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Phillips Brooks Quotes: Prayer in its simplest definition is merely a wish turned God-ward.
         

Prayer in its simplest definition is merely a wish turned God-ward.


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Pray the largest prayers. You cannot think a prayer so large that God, in answering it, will not wish you had made it larger. Pray not for crutches but for wings.



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O little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie! Above thy deep and dreamless sleep the silent stars go by.



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I do not pray for a lighter load, but for a stronger back.



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Jesus Christ, the condescension of divinity, and the exaltation of humanity.



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Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks.



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Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there.



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The ideal life is in our blood and never will be still.






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