A Quote by Frederick Douglass

I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.

Frederick Douglass

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Religion Answer Legs Prayed Received Twenty Until Years

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Frederick Douglass
American - Author
February 14, 1818 - February 20, 1895

There is a class of people who seem to think that if a man should fall overboard into the sea with a Bible in his pocket it would hardly be possible to drown. I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.

Frederick Douglass

Carmen prayed hard. She prayed while standing near the priest in hopes it would give her request extra credibility. What she prayed for was nothing. She prayed that God would look on them and see the beauty of their existence and leave them alone.

Ann Patchett

I never thought my marriage could be stronger, or I could be closer to Bill. We prayed on our own, but now we prayed together and you'll never know how much that means until you do it.

Giuliana Rancic

I prayed fifteen years for the conversion of my oldest brother. When he seemed to be getting further and further away from any hope of conversion, I prayed on.

R. A. Torrey

'Pears like I prayed all the time, 'bout my work, everywhere, I prayed an' groaned to the Lord.

Harriet Tubman

Pears like I prayed all the time, 'bout my work, everywhere, I prayed an' groaned to the Lord.

Harriet Tubman

When Job was prospering, he prayed. When he was suffering, he still prayed.

Timothy Keller

I prayed for all his dreams to come true. I prayed that I would always be able to connect with him--even if I was no longer on earth.

Alexandra Adornetto

You can do more than pray after you have prayed, but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed. Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge to Satan.

John Bunyan

The greatest thing anyone can do for God and for man is to pray. You can do more than pray after you have prayed, but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed. Prayer is striking the winning blow ... service is gathering up the results.

S. D Gordon

Men have prayed in prison, men have prayed in slums and concentration camps. It's only the middle class who demand to pray in suitable surroundings.

Graham Greene

I never prayed that I would make a putt. I prayed that I would react well if I missed.

Chi Chi Rodriguez

No one can believe how powerful prayer is and what it can effect, except those who have learned it by experience. Whenever I have prayed earnestly, I have been heard and have obtained more than I prayed for. God sometimes delays, but He always comes.

Martin Luther

I prayed to dispel my fear, until suddenly, and I do not know how the idea came to me, I began to pray for others. I prayed for everyone who came into my thoughts - - people with whom I had traveled, those who had been in prison with me, my school friends of years ago. I do not know how long I continued my prayer, but this I do know - - my fear was gone! Interceding for others had released me!

Corrie Ten Boom

I, like, prayed inside of my head as a little kid. I didn't grow up in a religious home, but we went to Midnight Mass. That was the only time I'd go to church, but when I did, I prayed that I wanted to be a successful musician. I got my wish.