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[Ronald Reagan] called the image of [George] Washington praying on his knees in Valley Forge "the most sublime image in American history.

Rules for today: 1) Pray 2) Laugh 3) Repeat. The only reason to take this life too seriously is if it's your only one.

Salvation is not a prayer you pray in a one-time ceremony and then move on from; salvation is a posture of repentance and faith that you begin in a moment and maintain for the rest of your life.

Saint John Paul II, pray for us and especially for our youth.

Satan tries to limit your praying because he knows your praying will limit him.

Seeing a cat loving her kittens stand and pray. God has become manifest there; literally believe this. Repeat "I am Thine, I am Thine", for we can see God everywhere. Do not seek for Him, just see Him.

See your weakness as a reason to pray the more, it should not be the reason for sadness or to abandon your post.

Serving God is doing good to man, but praying is thought an easier service and therefore more generally chosen.

Short is the life of those who possess great accomplishments, and seldom do they reach a good old age. Whatever thou lovest, pray that thou mayest not set too high a value on it.

Someone asked me, 'Do you pray for the dead?' I said, 'No, I preach to them! I think every pew in every church is death row. Think about that! They're dead! They sing about God; they talk about God, but they're dead! They have no living relationship (with God).

Sometimes it helps to begin our prayers by confessing we don't feel like praying-and ask God to help us with our preference to be doing something else.

Some pray to marry the man they love, My prayer will somewhat vary; That I love the man I marry.

Sometimes I pray when I really feel like I need God to help me with something, and sometimes we just have conversations. We just kick it.

Sometimes pain and illness are not meant to be removed. You can't second-guess God. Rather than praying for it to go away, it's often wiser to pray that you learn as much from it as you possibly can.

Sometimes when you're suffering really intensely, you can't pray for yourself.

So often these days eating Indian food passes for spirituality. I don't meditate, I don't pray, but I eat two samosa's every day.

Somewhere a woman is praying her toddler wins a beauty pageant. I say this because sometimes people wonder why God lets tornadoes happen.

Teach us to care and not to care Teach us to sit still. Pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death Pray for us now and at the hour of our death.

Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounc'd it to you, trippingly on the tongue.

Spiritually, I pray and meditate. Emotionally, I challenge myself to be open, honest, and available.

St John, on Christ's bosom, pray for me in the days of my discipleship, in the house of my faith, in the hour of my death.

Stupidity is falling pray to your own illusions.

Such is the compassion, such the love which Mary bears us, that she is never tired of praying for us.

Tammy Faye, I pray for every day. I really liked her. I wanted to be in their family.

Teach us to pray often, that we may pray oftener.

Speak, my fair, and fairly, I pray thee.

Straight praying is never born of crooked conduct.

Sweat, sweat, sweat! Work and sweat, cry and sweat, pray and sweat!

That goes with the saying that you call on God a lot of times and you pray for things and it may not happen at that moment.

The cells in your body are completely loyal to you; they work for you in harmony. We can even say they pray to you. You are their God. That is absolutely the truth. Now what are you going to do with this knowledge?

That is to say, I pray for you. And there's an intimacy in it. That's the truth.

The apostles had this instinct: When in trouble, pray. When intimidated, pray. When challenged, pray. When persecuted, pray!

The best gift anyone can give to a friend is to pray for him.

The candidate was required to prepare himself by confession, fasting, and passing the night in prayer.

The adage 'a family that prays together, stays together' is so true.

The best reason to pray is that God is really there. In praying our unbelief starts to melt. God moves smack into the middle of even an ordinary day.

The character of our praying will determine the character of our preaching. Light praying makes light preaching.

The Church will pray to God for the dead. The survivor has honour and glory.

The creeping wilderness will soon take over that church that trusts in its own strength and forgets to watch and pray.

The day For whose returns, and many, all these pray; And so do I.

The Dalai Lama says don't pray for peace, don't wait for peace, don't talk about peace - do it right now.

The devil smiles when we make plans. He laughs when we get too busy. But he trembles when we pray-especially when we pray together.

The English, the plain English, of the politest address of a gentleman to a lady is, I am now, dear Madam, your humble servant: Pray be so good as to let me be your Lord and Master.

The Eyes of the Future are looking back at us and they are praying for us to see beyond our own time.

The Eucharist is a priceless treasure: by not only celebrating it but also by praying before it outside of Mass we are enabled to make contact with the very wellspring of grace.

The few that pray at all pray oft amiss.

the fear of death is that you are dying too soon. Nobody wants to, but at the point that you die you can pray that you are no longer the same person. I pray that when I am about to die I will not be the same person that I am now.

The family who prays will never be parted. Their circle in Heaven unbroken shall stand. God will say enter my good faithful servant. The family who prays never shall part.

The first and last stages of holy living are crowned with praying.

The greatest method of praying is to pray the Rosary.