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The certainty that life cannot be long, and the probability that it will be much shorter than nature allows, ought to awaken every man to… — Samuel Johnson
A kiss can be a comma, a question mark, or an exclamation point. Thats basic spelling that every woman ought to know. — Unknown Author
Our job is to give people not what they want, but what we decide they ought to have. — Richard S. Salant
If there be a principle that ought not to be questioned within the United States, it is that every man has a right to abolish… — James Madison
There ought to be a hall of fame for mamas / Creation's most unique and precious pearl / And heaven help us always to remember… — Glen Campbell
Great men are true men, the men in whom nature has succeeded. They are not extraordinary - they are in the true order. It is… — Henri Frederic Amiel
No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another; and this is all from which the laws ought to… — Thomas Jefferson
It may be laid as an universal rule that a government which attempts more than it ought will perform less. — Thomas B. Macaulay
It is for the good of nations, and not for the emolument or aggrandizement of particular individuals, that government ought to be established, and that… — Thomas Paine
He who prays as he ought will endeavor to live as he prays. — John Owen
We ought to act with God in the greatest simplicity, speak to Him frankly and plainly, and implore His assistance in our affairs. — Brother Lawrence
If we are to pray aright, perhaps it is quite necessary that we pray contrary to our own heart. Not what we want to pray… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Jesus taught that perseverance is the essential element of prayer. Men must be in earnest when they kneel at God's footstool. Too often we get… — Edward McKendree Bounds
All spiritual prayers have their source in God. God makes known to us what we ought to pray by unfolding to us the need and… — Watchman Nee
The child of God ought to confess his weakness that he does not know how to pray, and petition the Holy Spirit to teach him. — Watchman Nee
We ought as much to pray for a blessing upon our daily rod as upon our daily bread. — John Owen
I ought to pray before seeing any one. Often when I sleep long, or meet with others early, it is eleven or twelve o'clock before… — Robert Murray M'Cheyne
We ought to see the face of God every morning before we see the face of man. — Dwight L. Moody
Oh, how strenuous is life! I know a little of it. Men "ought always to pray, and not to faint." How fierce the battle! I… — G. Campbell Morgan
We are trying not so much to make God listen to us as to make ourselves listen to him; we are trying not to persuade… — William Barclay

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