Quotes About Praying

He was as nervous as a praying mantis at an atheists' picnic...

He was as nervous as a praying mantis at an atheists' picnic, but he bore down gently, intensifying his concentration, letting go of his attachment to gravity.

It's hard to love There's so much to hate Hanging on to hope When there is no hope to speak of And the wounded skies above Say it's much too late So maybe we should all be praying for time

At night Tyrion would oft hear her praying. A waste of words. If there are gods to listen, they are monstrous gods who torment us for their sport. Who else would make a world like this, so full of bondage, blood, and pain?

I never sleep in comfort save when I am hearing a sermon or praying to God.

The damn hawker nearly caught the bumper." More amazed than angry now, Eve shook her head. "A guy in air boots nearly outran a cop ride. What's the world coming to, Peabody?" Eyes stubbornly shut, Peabody didn't move a muscle. "I'm sorry, sir, you're interrupting my praying.

I didn't mean to make you cry- Oh, God...Zsadist, I love you. His eyes flared so wide, his brows nearly hit his hairline. What...? I love you. Say that again. I love you. Again...please, he whispered. I need to hear it...again. I love you... His response was to start praying to the Scribe Virgin in the Old Language. -Lover Awakened

Praying's not going to help. Too late for that, Jane...I gave you a chance to have it on your terms. Now we'll do this on mine

When Rhage's beast came out, everyone, the brothers included, looked for shelter and took up praying.

Yeah man, you know to me a mountain is a Buddha. Think of the patience, hundreds of thousands of years just sittin there bein perfectly perfectly silent and like praying for all living creatures in that silence and just waitin for us to stop all our frettin and foolin.

I have never been particularly good with languages. Despite a dozen years of Hebrew school and a lifetime of praying in the language, I'm ashamed to admit that I still can't read an Israeli newspaper. Besides English, the only language I speak with any degree of fluency is Spanish.

The secret of praying is praying in secret. A sinning man will stop praying, and a praying man will stop sinning.

Any church may have a mighty man of God for its pastor, if it is willing to pay the price, and that price is not a big salary, but great praying.

Serving God is doing good to man, but praying is thought an easier service and therefore more generally chosen.

Elsa felt a deeply rooted shame in her daughter's rejection. In her hurt, she did what she'd always done: she disappeared. But all the while, she waited, prayed, that both her husband and her daughter would someday see how much she loved them and they would love her in return. Until then, she dared not push too hard or demand too much.

Alex held her gaze. "I love you, Annie," he whispered hoarsely, and then he opened his arms to her. For a moment that seemed to last an eternity, Alex waited, silently praying for a miracle as he hadn't since childhood. Just one little miracle. "Please ..." he whispered raggedly. "Come here, Annie love.

He gave himself fully to the penitent life, fasting, praying, confessing his wickedness and execrating himself in public. He became a better man in the small matters of his days, an even better, wiser king in the great matters of state.

If thou wouldst preserve a sound body, use fasting and walking; if a healthful soul, fasting and praying; walking exercises the body, praying exercises the soul, fasting cleanses both.

He had not been praying, but dreaming - which, she would realize later, came to almost the same thing.

The ministries of the Spirit involve teaching (John 16:12–15), guiding (Rom. 8:14), assuring (Rom. 8:16), praying (Rom. 8:26), the exercise of spiritual gifts (1 Cor. 12:7), and warring against the flesh (Gal. 5:17). All of these depend for their full manifestation on the filling of the Spirit (Eph. 5:18).

Praying mantis cuts off the male's head. Guillotine: the erection of crowds. (Mante religieuse coupe la tête du mâle. Guillotine: l'érection des foules)

Never forget that what may look like God's insensitivity is nothing of the sort, but rather an invitation to draw closer to Him through persistent praying in faith.

I never had any expectations of winning a Grammy. It wasn't something I was set on, that I was hoping and praying and starving for.

There were questions I didn't have the answers to, and I was trying to figure it out. I remember staying up until 4 A.M. reading the Bible and praying.