Bernard of Clairvaux Quotes

I don't think you should spend your life praying for things, but I do believe you should thank God for what He's given you... but I think the scripture teaches us that we can pray for our dreams, pray for the big things... he's not a small God; this God is incredible.

I think intuition can be a form of answered prayer. You do the best you can - thinking, figuring, planning - and then you pray.

I believe that whatever comes at a particular time is a blessing from God.

First quality: you are capable of great things, but you must never forget that there is a hand guiding your steps. We call that hand God, and He always guides us according to His will.

Sometimes we ask God for help and God gives us hope, not because it's different, but because it's the same.

Sometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers. Remember when you're talkin' to the man upstairs; that just because he doesn't answer doesn't mean he don't care. Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers

We spoke to God about the children, and we were afraid to ask God for specific things. We thought that it might be too much. So we said to God 'Please give us a healthy child' and left it at that, not knowing that God is a generous God, but also has a sense of humor. And if you leave that much open for God, some wonderful jokes are going to come about.

"Americans do not presume to equate God's purposes with any purpose of our own...."[Prayer] teaches us to trust, to accept that God's plan unfolds in his time, not our own.

Ask for what you want, but be willing to take what God gives you. It may be better than what you asked for.

I do not think anyone can ever do anything without the help and will of God.

I do know this: God does answer your prayers, but it's not always in the way you expect. God knows what's best for us, though, so there's no need to worry when things don't go how we originally wanted them to go.

One thing about God's will, you can never see God's will before it happens. You can only see at the end of it.

Whatsoever we beg of God, let us also work for it.

Although there is no solution that is easy, and there is no one formula that will work for everyone with a heartache or a concern, there is One who cares very much about your situation, and He knows what you should do. That is our Father in Heaven.

In spiritual things, it is God who performs all things for you. Rest in Him, then.

I really believe that God puts things in front of you for a reason, even if you don't always appreciate it in the moment.

God can make you anything you want to be, but you have to put everything in his hands.

There is no national security but in the nation's humble, acknowledged dependence upon God and His overruling providence.

I have said in many interviews that God had a better plan for me than I ever anticipated. I still firmly believe that, and I am grateful for a prayer answered.

I am not promising that God will give you everything you want. There are times when we want things that God knows would not be good for us.

I'm a believer in God, I'm a believer that he puts us where he wants us to be.

I have tremendous faith in God that all things happen for a reason, even if we don't understand.

When you're in God's hands, you're always blessed.

I believe in one principle: Do your work and leave the rest to God.

Glory be and praise to God. I didn't do any of this. God did. I don't have a recipe or a blueprint. I prayed for it, and my prayers are continuing to be answered.