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The object of most prayers is to wangle an advance on good intenti

The object of most prayers is to wangle an advance on good intentions. – Robert Brault

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The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser — in case you thought optimism was dead. – Robert Brault

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Optimism
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An old dog, even more than an old spouse, always feels like doing what you feel like doing. – Robert Brault

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Dogs
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It is a sad lament — the happiness you might have found if you had taken the path that still lies right there in front of you. – Robert Brault

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Other Quotes from
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Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays. – Søren Kierkegaard

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God speaks in the silence of the heart. Listening is the beginning of prayer. – Mother Teresa

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To pray is to pay attention to something or someone other than oneself. Whenever a man so concentrates his attention — on a landscape, a poem, a geometrical problem, an idol, or the True God — that he completely forgets his own ego and desires, he is praying. – W. H. Auden

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Prayer

There come times when I have nothing more to tell God. If I were to continue to pray in words, I would have to repeat what I have already said. At such times it is wonderful to say to God, “May I be in Thy presence, Lord? I have nothing more to say to Thee, but I do love to be in Thy presence.” – O.Hallesby

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Prayer

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One of the gaps in our international development efforts is the provision of global public goods – that is, goods or conditions we need that no individual or country can secure on their own, such as halting global warming, financial stability and peace and security. – Anna Lindh

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If you want to know why Republicans and conservatives are in a political crisis, you need only consider the fact that the Rights deeply held view now boils down to this: Taxes should not go up on the wealthy, and your health benefits should be cut. – John Podhoretz

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Success has made failures of many men. – Cindy Adams

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One of the greatest pieces of economic wisdom is to know what you do not know. – John Kenneth Galbraith

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Wisdom