I have lived to thank God that all my prayers have not been answered.
Jean Ingelow

I never force myself to be devout except when I feel so inspired, and never compose hymns of prayers unless I feel within me real and true devotion.
Franz Schubert

I really feel like life will dictate itself. You should allow it to unfold as naturally as possible. Just go with the flow. When you're really desperate, you say a few prayers and hope for the best. That's the way I've always lived my life.
Shania Twain

I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.
Abraham Lincoln

I still held fast to my determination to become a minister; it still seemed to me that that was my duty. I had pledged myself, in my prayers I had given my word to God. How could I therefore break my vow?
Pierre Loti

I write quite a lot of sonnets, and I think of them almost as prayers: short and memorable, something you can recite.
Carol Ann Duffy

I've found that prayers work best when you have big players.
Knute Rockne

If God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another.
Epicurus

If I were dammed of body and soul, I know whose prayers would make me whole, mother o' mine o mother o' mine.
Rudyard Kipling

If you get down and quarell everyday, you're saying prayers to the devil, I say.
Bob Marley

Inaudible prayers, particularly of the Canon, which at first don't seem to have anything to do with music, end up being a very important part of the aesthetic of the traditional structure of the Mass.
Richard Morris

It is good for us to keep some account of our prayers, that we may not unsay them in our practice.
Matthew Henry

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

It is necessary to help others, not only in our prayers, but in our daily lives. If we find we cannot help others, the least we can do is to desist from harming them.
Dalai Lama

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

It takes me forever to say my prayers these days, but I don't care, because this time around, I want to make sure God doesn't have to do any guesswork.
Terry McMillan

Like many Americans my thoughts and prayers are with the people of London. My deepest sympathies are extended to those who lost a loved one in the recent terror attacks.
Doc Hastings

Make your goals big and broad enough so that they never become answered prayers and boomerang to curse you.
Doug Coupland

Many of our prayers were not answered, and for this we are now grateful.
William Feather

More tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones.
Saint Teresa