Quote by Phillips Brooks
A prayer in its simplest definition is merely a wish turned Godwar

A prayer in its simplest definition is merely a wish turned Godward. – Phillips Brooks

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Self-confidence is either a petty pride in our own narrowness, or the realization of our duty and privilege as Gods children. – Phillips Brooks

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The wishing gate opens into nothing. – C. H. (Charles Haddon) Spurgeon

Let us act on what we have, since we have not what we wish. – Cardinal J. Newman

Men try to run life according to their wishes; life runs itself according to necessity. – Jean Toomer

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