A Quote by Edward McKendree Bounds

Prayer succeeds when all else fails

Edward McKendree Bounds

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Edward McKendree Bounds
American - Author
August 15, 1835 - August 24, 1913

Prayer is of transcendent importance. Prayer is the mightiest agent to advance God's work. Praying hearts and hands only can do God's work. Prayer succeeds when all else fails.

Edward McKendree Bounds

I'm the type of guy who fails and fails and fails, and then, as if failure has become sick of him, succeeds.

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The great end of all arts is to make an impression on the imagination and the feeling. The imitation of nature frequently does this. Sometimes it fails and something else succeeds.

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Good writing does not succeed or fail on the strength of its ability to persuade. It succeeds or fails on the strength of its ability to engage you, to make you think, to give you a glimpse into someone else's head.

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Nothing frustrates me more than someone who reads something of mine or anyone else's and says, angrily, 'I don't buy it.' Why are they angry? Good writing does not succeed or fail on the strength of its ability to persuade. It succeeds or fails on the strength of its ability to engage you, to make you think, to give you a glimpse into someone else's head—even if in the end you conclude that someone else's head is not a place you'd really like to be.

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A man who fails well is greater than one who succeeds badly.

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Audacity succeeds as often as it fails; in life it has an even chance.

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The only reward to be expected from literature is contempt if one fails and hatred if one succeeds.

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Ultimately every trick succeeds or fails with an audience because of its plot.

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The song succeeds or fails just based on whether you argue your point successfully.

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Prayer lays hold upon God and influences Him to work. This is the meaning of prayer as it concerns God. This is the doctrine of prayer, or else there is nothing whatever in prayer.

Edward McKendree Bounds

It would seem that the ant works its way tentatively, and, observing where it fails, tries another place and succeeds.