In prayer, we stand where angels bow with veiled faces. There, even there, the cherubim and seraphim adore before that selfsame throne to which our prayers ascend. And shall we come there with stunted requests and narrow, contracted faith?
When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.
There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
More tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones.
Glory be and praise to God. I didn't do any of this. God did. I don't have a recipe or a blueprint. I prayed for it, and my prayers are continuing to be answered.
Many of our prayers were not answered, and for this we are now grateful.
If Truman hadn't published 'Answered Prayers' in parts, he'd have had the drive to finish it. The peacocks took it away from him.
Prayers were held in Assembly Hall. We all perched in rows on wooden benches while teachers sat up on the platform in armchairs, facing us.
Bernard always had a few prayers in the hall and some whiskey afterwards as he was rather pious.
Cease to think that the decrees of the gods can be changed by prayers.
The prayers of cowards fortune spurns.
Danger is sauce for prayers.
Folk songs express the dreams and prayers and hopes of the working people.
I foresee the day when we shall read nothing but telegrams and prayers.
As Juan Gabriel, music is my religion, and mariachi is my devotion. And my songs are my prayers.
Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers.
The best prayers have often more groans than words.
At school, I enjoyed playing the bassoon. I was in the orchestra and played the melody when the other boys sang hymns at prayers time.
I am enormously susceptible to religious environments - the music, the liturgy and the prayers.
It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray.
