Habits Quote by Theodore Dreiser

“She’d prayed so much these past few weeks it had become a natural response, a strength and peace she drew on when she needed…

— Lynnette Bonner

“Praying helped, but she had to admit, her faith was wobbling. She might say all the right things, and truthfully, she really did believe…

— Lynette Eason

“Evidently habit does wonders! God knows what habit can do with anyone.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“And now she had learnt that not only to will, but also to pray, was a necessary condition in the truly heroic.”

— Elizabeth Gaskell

“Agonized by her longing to go on thinking of her lover, and her fear of damnation if she does, she has hit on the…

— Anonymous

“Prayer was never meant to be magic,' Mother said. 'Then why bother with it?' Suzy scowled. 'Because it's an act of love,' Mother said.”

— Madeline L'Engle

“Moreover, during his wife's confinement, something had happened that seemed extraordinary to him. He, an unbeliever, had fallen into praying, and at the moment…

— Leo Tolstoy

“Successful prayer life only dies after its habit dies.”

— Samuel T. Padmore

“She knew that oftentimes hurtful people were hurting people, so she determined to pray for them all the more.”

— J.E.B. Spredemann

“He supposes in this way he's learned to pray not as one might to the gods but as one does by simply pausing every…

— Vaddey Ratner

“Who is to say that prayers have any effect? On the other hand, who is to say they don't? I picture the gods, diddling…

— Margaret Atwood

“Do you not pray, Miss Smallwood?' She avoided his gaze. 'No.' 'God is speaking to you every day,' he said softly. 'You might return…

— Julie Klassen