Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.
- Topic: Prayer, Work
- Location: Capital Reef National Park
- Photo: Jeffrey Benjamin
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Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.
Unless you believe you will not understand.
The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.
The greatest kindness one can render to any man is leading him to truth.
What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like.
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My prayer is that when I die, all hell rejoices that I am out of the fight.
I always love to begin a journey on Sundays, because I shall have the prayers of the church to preserve all that travel by land, or by water.
The fewer the words, the better the prayer.
Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.
Appreciation is the highest form of prayer, for it acknowledges the presence of good wherever you shine the light of your thankful thoughts.
If you have no time for prayer and meditation, you will have lots of time for sickness and trouble.
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One who is serious all day will never have a good time, while one who is frivolous all day will never establish a household.
Football is like life—it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.
No ascent is too steep for mortals. Heaven itself we seek in our folly.
Badness you can get easily, in quantity: the road is smooth, and it lies close by. But in front of excellence the immortal gods have put sweat, and long and steep is the way to it, and rough at first. But when you come to the top, then it is easy, even though it is hard.
Who works with all the strength he can Shall never die in debt to man.
The progression of emancipation of any class usually, if not always, takes place through the efforts of individuals of that class.
If you develop a pure and sincere motivation, in you are motivated by a wish to help on the basis of kindness, compassion, and respect, then you can carry on any kind of work, in any field, and function more effectively.