Evil Quote by William Penn Download Open image “God is better served in resisting a temptation to evil than in many formal prayers.” — William Penn ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Evil Formal Prayer Resisting Resisting temptation Temptation Temptation life
And yet this same Deity says to me, resist not evil; pray for those that despitefully use you; love your enemies, but I will… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
It often happens that we pray God to deliver us from some dangerous temptation, and yet God does not hear us but permits the… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
Prayer is not a means for us to persuade a reluctant God to do something which is against His better judgment. Prayer, rather is… — John F Walvoord Copy Share Image
It often happens that we pray God to deliver us from some dangerous temptation, and yet that God does not hear us, but permits… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
We must pray constantly for His enabling grace to say no to temptation, of choosing to take all practical steps to avoid known areas… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
Serving God is doing good to man, but praying is thought an easier service and therefore more generally chosen. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“It is that we should learn to pray even while we are dwelling on evil. Perhaps we are waging an interior battle over anger,… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
“The highest result of prayer is not deliverance from evil, or the securing of some coveted thing, but knowledge of God.” — Unknown Christian Copy Share Image
The fight against evil is long and difficult. It is essential to pray constantly and to be patient. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Many prayers are declined because of the rank odor of a corrupt heart, rising through the beautiful words. Let the words be wrong but… — Rumi Copy Share Image
Love grows. Lust wastes by Enjoyment, and the Reason is, that one springs from an Union of Souls, and the other from an Union… — William Penn Copy Share Image
Once you've accumulated sufficient knowledge to get by, you're too old to remember it. — William Penn Copy Share Image
Religion is the fear of God, and its demonstration good works; and faith is the root of both: For without faith we cannot please… — William Penn Copy Share Image
All excess is ill; but drunkenness is of the worst sort. It spoils health, dismounts the mind, and unmans men. It reveals secrets, is… — William Penn Copy Share Image
By liberty of conscience, we understand not only a mere liberty of the mind, in believing or disbelieving this or that principle or doctrine;… — William Penn Copy Share Image
Content not thyself that thou art virtuous in the general; for one link being wanting, the chain is defective. — William Penn Copy Share Image
We are apt to be very pert at censuring others, where we will not endure advice. — William Penn Copy Share Image
It is admirable to consider how many millions of people come into, and go out of the world, ignorant of themselves and of the… — William Penn Copy Share Image
I've always been fascinated by the idea that there's no such thing as evil; it's all in your point of view. To one group… — Eli Roth Copy Share Image
If ever I did a man any goodof course it was something exceptional and insignificant compared with the good or evil which I am… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Every action that helps us manifest our divine nature more and more is good; every action that retards it is evil. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
I do conscientiously and sincerely believe that the Order of Freemasonry, if not the greatest, is one of the greatest moral and political evils… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
Let us remember that every worldview-not just Christianity's-must give an explanation or an answer for evil and suffering...this is not just a problem distinctive… — Ravi Zacharias Copy Share Image
Evil cannot be "treated" -- nor should it be. Evil has to [be] confronted and destroyed and it matters not why the evil is… — Bill O'Reilly Copy Share Image
The evil which does me no harm is like the good which in no wise avails me. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Attack the evil that is within yourself, rather than attacking the evil that is in others. — Confucius Copy Share Image
Somewhere somebody must have some sense. Men must see that force begets force, hate begets hate, toughness begets toughness. And it is all a… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
There is a spirit which I feel that delights to do no evil, nor to revenge any wrong, but delights to endure all things,… — James Nayler Copy Share Image
The politician attempts to remedy the evil by increasing the very thing that caused the evil in the first place: legal plunder. — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
