It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.
Epicurus

It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to our tasks, to go forward with a great desire forever beating at the door of our hearts as we travel toward our distant goal.
Helen Keller

It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray.
Aesop

It is not only our duty to pray for others, but also to desire the prayers of others for ourselves.
William Gurnall

It is not the body's posture, but the heart's attitude that counts when we pray.
Billy Graham

It is not well for a man to pray cream and live skim milk.
Henry Ward Beecher

It's not enough to attend church and pray every Sunday; you have to act.
Abbe Pierre

It's so much easier to pray for a bore than to go and see one.
C. S. Lewis

Just pray for a tough hide and a tender heart.
Ruth Graham

Last I checked, the album was #82 out of the top 200 on the Billboard charts thanks to you all. I pray that keeps moving up and with your help it will.
LaToya London

Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing them.
Rabindranath Tagore

Let's get on our knees and pray. I don't know to whom. Is there a patron saint of ballistics gel?
Adam Savage

Let's pray that the human race never escapes from Earth to spread its iniquity elsewhere.
C. S. Lewis

Long time no see. I only pray the caliber of your questions has improved.
Kevin Smith

Many have left their families to defend our freedom. We salute their bravery; we express our appreciation and support to their families. And we pray for their safe return.
Bob Taft

Maybe the words that I say is just another way to pray.
Curtis Mayfield

Most of us spend the first six days of each week sowing wild oats; then we go to church on Sunday and pray for a crop failure.
Fred A. Allen

Most people do not pray; they only beg.
George Bernard Shaw

My brother Jim and I saw our father go into the jails and pray with the inmates Sunday after Sunday. He prayed with both blacks and whites. If we ever repeated any slurs we heard on the playground, he'd tell us very softly, "I don't want to hear those words."
Charles Moore

My feeling is that when you're managing a baseball team, you have to pick the right people to play and then pray a lot.
Robin Roberts