Famous Quotes & Sayings

William Wilberforce

The shortening of devotions starves the soul, it grows lean and faint

William Wilberforce

I must secure more time for private devotions. I have been living far too public for me. The shortening of devotions starves the soul, it grows lean and faint. I have been keeping too late hours.

Randal Jr

I'd just like to thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers, and I think that's it.

Richard Paul Evans

As a boy I heard this story in church. A man was patching a pitched roof of a tall building when he began sliding off. As he neared the edge of the roof he prayed, "Save me, Lord, and I'll go to church every Sunday, I'll give up drinking, I'll be the best man this city has ever known." As he finished his prayer, a nail snagged onto his overalls and saved him. The man looked up to the sky and shouted, "Never mind, God. I took care of it myself." How true of us.

Richard J. Needham

God punishes us mildly by ignoring our prayers and severely by answering them.

Richard Baxter

I remember myself, that when I was young, I had sometime the company of one ancient godly minister, who was of weaker parts than many others, but yet did profit me more than most; because he would never in prayer or conference speak of God, or the life to come, but with such marvelous seriousness and reverence, as if he had seen the majesty and glory which he talked of.

Richard Baxter

Prayer must carry on our work as much as preaching; he preacheth not heartily to his people that will not pray for them.

Richard Baxter

Prayer is the breath of the new creature.

Saint Augustine

Even the straws under my knees shout to distract me from prayer

Russell Brand

I do transcendental meditation, which is, I suppose, derived from Vedic or Ayurvedic principles, which is sort of Hindu principles.

Richard Davidson

In meditation you experience time slowing down because you can notice more things per discreet moment and you're more open... The word 'meditation' in Sanskrit comes from the word 'familiarization' - as in familiarization with one's own mind.

William Martin

We are simply committing ourselves to paying attention to our life. We use meditation to help us in that attention process. We are not trying to become good meditators. We are trying to wake up.

Richard Rohr

every time God forgives us, God is saying that God's own rules do not matter as much as the relationship that God wants to create with us.

Uma Thurman

Daring to me is having courage; it's a daily meditation to take breath and find strength.

Walter Bagehot

No great work has ever been produced except after a long interval of still and musing meditation.

Saint Francis de Sales

Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt.

Mike Love

Since learning Transcendental Meditation from Maharishi in December 1967, it has been a valuable practice which has enabled me to go through some very stressful life experiences while remaining centered.

Henepola Gunaratana

The you that goes in one side of the meditation experience is not the same you that comes out the other side.

Linda Casey

I think it speaks to the convenience of convenience stores.

Jim Glassman

He does speak more like a professor. He's a straight shooter.

Woody Allen

Every hooker I ever speak to tells me that it beats the hell out of waitressing.

William Morris

Speak but one word to me.

Sarah Palin

Stand up, speak out, and be bold. Screw political correctness. Never let them tell you to sit down and shut up.

Sandra Cisneros

Don't be afraid to say what you don't know, and speak for what you do know. Say, "I can't speak for all Latinas, but I can speak for me and tell you very, very honestly."

Kelly Clarkson

I'm terrible at speaking when I cry. Thank you so much.

Neale Donald Walsch

Speak your truth but soothe your words with peace

Milan Kundera

Speak truth to power.