Richard G. Scott Quotes

I learned that the purpose of the Twelve Steps is to do the will of God.

I hit my knees and I went to him with that and I said God I want to do what you want. I don't want sports to be an idol in my life.

Thanksgiving is inseparable from true prayer; it is almost essentially connected with it. One who always prays is ever giving praise, whether in ease or pain, both for prosperity and for the greatest adversity. He blesses God for all things, looks on them as coming from Him, and receives them for His sake- not choosing nor refusing, liking or disliking,anything, but only as it is agreeable or disagreeable to His perfect will.

Do I pray that the Lord gives me the desire to do his will, or do I look for compromises because I'm afraid of God's will?

Find the compensatory blessings in your life when, in the wisdom of the Lord, He deprives you of something you very much want… You will discover compensatory blessings when you willingly accept the will of the Lord and exercise faith in Him.

I have had prayers answered - most strangely so sometimes - but I think our Heavenly Father's loving-kindness has been even more evident in what He has refused me.

I pray because I can't help myself. I pray because I'm helpless. I pray because the need flows out of me all the time- waking and sleeping. It doesn't change God- it changes me.

The correct prayer is never one of supplication but one of gratitude.

Make sure that you let God's grace work in your souls by accepting whatever He gives you, and giving Him whatever He takes from you. True holiness consists in doing God's work with a smile.

I try to stay centered in my faith and my family and the close people around me.

You're not gonna get through life without being worshipful or devoted to something. You're either devoted to your job, or to your desires. So the best way to spend your life is to try to be devoted to prayer, to Allah.

Into thy hands, O Lord. Into thy hands.

Deepen your existing spiritual commitment.

Every day I'm trying to be more humble and how do you do that? I guess, every day, we have mass. Every day, I pray the rosary. That's what I do.

I say three prayers every night to make sure that God knows I thank him so much.

Many of our prayers were not answered, and for this we are now grateful.

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

I'm a religious woman. And I feel I have responsibility. I have no modesty at all. I'm even afraid of it - it's a learned affectation and it's just stuck on me like decals. Now I pray for humility because that comes from inside out.

Grieve not, then, if your sons seem to desert you, but rejoice, rather, seeing the will of God done gladly.

Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden.

The Divine wisdom has given us prayer, not as a means whereby to obtain the good things of earth, but as a means whereby we learn to do without them; not as a means whereby we escape evil, but as a means whereby we become strong to meet it.

I believe that having a spiritual life is so important in everybody's life.

God can show you just what you need to give, even if you don't know exactly why you're giving it. That's why we should always seek God and prepare to give Him our very best.

I think one thing is that prayer has become more useful, interesting, fruitful, and... almost involuntary in my life.

I was afraid that if I surrendered my life over to God, God would tell me not to do those things that I desperately wanted to do.