Pray Quotes

2730 Pray quotes by 1464 unique authors

We no longer dare to believe in beauty and we make of it a mere appearance in order the more easily to dispose of it.… — Hans Urs von Balthasar
I pray for meaning. I pray for the limits of reality to become clear. For a world – and a type of being – that… — Scarlett Thomas
God, I felt certain, did not mind that I didn’t press my hands together to pray. I was casual, but I was sincere. I knew… — Augusten Burroughs
There's no easy way to do this. So do it right: weep, laugh, watch, pray, love, live, give thanks and praise; comfort, mend, honor, and… — Thomas Lynch
Salomé, Salomé, dance for me. I pray thee dance for me. I am sad to-night. Yes, I am passing sad to-night. When I came hither… — Oscar Wilde
Whatever our calling, regardless of our fears or anxieties, let us pray and then go and do. — Thomas S. Monson
Pray use both cats as sponges if it pleases you, infatuated infantryman. — Diana Wynne Jones
It is curious how people take it for granted that they have a right to preach at you and pray over you as soon as… — George Orwell
And no matter what, there's not one thing in this world *or* the next that we can do or hope or guess at or wish… — James Agee
There we will, I pray, remain and learn and grow until the time when we will rise together to the ultimate heights, changing in appearance… — Richard Matheson
Without thinking, I knelt in the grass, like someone meaning to pray. When I tried to stand again, I couldn't move, my legs were utterly… — Louise GluÌˆck
When I cannot read, when I cannot think, when I cannot even pray, I can trust. — Hudson Taylor
we look up and we hope the stars look down, we pray that there may be stars for us to follow, stars moving across the… — Salman Rushdie
The Lower City is MINE, Its People are MINE. If I Find Them That's Doing All This Kidnapping And Murdering, They'd Best Pray For Mercy,… — Tamora Pierce
Very well! It shall be as you say. But my son, pray this works. I am praying. I'm talking to you, right? Oh...yes. Good point.… — Rick Riordan
The idea that God is an oversized white male with a flowing beard, who sits in the sky and tallies the fall of every sparrow… — Carl Sagan
We tend to use prayer as a last resort, but God wants it to be our first line of defense. We pray when there's nothing… — Oswald Chambers
But there are times when a tree can no longer withstand the pain inflicted on it, and the wind will take pity on that tree… — Julius Lester
Faith is universal. Our specific methods for understanding it are arbitrary. Some of us pray to Jesus, some of us go to Mecca, some of… — Dan Brown
Pray don't talk to me about the weather, Mr. Worthing. Whenever people talk to me about the weather, I always feel quite certain that they… — Oscar Wilde
Lovers feel a certain burning in their hearts. A deep longing and desire to meet with the beloved creates that burning. To love God is… — Rajneesh
Now produce your explanation and pray make it improbable. — Oscar Wilde
My dear sisters, do not pray for tasks equal to your abilities, but pray for abilities equal to your tasks. Then the performance of your… — Thomas S. Monson
So we'll live, And pray, and sing, and tell old tales, and laugh at gilded butterflies. — William Shakespeare
One day I was talking to Cora. She prayed for me because she believed I was blind to sin, wanting me to kneel and pray… — William Faulkner

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