"If you're too busy to pray...you're too busy"
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"Every day I pray. I yield myself to God and the tensions and anxieties go out of me and peace and power come in."
"When our will wholeheartedly enters into the prayer of Christ, then we pray correctly."
"I pray a lot. I pray that God will show me what to do and will guide me and lead me."
"The wish to pray is a prayer in itself."
"One man doesn't believe in god at all, while the other believes in him so thoroughly that he prays as he murders men!"
"Holy Angels, our advocates, our brothers, our counselors, our defenders, our enlighteners, our friends, our guides, our helpers, our intercessors - Pray for us."
"Lord of Lords, grant us the good whether we pray for it or not, but evil keep from us, even though we pray for it."
"I pray everyday. I make sure that my family is OK. I make sure my son is all right."
"I don't like to fly. What's it called when the plane shakes? Turbulence, takeoffs... I grab my chair, close my eyes, count to 30, breathe, and pray."
"The trouble with being a god is that you've got no one to pray to."
"My God, I pray better to you by breathing and walking than by talking, just as in choir I sing best when I am thinking about something else, or better still, praying."
"I find that if I pray for the people I'm most angry with, my anger turns into something more redemptive."
"When you recognize the festive and the still moments as moments of prayer, then you gradually realize that to pray is to live."
"I always say I'm Catholic - but a cultural Catholic. I wouldn't say I'm a spiritual person, although I pray every day."
"It's not your schedule that keeps you from praying, it's your failure to realize the importance of prayer."
"It behooves us then to humble ourselves before the offended Power to confess our national sins and to pray for clemency and forgiveness."
"I pray to God that I shall not live one hour after I have thought of using deception."
"Excuse me, pray." Without that excuse I would not have known there was anything amiss."
"Amidst all of these flashing lights I pray the fame won't take my life."