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Let no one profess to trust in God, and yet lay up for future wants, otherwise the Lord will first send him to the hoard he has amassed, before He can answer the prayer for more.

— George Muller

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✓Similar Perspectives

Pray thee, spare, thyself at times: for it becomes a wise man sometimes to relax the high pressure of his attention to work.

— Thomas Aquinas

I asked long ago,'What must I do to be saved?' The Scripture answered, 'Keep the commandments, believe, hope, love.' I was early warned against laying, as the Papists do, too much stress on outward works, or on a faith without works, which as it does not include, so it will never lead to true hope or charity.

— John Wesley

It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.

— Epicurus

He that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely trust to God's providence to lead him aright.

— Blaise Pascal

Of all things, guard against neglecting God in the secret place of prayer.

— William Wilberforce

No one is ever too old, too rich, too poor, to pray.

— Loretta Young

Even if my fellow man has proven faithless time after time, I can at least retain a hope that he will improve, pray for him, and think kindly without frustration and disappointment.

— Mother Angelica

Until you pray, God cannot work.

— Joyce Meyer

Prayer indeed is good, but while calling on the gods a man should himself lend a hand.

— Hippocrates

✗Opposing Perspectives

Let no one trust so entirely to natural prudence as to persuade himself that it will suffice to guide him without help from experience.

— Francesco Guicciardini