If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, 'thank you,' 
that would suffice.
	- Meister Eckhart

Work as if you were to live a hundred years. Pray as if you were to
die tomorrow.
        - Benjamin Franklin


Most men pray for power, the strength to do things. Few people pray
for love, the quality to be someone.
        - Robert D. Foster


Whatsoever we beg of God, let us also work for it.
        - Jeremy Taylor


The only time my prayers are never answered is on the golf course.
        - Billy Graham


Prayer is not a substitute for work, thinking, watching, suffering,
or giving; prayer is a support for all other efforts.
        - George Buttrick


Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we 
take between two deep breaths, or the turning inwards in prayer for 
five short minutes.
        - Etty Hillesum


Let everyone try and find that as a result of daily prayer he adds 
something new to his life, something with which nothing can be 
compared.
        - Mahatma Gandhi


Before I begin, I'd like to recite the Lawyer's Prayer: Lord, please 
let there be strife and misery among your people, Lest your servant 
starve...
        - Neils Bohr (1885-1962)

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