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

— Frederick Douglass

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✓Similar Perspectives

I prayed a lot. That's all I had in the gym; that was the thing I could turn to.

— Dominique Moceanu

I have lived to thank God that all my prayers have not been answered.

— Jean Ingelow

I am a religious person and rely heavily on prayers.

— Katrina Kaif

If you believe indeed in the Lord Jesus for the salvation of your soul, if you walk uprightly and do not regard iniquity in your heart, if you continue to wait patiently, and believingly upon God; then answers will surely be given to your prayers.

— George Muller

I often find myself on my knees praying to something or someone to not be in control.

— Dave Gahan

I always prayed that God would give me the wisdom and the vision to do the things on this earth that I was supposed to do to express His life and love and His will.

— Billy Ray Cyrus

Praying is like a rocking chair - it'll give you something to do, but it won't get you anywhere.

— Gypsy Rose Lee

A lot of praying helped me a lot.

— Nik Wallenda

✗Opposing Perspectives

I prayed like a man walking in a forest at night, feeling his way with his hands, at each step fearing to fall into pure bottomlessness forever. Prayer is like lying awake at night, afraid, with your head under the cover, hearing only the beating of your own heart.

— Wendell Berry

I prayed every day of my life, and that was instilled in me as a kid, and as I've gotten older, that's just matured in me.

— Mahershala Ali