"Restraining prayer, we cease to fight; Prayer keeps……" — William Cowper
"Restraining prayer, we cease to fight; Prayer keeps the Christian's armor bright; And Satan trembles when he sees The weakest saint upon his knees."
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William Cowper
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235 Quotes by William Cowper
William Cowper has 235 quotes on this site.
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If my resolution to be a great man was half so strong as it is to despise the shame of…
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Admirals extolled for standing still, or doing nothing with a deal of skill.
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War's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
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A noisy man is always in the right.
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How happy it is to believe, with a steadfast assurance, that our petitions are heard even while we are making…
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Grief is itself a medicine.
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Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
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No one was ever scolded out of their sins.
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Forced from home, and all its pleasures, afric coast I left forlorn; to increase a stranger's treasures, o the raging…
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I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do without sugar and rum?
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Strength may wield the ponderous spade, May turn the clod, and wheel the compost home; But elegance, chief grace the…
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Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, the mere materials with which wisdom builds, till smoothed and squared and fitted to its…
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More Armor Quotes
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This is not a contest between persons. The humblest citizen in all the land, when clad in the armor of…
— William Jennings Bryan
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Suspicion is a heavy armor and with its weight it impedes more than it protects.
— Robert Burns
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Prayer is the preface to the book of Christian living; the text of the new life sermon; the girding on…
— Austin Phelps
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When you get up in the morning, you merely put on your clothes. When a colored man gets up in…
— Kristin Hunter
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Naught can deform the human race Like to the armor's iron brace.
— William Blake
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Don't listen to the lies, I swear they all lies. You know I could be your knight in shining Armor…
— Drake
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Every morning, I get up, get out of bed, and get on my knees and thank God for waking up…
— Ben Stein
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. . . Virtue, morality, and religion. This is the armor, my friend, and this alone that renders us invincible.…
— Patrick Henry
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Philosophers are only men in armor after all.
— Charles Dickens
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Let him not boast who puts his armor on as he who puts it off, the battle done.
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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What kind of living can be out of fear? Once the armor is dropped you can live out of love,…
— Rajneesh
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A mature person should disconnect himself from anything that is connected with fear. That`s how maturity comes. Just watch all…
— Rajneesh
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