Odds Quote by Dietrich Bonhoeffer Download Open image “Nothing is so at odds with prayer as vanity.” — Dietrich Bonhoeffer ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Odds Prayer Vanity
It is much easier for me to imagine a praying murderer, a praying prostitute, than a vain person praying. Nothing is so at odds… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Some people think prayer is telling God what to do. I don't think that's the case. — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
Prayer is nothing but the promise reversed, or God's Word formed into an argument, and retorted by faith upon God again. — William Gurnall Copy Share Image
Prayer presupposes faith. No prayer is in vain. Prayer is like any other action. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
For man, the vanity of vanities represents first of all solidarity with his own universe, and this vanity is mans Salvation, the way through… — Sorin Cerin Copy Share Image
I feel that very frequently prayer is made a refuge to dodge the action of faith. — John G. Lake Copy Share Image
Prayers without Faith is like a Car with 4 flat tires. It is not going no where !! — Glen Rambharack Copy Share Image
So the fool, as distinct from the scoundrel, is completely self- satisfied; in fact, he can easily become dangerous, as it does not take… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Why do Christians sing when they are together? The reason is, quite simply, because in singing together it is possible for them to speak… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
What we shall need is not geniuses, or cynics, or misanthropes, or clever tacticians, but plain, honest, straghtforward men. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
...Gratitude transforms the torment of memory of good things now gone into silent joy. One bears what was lovely in the past not as… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Only he who believes is obedient and only he who is obedient believes. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Who can really be faithful in great things if he has not learned to be faithful in the things of daily life? — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“The church can only defend its own space by fighting, not for space, but for the salvation of the world. Otherwise the church becomes… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
There remains an experience of incomparable value . . . to see the great events of world history from below; from the perspective of… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“To endure the cross is not a tragedy; it is the suffering which is the fruit of an exclusive allegiance to Jesus Christ. When… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“There is only one church, the church of faith ruled by the word of Jesus Christ alone. This is the true catholic church that… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“As Christians, we needn’t be at all ashamed of some impatience, longing, opposition to what is unnatural, and our full share of desire for… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Those who love their dream of a Christian community more than the Christian community itself become destroyers of that Christian community even though their… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Never mind the odds against you. If you doubled your effort, what would the odds against you do — send for reinforcements? — Robert Breault Copy Share Image
A lot of Broadway has that immigrant narrative of America as a place where you can become something else against all odds. — Deborah Kass Copy Share Image
The parts of the [Civil Right] Movement we recognize so well now were not born from a single decision, but were a complicated and… — Andrew Aydin Copy Share Image
'I am insecure' means: I can't cope on my own. The odds are overwhelming. I can't resist them on my own. I need us… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
If you're going to reach for it, reach all the way for it. Albums like 'Purple Rain' and 'Thriller' and those kind of records,… — Dave Sitek Copy Share Image
Anybody who is an entrepreneur is a person who essentially has impaired judgment. The odds of success are zilch. — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
One needs to be slow to form convictions, but once formed they must be defended against the heaviest odds. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
I'm always happy when actors get rich, because the odds on it are so long! — Bill Nighy Copy Share Image
The bravest sight in all this world is a man fighting against odds. — Franklin Knight Lane Copy Share Image
If you put on your business hat, you can't maintain competitiveness by staying at a competitive disadvantage. I mean, you just can't. The odds… — Heather Bresch Copy Share Image