Defective Quote by William Carey

[Do not] overburden yourself with rules of devotion, but persist in doing well those you have, your daily actions, your work; in a word,…

— Vincent de Paul

“When the mind, for want of being sufficiently reduced by recollection at our first engaging in devotion, has contracted certain bad habits of wandering…

— Brother Lawrence

When I started out on my pilgrimage, I was using walking for two purposes at that time. One was to contact people, and I…

— Peace Pilgrim

Do not always scrupulously confine yourself to certain rules, or particular forms of devotion, but act with a general confidence in GOD, with love…

— Brother Lawrence

Any praise I receive does not change me, for I pass it right along to God. I walk because God gives me strength to…

— Peace Pilgrim

Accustom yourself gradually to carry Prayer into all your daily occupation - speak, act, work in peace, as if you were in prayer, as…

— Francois Fenelon

I have quitted all forms of devotion and set prayers but those to which my state obliges me. And I make it my business…

— Brother Lawrence

It is a most delightful reflection that if I come to the throne of God in prayer, I may feel a thousand defects, but…

— Charles Spurgeon

I have abandoned all particular forms of devotion, all prayer techniques. My only prayer practice is attention. I carry on a habitual, silent, and…

— Brother Lawrence

When you face the perils of weariness, carelessness, and confusion, don't pray for an easier life. Pray instead to be a stronger man or…

— Luis Palau

You should always say your prayers with tireless diligence, as the Apostle directs, saying: 'Continue in prayer and watch in the same' (Col. 4:2).…

— Lorenzo Scupoli

I urge you by all this is dear, by all that is honorable, by all that is sacred, not only that you pray but…

— John Hancock