"My main purpose is to pray five times a day. And that's not easy."
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"I don't pray so that I can change God. I pray so that God can change me."
"When you sing, you pray twice."
"Granting that we are always in the presence of God, yet it seems to me that those who pray are in His presence in a very different sense; for they, as it were, see that He is looking upon them, while others may go for days on end without even once recollecting that God sees them."
"I do not boast that God is on my side, I humbly pray that I am on God's side."
"We cannot really know God if we do not pray."
"Always remember that somebody is praying for the opportunity that you have."
"He prays well who is so absorbed with God that he does not know he is praying."
"Pray as if it's up to God, work as if it's up to you."
"Don't pray for lighter burdens, but for stronger backs."
"If you don't feel like praying, pray until you do!"
"To pray to God is to flatter oneself that with words one can alter nature."
"Pray that God will open the doors you can't open and close the doors that need to be closed."
"To pray diligently is more than half the task."
"Serving God is doing good to man, but praying is thought an easier service and therefore more generally chosen."
"Nothing's more attractive than a heavy praying woman."
"Goodness is about what you do. Not who you pray to."
"I don't just pray for God to open doors, I also pray for God to close doors."
"But I will place this carefully fed pig Within the crackling oven; and, I pray, What nicer dish can e'er be given to man."
"The more deeply we grow into the psalms and the more often we pray them as our own, the more simple and rich will our prayer become."