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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,… — Edward McKendree Bounds
- If we consider the manner in which those who assume the office of directing the conduct of others execute their undertaking, it… — Samuel Johnson
- True charity is spontaneous and finds its own occasion; it is never the offspring of importunity, nor of emulation. — Hosea Ballou
- We must perpetually try to distinguish, however closely they get entwined by the subtle nature of the facts and by the secret… — C.S. Lewis
- Humble patience, tirelessness and persistence in prayer conquer the unconquerable God and incline Him to mercy. According to the Lord's parable, the… — Lorenzo Scupoli
- It is very much easier to work than to pray. Most of the missionaries are earnest workers. But are we all that… — Griffith John
- In prayer I was exceedingly enlarged, and my soul was as much drawn out as I ever remember it to have been… — David Brainerd
- Someone has described the modern American as a person who drives a bank financed car over a bond financed highway on credit… — Paul Billheimer