Prayer Quote by Joseph Pohle

“Hence we should all make St. Augustine's prayer our own: "Lord, here cut, here burn and spare me not, but spare me in eternity!”

— Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

“O, because I have had only that kind of benevolence which consists in lying on a sofa, and cursing the church and clergy for…

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

“He who knows how to pray well, knows how to live well. —St. Augustine”

— David N. Calvillo

“Martyrdom is something a Christian resigns himself to, not an end he seeks out.”

— Mario Vargas Llosa

“Why be a saint unless you could also be a martyr?”

— Louise Penny

“Through the medium of prayer we go to our enemy, stand by his side, and plead for him to God.”

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“Martyrdom is at the heart of all religion.”

— Dan Brown

“pray for us sinners, now, and at the hour of our death”

— Ernest Hemingway

“If you believe that someone you know is behaving in a way that may be harmful to himself or others, you have an obligation…

— Kathleen McGowan

“By clearly delimiting the role of secular powers, Augustine helped set Western Christendom on a course in which the believer's duties to God (however…

— Vincent Carroll

“That prayer is a necessary duty to be performed by the Christian, and used with all other means in his spiritual warfare.”

— William Gurnall

“As Augustine thought, God will command what he wills and will grant what he commanded.”

— David K. Naugle