I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed wi

I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs. – Frederick Douglass, escaped slave

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The trouble with our praying is, we just do it as a means of last resort. – Will Rogers

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When you pray, rather let your heart be without words than your words without heart. – John Bunyan

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We must move from asking God to take care of the things that are breaking our hearts, to praying about the things that are breaking His heart. – Margaret Gibb

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Some people think that prayer just means asking for things, and if they fail to receive exactly what they asked for, they think the whole thing is a fraud. – Gerald Vann

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