Dawn Quote by Saint Patrick

I prayed only for a small piece of land, a garden, an ever-flowing spring, and bit of woods.

— Horace

This morning about nine I withdrew to the woods for prayer. I was in such anguish that when I arose from my knees I…

— David Brainerd

I prayed to trees. This was easier than praying directly to God. There was nearly always a tree nearby.

— Sharon Creech

I have prayed to God that he give me the strength to survive each day and to face those times in my life that…

— Susan Smith

I did not pray for any relief, but I prayed for strength to suffer with courage, humility and love.

— Brother Lawrence

I prayed god to save me from emotional pains , and he released me from all desires, hopes as well, leaving me emotionally blank.

— Senoraroy

I prayed like a man walking in a forest at night, feeling his way with his hands, at each step fearing to fall into…

— Wendell Berry

I danced out my pain...It felt like praying, like flying.

— Christie Watson

God enabled me to so agonize in prayer that I was quite wet with perspiration, though in the shade and the cool wind. My…

— David Brainerd

I walked until midnight in the storm, then I went home and took a sauna for an hour and a half. It was all…

— Pierre Trudeau

I was stuck on the side of a mountain in Scotland. I was looking down on emptiness. I lay on my back and looked…

— Ivor Cutler

“In the years since the disaster, I often think of my friend Arturo Nogueira, and the conversations we had in the mountains about God.…

— Nando Parrado