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 | ""T is an old maxim in the schools, That flattery "s the food of
fools; Yet now and then your men of wit Will condescend to take a
bit." | |
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Jonathan Swift
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| "After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is
in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as
we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us
from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for
ever. Amen." | |
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The Bible
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| "Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men! Do not pray for
tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks. Then the
doing of your work shall not be a miracle, But you yourself shall be the
miracle. Every day you shall wonder at yourself: At the richness of life
which has come in you by the grace of God." | |
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Phillips Brooks
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| "Do you wish men to speak well of you? Then never speak well of
yourself." | |
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Blaise Pascal
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| "God answers sharp and sudden on some prayers, And thrusts the thing
we have prayed for in our face, A gauntlet with a gift in "t." | |
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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| "Good people all, with one accord, Lament for Madam Blaize, Who never
wanted a good word From those who spoke her praise." | |
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Oliver Goldsmith
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| "He is a fool that praises himself and a madman that speaks ill of
himself." | |
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Proverb
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| "He only profits from praise who values criticism." | |
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Heinrich Heine
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| "He prayeth best who loveth best All things both great and
small." | |
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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| "He who praises everybody praises nobody." | |
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Dr. Samuel Johnson
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| "He who praises everybody, praises nobody." | |
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James Boswell
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| "I don"t know of a single foreign product that enters this country
untaxed, except the answer to prayer." | |
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Mark Twain
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| "I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming
conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom, and that of all
about me seemed insufficient for that day." | |
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Abraham Lincoln
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| "I have lived to thank God that all my prayers have not been
answered." | |
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Jean Ingelow
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| "I know of no manner of speaking so offensive as that of giving
praise, and closing with an exception." | |
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Sir Richard Steele
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| "I pray for wisdom, am answered with a study guide. I pray for
strength, am answered with an exercise routine. I pray for courage, am
answered with a call to commitment. I pray for generalities, am answered
with specifics." | |
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McZen
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| "I Pray Heaven to bestow the best of blessing on THIS HOUSE, and on
All that shall hereafter Inhabit it. May none but honest and wise men ever
rule under this roof! President Franklin D. Roosevelt had this lettered in
gold in the marble over the fireplace in the State Dining Room of the
White House. The quotation above follows the capitalization used in the
inscription." | |
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John Adams
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| "If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, "thank you,"
that would suffice." | |
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Meister Eckhart
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| "In prayer it is better to have a heart without words, than words
without a heart." | |
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John Bunyan
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| "It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive
as well as pray." | |
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Aesop
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| "Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers, but to be fearless in
facing them." | |
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Rabindranath Tagore
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| "Lord grant me the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
Courage to change the things I can, and the Wisdom to know the
difference." | |
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Saint Francis of Assisi
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| "Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John? The Bed be blest that I lie on. Four
angels to my bed, Four angels round my head, One to watch, and one to
pray, And two to bear my soul away." | |
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Thomas Ady
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| "More tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered
ones." | |
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Saint Teresa of Avila
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| "Most of us, swimming against tides of trouble the world knows
nothing about, need only a bit of praise or encouragement and we"ll make
the goal. Say "Thank you!" whenever you think of it. Say "Nice job!" to
that workman who put extra effort into his task. Say "Atta boy!" to the
fellow who is struggling through in the face of odds. You"ll get a whale
of a lot of joy out of life that way. And people will love you." | |
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Jerome P. Fleishman
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| "My words fly up, my thoughts remain below; Words without thoughts
never to heaven go." | |
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William Shakespeare
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| "No man ever prayed heartily without learning something." | |
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
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| "Once in a century a man may be ruined or made insufferable by
praise. But surely once in a minute something generous dies for want of
it." | |
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John Edward Masefield
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| "Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best
what is good for us." | |
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Socrates
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| "PLAUDITS, n. Coins with which the populace pays those who tickle and
devour it." | |
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Ambrose Gwinett Bierce
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| "Praise does wonders for our sense of hearing." | |
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Arnold H. Glasow
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| "Praise invariably implies a reference to a higher standard." | |
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Aristotle
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| "Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart
as much as blame." | |
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Pearl S. Buck
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| "Praise the Lord, and pass the ammunition" | |
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Howell Forgy
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| "Praise, or gratitude, is love or faith in action." | |
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Robert Scheid
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| "Pray as if everything depended on God, And work as if everything
depended upon man." | |
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Francis J. Spellman
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| "Prayer begins where human capacity ends." | |
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Marian Anderson
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| "Prayer does not change God, but changes him who prays." | |
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Søren Aabye Kierkegaard
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| "Prayer indeed is good, but while calling on the gods a man should
himself lend a hand." | |
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Hippocrates
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| "Prayer is not asking. It is a language of the soul." | |
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Mahatma Gandhi
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| "Self-praise is no recommendation." | |
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Unknown
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| "Sweet is the scene where genial friendship plays The pleasing game
of interchanging praise." | |
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
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| "Thank God for unanswered prayers." | |
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Garth Brooks
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| "The efficacy of our prayers depends on how much we care for one
another." | |
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Marion G. Romney
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| "The efficacy of our prayers depends on how we care for one
another." | |
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John H. Groberg
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| "The greatest prayer is patience." | |
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Guatama Buddha
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| "The shame that comes to us as we see ourselves praised when we are
unworthy of it often gives us the occasion to accomplish things that we
might never have achieved without such undeserved praise." | |
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Marquise Magdeleine de Sablé
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| "Trust God as if it all depends upon Him, and work as if it all
depends upon you." | |
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Bob Jones, Sr.
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| "Were I a nightingale, I would sing like a nightingale; were I a
swan, like a swan. But as it is, I am a rational being, therefore I must
sing hymns of praise to god." | |
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Epictetus
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| "What really flatters a man is that you think him worth
flattering." | |
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George Bernard Shaw
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| "Whatever a man prays for, he prays for a miracle." | |
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Ivan Turgenev
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| "When did I realize I was God? Well, I was praying and I suddenly
realized I was talking to myself." | |
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| "Work is prayer. Work is also stink. Therefore stink is
prayer." | |
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Aldous Huxley
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| "You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might
pray also in the fullness of your joy and in your days of
abundance." | |
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Kahlil Gibran
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