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Quotes About Request

Send us the cure—the affliction we already have.
~ Sholom Aleichem
Who was he talking to? Me? No one ever said "please" to me. I looked around. There was no one else in the room. Old Luria growled again in a deep voice: "Please come and have a look at the Rambam.
~ Sholom Aleichem
I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.", May 16, 1767)
~ Voltaire
When you ask, you do not receive because you ask with the wrong motives" (James 4:3).
~ John Wimber
At his funeral, a supervisor of his home told me he'd made a request of his housemates. Whenever they looked up at a plane, would they remember him? And instead of saying the dumb thing people say when someone dies, about wishing their soul would rest in peace, he wanted everyone to think of him and say, like a solemn prayer, "May his soul have kick-ass adventures, flying and flying and flying.
~ Ellen Cooney
I'm not asking for miracles, Seth, just a little info when you get a chance. That's all.
~ baldacci david v
her. May I use the car?
~ Barbara Delinsky
Can I borrow your face for a few days while my butt is on vacation?
~ Bart King
He wants to be his own man and be recognized for what he's done. He's not asking for anything because of his name. That was a tough situation to go into at Alabama, but he probably wouldn't have been given the job if the situation would have been different.
~ Don Shula
Did you know I once tweeted at Red Bull, 'Would you ever consider making a sugar-free, caffeine-free Red Bull?'
~ Jeanie Buss
It's always a good problem to have to hear people saying they want to see more.
~ Kevin Reilly
When you're asking someone for assistance, make it as easy as possible for them to say 'no' to you. You don't want someone helping you who doesn't really want to.
~ Raymond Arroyo
'Dip it Low' is pretty highly requested for me. I get that a lot.
~ Christina Milian
94] Small Prayers In every request, heart and soul and mind ought to supply the low accompaniment, "Thy will be done"; but the making of any request brings us near to Him…. Anything large enough for a wish to light upon, is large enough to hang a prayer upon: the thought of Him to whom that prayer goes will purify and correct the desire.
~ George MacDonald
that for God to give a man because he asked for it that which was not in harmony with his laws of truth and right, would be to damn him-to cast him into the outer darkness.
~ George MacDonald
Sit down, and I'll give you a drink. What would you like?' 'I'll have a Side-car, please.
~ Georgette Heyer
We are always expressing either Love or fear. Fear is really a call for help, and therefore a request for Love.
~ Gerald G. Jampolsky
I would venture to guess that if I was a construction worker... who requested a transfer to another department for the betterment of his family, I would be commended for it. But because it's sports, there's just so much passion added to it.
~ Derek Fisher
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. —PHILIPPIANS 4:6–7
~ Sarah Young
the God of the Bible is so immense, omnipotent, and omniscient that for God, knowing each of us in the depths of our beings is an afternoon walk in Sydney's botanical garden. The God of Jesus knows us by name, knows our minds and hearts and emotions, loves us (anyway), and summons us, as it were, into the divine presence to lay out our requests.
~ Scot McKnight
I have only two wishes," said Jean. "The first is for strong coffee, and the second is for stronger coffee.
~ Scott Lynch
What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent; or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him! (Luke 11:11–13)
~ Scotty Smith
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. (Phil. 4:6–7)
~ Scotty Smith
Dear Frank Einstein, Please invent time machine. Send your books back in time to me in 1978. Also a levitating skateboard. Tommy
~ Tom Angleberger