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

Danny Ferry

He wanted to play the rest of this season with a broken finger. The doctors said no, that they wanted this taken care of.

Dustin Villepigue

He just took it totally the wrong way and threw a cheap shot. I'm surprised he did it. Luckily, I saw him throw the punch, or I would have had some broken bones.

Steve Chester

Her nose is broken in two places. She may be out for the season, and she said that hurts more than the nose. She was just starting to play well.

Chuck Hill

I think the analysts will now exclude more stuff than they would have otherwise. If I'm faced with all or none, I'm going to say all. If it's broken out, I'm going to be more reluctant to exclude the indirect costs.

John Gay

We are frustrated with the broken immigration system. It doesn't match the economic reality.

Mike Holmes

He may not have broken any law, but it seems to me there are some serious questions.

Will Estes

I try to date, but I take it so seriously. I am bad at having a casual relationship, so I kind of don't.

Tullian Tchividjian

We are broken people living in a broken world with other broken people. We all need grace.

Tupac Shakur

How many pistols smoking coming from a broken family?

Brian Wallace

It is all about a fulfillment of a promise that was made,

Carl Jung

Didn't I promise I'd always look after you and keep you from harm?

Richard Paul Evans

...even the most horribl e of nightmares is laced with the promise of dawn.

Richelle Mead

Promises. I was drowning in promises.

Richard M. Nixon

I didn't do anything wrong and I promise to never do it again.

Robert W. Service

Now a promise made is a debt unpaid, and the trail has its own stern code.

Sara Shepard

Go now. Alone. Or I make good on my promise. -A

Samuel West

We'll be back. I promise you that.

Vladimir Lenin

Autocracy cannot do without its twin agents: a hangman and a priest, the first to suppress popular resistance by force, the second to sweeten and embellish the lot of the oppressed with empty promises of a heavenly kingdom.