Quotes
82 quotes by 67 authors
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Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty: permit the distinctive sign of our order to be that it does not possess anything of its own…
— Francis of Assisi
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And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words of Thy knowledge, so Thou…
— Venerable Bede
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Grant me the ability to be alone, May it be my custom to go outdoors each day among the trees and grasses among all growing…
— Nachman of Breslov
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My God grant me love for that which has splendor, but in this time of my life let me strive for attainable things.
— Pindar
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This only grant me, that my means may lie, too low for envy, for contempt to high.
— Abraham Cowley
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How sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude! But grant me still a friend in my retreat, whom I may whisper, solitude is sweet.
— William Cowper
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Crom, I have never prayed to you before. I have no tongue for it. No one, not even you, will remember if we were good…
— Oliver Stone
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Grant me prudently to avoid him that flatters me, and to endure patiently him that contradicts me.
— Thomas a Kempis
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Even if I have to face death a thousand times for the sake of my Motherland, I shall not be sorry. Oh, Lord! Grant me…
— Ram Prasad Bismil
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It is good to love God for hope of reward, but it is better to love God for love's sake; and the prayer goes: O…
— Swami Vivekananda
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I do not pray. . . . I do not expect God to single me out and grant me advantages over my fellow men. .…
— Zora Neale Hurston
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Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless in facing them. Let me not beg for the stilling of my…
— Rabindranath Tagore
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God grant me courage and hope for everyday, faith to guide me along my way, understanding and wisdom, too, and grace to accept what life…
— Helen Steiner Rice
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Acceptance is supposed to be a good thing - Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change. Also compromise, as every couples…
— A.S.A. Harrison
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Deliver me from all evildoers that talk nothing but sickness and failure. Grant me the companionship of men who think success and men who work…
— William Feather
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O Lord and Master of my life, take from me the spirit of sloth, meddling, lust of power, and idle talk. But give rather the…
— Ephrem the Syrian
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My God, since you are with me and since, by Your will, I must occupy myself with external things, please grant me the grace to…
— Brother Lawrence
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Either grant me the bliss of the ignorant or give me the strength to bear the knowledge.
— Elif Safak
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Grant me an old man's frenzy, Myself must I remake Till I am Timon and Lear Or that William Blake Who beat upon the wall…
— William Butler Yeats
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Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty.
— Francis of Assisi
Who Wrote These Grant Me Quotes
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