Certain Quote by Mark Twain

In certain trying circumstances, urgent circumstances, desperate circumstances, profanity furnishes a relief denied even to prayer.

— Mark Twain

Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer.

— Mark Twain

“In certain trying circumstances, urgent circumstances, desperate circumstances, profanity furnishes a relief denied even to prayer,’” she said absently. “What?” “Mark Twain.”

— Cherise Sinclair

“Gramps always says people only swear because their vocabulary is limited...In certain trying circumstances, urgent circumstances, desperate circumstances, profanity furnishes a relief denied even…

— Cherise Sinclair

“Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer." [ Mark Twain, a Biography ]”

— Mark Twain

“I am not much given to profanity, but when I am sorely aggravated and vexed in spirit I declare to you that it comes…

— Anonymous

Groanings which cannot be uttered are often prayers which cannot be refused.

— Anonymous

Excess of trouble may, for a time, distract and overwhelm the soul. Our Lord himself seems to have experienced somewhat of this. Our prayers,…

— Charles Simeon

“Let’s face it – prayers without desperation are pretend prayers.”

— Art Hochberg

“If a situation requires swearing to God it is — by definition — extreme.”

— Pam Houston

Prayer is the disciplined refusal to act before God acts.

— Eugene H. Peterson

“When I write that my own situation in those months of pain and decision can be described as prayer, I do not only recall…

— William Stringfellow