We pray that every field of science may contribute in bringing happiness – not disaster – to human beings.
The visits Prime Minister Koizumi made to the Yasukuni Shrine, I believe, had nothing to do with approval ratings. He paid respects at the Yasukuni Shrine to pay respects to the people of Japan who fought and lost their lives for the country and to pray for the peace of their souls.
I’m not superstitious or anything, there’s nothing I do over and over. I do pray before every game, but other than that there’s nothing really that I do consistently every game that’s a ritual.
As a former resident with strong personal and ministry ties to the North Star State, I pray that the good people of Minnesota will show their support for God’s definition of marriage, between a man and a woman.
And God knows I needed to be forgiven. So I had to forgive everybody. And then God – as I read in the word, you’re supposed to pray for your enemies. Try that one on.
I pray to be like the ocean, with soft currents, maybe waves at times. More and more, I want the consistency rather than the highs and the lows.
It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray.
It is not well for a man to pray cream and live skim milk.
I have fought against the people of the North because I believed they were seeking to wrest from the South its dearest rights. But I have never cherished toward them bitter or vindictive feelings, and I have never seen the day when I did not pray for them.
I pray every day, several times. It soothes me. I don’t ask for anything, except for health.
When I pray, coincidences happen, and when I don’t, they don’t.
All parents hope and pray that their children will make wise decisions. Children who are obedient and responsible bring to their parents unending pride and satisfaction.
You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might also pray in the fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance.
A lot of people are willing to pray or to put in work, but they’re not willing to take true risks.
For it is we who must pray for our daily bread, and if He grants it to us, it is only through our labour, our skill and preparation.
I meditate and pray multiple times a week to guide myself with divine clarity.
I don’t think it’s corny to pray at all.
Pray for someone else’s child, your pastor, the military, the police officers, the firemen, the teachers, the government. There’s no end to the ways that you can intervene on behalf of others through prayer.
And I just pray that god gives me longevity in the music industry.
I always pray for God’s guidance in my life and he always provides it. He opens the right doors he shuts the right doors. And I have tremendous faith in him. He just guided my career in an amazing way.
Everybody says that ‘Balika Vadhu’ is the best thing to have happened to me, but I pray for the strength to work hard.
I pray as follows: May justice reign, may the laws not be broken, may the wise men be poor, and the poor men rich, without sin.
It’s a long way from Martin Luther’s ‘On the Freedom of a Christian’ to ‘Eat, Pray, Love,’ and a vigorous Protestantism should be able to prevent the former from degenerating into the latter.
I do pray about my sight – maybe it will return.
The difference between humans and wild animals is that humans pray before they commit murder.
If you don’t have much passion, well, get on your face and pray for the passion and get into the word of God. That’s what I’ve been sharing. That’s the whole concept.
To every soul that knows how to pray, to every soul that by faith comes to Jesus, the true mercy seat, divine sovereignty wears no dark and terrible aspect but is full of love.
There is no gospel of atheism. Atheists don’t pray at the altar of a Richard Dawkins poster.
I don’t pray because I don’t want to bore God.
Pray for the people of West Africa. You cannot be apathetic towards people for whom you are earnestly praying.
I pray that wherever we are and whatever duties we have in the priesthood of God, we will be united in the cause to bring the gospel to all the world.
Do not pray for tasks equal to your abilities, but pray for abilities equal to your tasks. Then the performance of your tasks will be no miracle, but you will be the miracle.
I pray for my enemies, that God would forgive them.
I love my God, and whenever I want something, I pray to Him, and my wish is fulfilled. That’s my success mantra.
You may feel overwhelmed by your own poverty and the labors of the day. But if you decide not to wait until you have more strength and more money, and if you pray for the Holy Spirit as you go, you will, when you arrive, know what to do and how to help someone even poorer than you are.
I pray before virtually every speech and virtually every major decision.
There are people who envy you and don’t want to see you succeed, but there are also people who pray for your success.
God is looking for people to use, and if you can get usable, he will wear you out. The most dangerous prayer you can pray is this: ‘Use me.’
A Christian who does not pray for those who govern is not a good Christian.
We pray every day that the Good Lord will continue to bless our great state and our great people.
I get up early, go to bed late, and sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn’t. And I pray a lot.
We need to pray and read the Bible every day, and regardless of whatever else happens to you, that tends to keep you close to Him, because you are constantly in touch through His Word.
I pray every day. In the mornings and, before I go to bed. I think it’s important to pray not just when things are going bad. When things are going bad, it’s easy to pray and ask God to help you out, but it’s also important to pray when things are going well and show your appreciation.
I pray to God I get inside a girl’s head one day and see what in the WORLD they are thinking.
I pray before I go into the operating room for every case, and I ask him to give me wisdom, to help me to know what to do – and not only for operating, but for everything.
We have to pray with our eyes on God, not on the difficulties.
I had seen the photographs of Harlem in its glory days, stylish men in bespoke suits, women so well dressed that they’d put the models in ‘Vogue’ to shame. I knew that Harlemites loved to dance, to pray, and to eat.
I pray for those we have lost but more personally for those who have lost – the families of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd and so many before you. I know how it feels to get that call that someone you love isn’t coming home.
I talk to Allah, I pray to him.
The Savior will help you do what He has called you to do, be it for a time as a worker in the Church or forever as a parent. You may pray for help enough to do the work and know that it will come.
The problem is, I think, that so many of us pray as if we are ordering groceries. We pick up the telephone and say, ‘Is this the right place to place my order?’ and we proceed right to dictating our order. When we have then ended that list, we hang up.
It’s just not easy enough to say that I pray and God will accomplish.
I probably will not live to see Turkey become an exemplary democracy, but I pray that the downward authoritarian drift can be stopped before it is too late.
Every time I start chasing my tail, and I’m trying to control all these elements of my universe, I pray, ‘I’m not in control of any of this. I can just do the best I can. Please guide me. Please help me figure how I can move through this in the way You would have me.’
Sometimes, you might meet somebody that you love that’s turning into a ‘they.’ My key is invite them to Miami and take them to the ocean and let them jump off the boat in the ocean, on the sand bar, and cleanse off and pray and then go take a shower, and hopefully the ‘they’ is out of you.
I pray that we learn to live together. That Jerusalem is one, with law and order.
When you go into a show, you pray it’s successful, but you just don’t know what’s going to happen.
I pray to God that I shall not live one hour after I have thought of using deception.
Before I go to those teams, I say, ‘Hey, I’m a Muslim and I have to pray five times a day.’ And they respect it so much that they give me a prayer room. So before the game, after the game, before practice, before I fly out, I can go to that room whenever I want and pray.
Old models of development simply seek to lure business with substantial tax breaks and then hope (and pray) that economic benefits will trickle down to residents. It has not worked for our city in the past, and it will not work for the future city that we all hope want to see.
Don’t pray when it rains if you don’t pray when the sun shines.
Did I pray for death? I did one time. I wanted to die so badly. And I didn’t want to die. I wanted to rest, you know. And I knew the only rest I would find is in death.
He who doesn’t pray to the Lord prays to the devil.
Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink deeply from good books – especially the Bible, build a shelter against a rainy day, give thanks for your blessings and pray for guidance every day.
