Petition Quotes

79 quotes by 69 authors

A city is where you can sign a petition, boo the chief justice, fish off a pier, gaze at a hippopotamus, buy a flower at… — Herb Caen
The third petition of the Lord's Prayer is repeated daily by millions who have not the slightest intention of letting anyone's will be done but… — Aldous Huxley
Spread out your petition before God, and then say, "Thy will, not mine, be done." The sweetest lesson I have learned in God's school is… — Dwight L. Moody
Prayer in the sense of petition, asking for things, is a small part of it; confession and penitence are its threshold, adoration its sanctuary, the… — C.S. Lewis
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
The Petition of Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Chapman Johnson, Joseph C. Cabell, James Breckenridge, John Hartwell Cocke, and Robert Taylor the Rector and Visitors of… — Thomas Jefferson
The same Constitution that allows her the right, if she wants to, to sit there and say nothing, allows these groups the right to petition… — Trey Gowdy
The petition of persons under eighteen, praying that I would free all slave children, and the heading of which petition it appears you wrote, was… — Abraham Lincoln
A generous prayer is never presented in vain; the petition may be refused, but the petitioner is always, I believe, rewarded by some gracious visitation. — Robert Louis Stevenson
Alfred Nobel - pitiable half-creature, should have been stifled by humane doctor when he made his entry yelling into life. Greatest merits: Keeps his nails… — Alfred Nobel
If we would pray aright, the first thing we should do is to see to it that we really get an audience with God, that… — Reuben Archer Torrey
On May 15, 1957 Linus Pauling made an extraordinary speech to the students of Washington University. ... It was at this time that the idea… — Edward Condon
Pilate sentenced him due to fear, in accordance with the petition and intention of others. These people sentence him for their own advantage and without… — Bridget of Sweden
Dressing with style is akin to issuing a manifesto; dressing fashionably is like signing a petition. — Jani Allan
It is the Sacrament of Love that excites the soul to ardent prayer. It stirs up the virtue of impetration and, as it were, forces… — Angela of Foligno
My God loves everybody, and if yours doesn't, that's your prerogative, but don't tell me how to live my life and don't tell my best… — Sophia Bush
Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss. Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with those warlike preparations which cover… — Patrick Henry
Over ten thousand people have signed a petition to recall Governor Schwarzenegger. I'm sorry, that is next year's joke. — Craig Kilborn
When we have 13,000 Americans living on the moon, they can petition to become a state, — Newt Gingrich
I've always been a big supporter of the Constitutional right of the people to peaceably assemble and petition government for redress of grievances. It's just… — Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.

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