Importunity Quotes
9 quotes by 9 authors
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Importunity is a condition of prayer. We are to press the matter, not with vain repetitions, but with urgent repetitions. We repeat, not to count…
— Edward McKendree Bounds
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If we consider the manner in which those who assume the office of directing the conduct of others execute their undertaking, it will not be…
— Samuel Johnson
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True charity is spontaneous and finds its own occasion; it is never the offspring of importunity, nor of emulation.
— Hosea Ballou
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We must perpetually try to distinguish, however closely they get entwined by the subtle nature of the facts and by the secret importunity of our…
— C.S. Lewis
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Humble patience, tirelessness and persistence in prayer conquer the unconquerable God and incline Him to mercy. According to the Lord's parable, the importunity of the…
— Lorenzo Scupoli
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It is very much easier to work than to pray. Most of the missionaries are earnest workers. But are we all that we should be…
— Griffith John
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In prayer I was exceedingly enlarged, and my soul was as much drawn out as I ever remember it to have been in my life.…
— David Brainerd
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Someone has described the modern American as a person who drives a bank financed car over a bond financed highway on credit card gas to…
— Paul Billheimer
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Weigh what loss your honor may sustain If with too credent ear you list his songs, Or lose your heart, or your chaste treasure open…
— William Shakespeare
Who Wrote These Importunity Quotes
9 authors contributed a total of 9 Importunity Quotes as follows: