Let a man be but in earnest in praying against a temptation as the tempter is in pressing it, and he needs not proceed by a surer measure.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
When a man is at his wits' end it is not a cowardly thing to pray, it is the only way he can get in touch with Reality.
We do not pray to God to instruct Him as to what He should do; neither for a moment must we presume to dictate the method of the divine working.
A man desires praise that he may be reassured, that he may be quit of his doubting of himself; he is indifferent to applause when he is confident of success.
Every moment of resistance to temptation is a victory.
A man can preach no better than he prays.
It is clear that he does not pray, who, far from uplifting himself to God, requires that God shall lower Himself to him, and who resorts to prayer not to stir the man in us to will what God wills, but only to persuade God to will what the man in us wills.
It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.
Prayer indeed is good, but while calling on the gods a man should himself lend a hand.
Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
Pray thee, spare, thyself at times: for it becomes a wise man sometimes to relax the high pressure of his attention to work.