Quotes tagged ‘Prayers’

(25 total)

“This is not a tirade it's a prayer.”

“God, Tonight we pray for compassion, peace, and hope. We don't quite understand all that is happening, and we don't fully believe we can trust the leadership on which our lives and livelihood depend. You have to show us the way...”

— Brittany Packnett Cunningham , twitter.com

“Why don't you save your prayers for your hairline?”

— Lesley Wake Webster, Arthur Cochran, Bradley Whitford, imdb.com

“I'm worried about the day after, when it turns out the prayers went unanswered.”

— Tawfik Abu Wael, Joseph Cedar, Simon, Shlomi Elkabetz, imdb.com

“Lt. Colonel Hal Moore: Our Father in Heaven, before we go into battle, every soldier among us will approach you each in his own way. Our enemies too, according to their own understanding, will ask for protection and for victory. And so, we bow before your infinite wisdom. We offer our prayers as bes…”

— Randall Wallace, Lt. Col. Hal Moore, Mel Gibson, imdb.com

“What if I want to pray the gay to stay?”

— Diablo Cody, Tig , Tig Notaro, imdb.com

“Raja: What prayers do you recite when you are upset? Justin: I don't usually uh... I don't really pray that much. Usually I just, you know, like, eat a, eat a brownie or, uh, buy a CD.”

— Moses Port, David Guarascio, Justin Tolchuck, Dan Byrd, imdb.com

“As long as you follow the rules, you'll be fine. Rule number one: You will obey every rule I say after rule number one. Rule number two: None but the righteous shall see God. And since we ain't got no righteous people in here, God ain't gonna have to worry about your shitty prayers. So that means I'…”

— Charles Murray, Albert Rackham, Chance Kelly, imdb.com

“There comes a moment when our lives change forever. The moment we admit our weaknesses, the moment we rise to a challenge, the moment we accept a sacrifice, or let a loved one go. And sometimes the change in our lives is an answer to our prayers.”

— Marc Cherry, Annie Weisman, Mary Alice Young, Brenda Strong, imdb.com

“My fire was in all its glory about midnight, and, having made a bark shed to shelter me from the rain and partially dry my clothing, I had nothing to do but look and listen and join the trees in their hymns and prayers.”

— John Muir, amazon.com

“How happy is the blameless vestal’s lot! The world forgetting, by the world forgot. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each pray’r accepted, and each wish resign’d.”

— Alexander Pope, poetryfoundation.org

“Now I lay me down to sleep. I pray the Lord my soul to keep. If I should die before I wake, I pray to God my soul to take. If I should live for other days, I pray the Lord to guide my ways. Father, unto thee I pray, Thou hast guarded me all day; Safe I am while in thy sight, Safely let me sleep toni…”

— Henry Johnstone, amazon.com

“Both read the same Bible, and pray to the same God; and each invokes His aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces; but let us judge not that we be not judged. The prayers of both cou…”

— Abraham Lincoln, abrahamlincolnonline.org

“Dear God, thank you for saving this boy...from his murderous junkie mom, who cared more about a $40 rush than she did her own flesh and blood.”

— Kurt Sutter, Gemma Teller Morrow, Katey Sagal, imdb.com

“Gospel: Today Jesus 'withdraws' with the disciples, to move away from the crowds. At other times Jesus 'withdraws' to pray by himself. All of us, even extroverts, need time for solitude and private prayer. You and I need to connect with God, who often speaks to us in silence.”

— James Martin, SJ, twitter.com

“When we say a prayer, we allow our consciousness to receive intuitive guidance.”

— Gabby Bernstein, amazon.com

“You know that prayer can get you into places you can't; prayer changes things. Even better, prayer changes people, and people change things. So go ahead and pray.”

— Iyanla Vanzant, twitter.com

“Prayers are always answered. The key is to pray with faith, knowing and believing that, what you ask for, you already have!”

— Iyanla Vanzant, twitter.com

“One of the techniques they teach to get rid of a resentment toward somebody is to pray for him or her to get everything that you want for yourself in life-to be loved, to be successful, to be healthy, to be rich, to be wonderful, to be happy, to be alive with the light and the love of the universe.…”

— Anthony Kiedis, amazon.com

“less concerned with who you pray to, and more concerned with how you pray for those that need prayer the most...”

— Joel L. Daniels, twitter.com