Maria Bamford Quotes

The key is - I'll say the key - number one, I pray every day.

I pray to start my day and finish it in prayer.

I pray every day, several times. It soothes me. I don't ask for anything, except for health.

I pray and I meditate every day. It can be a great, great asset.

My grandparents and my mom prayed the rosary a lot, and later in life, I had a priest friend of mine teach me centering prayer, based on Father Thomas Keating's work. That led to practicing different kinds of meditation off and on as I got older.

I pray a lot and it has helped me throughout my whole career to stay calm and focused.

I was very neurotic as a kid, but I also used to pray to God as a young kid in school. It was a form of meditation to slow my head down and not make me feel nervous.

I pray every morning and night before bed.

To say a prayer doesn't take more than a minute, but you need the discipline to do it.

The more you pray, the less you'll panic. The more you worship, the less you worry. You'll feel more patient and less pressured.

Either worrying drives out prayer, or prayer drives out worrying.

Prayer allows us to wait without worry.

No time is so well spent in every day as that which we spend upon our knees.

You have to say no to something else, in order to make time to pray.

No one can pray and worry at the same time.

Prayer is the only means of bringing about orderliness and peace and repose in our daily acts.

Daily, every moment, prayer is necessary to men.

Without prayer there is no inward peace.

Begin your day with prayer, and make it so soulful that it may remain with you until the evening.

Prayer is so incredibly powerful. It keeps you in perfect peace.

Zen is not some kind of excitement, but concentration on our usual everyday routine.

I am running on fumes, so it's time to get centered again. I start with eating healthier and cutting out caffeine - at least cutting back on caffeine. I exercise and get outside to play. I reconnect with my spiritual practice, which is daily meditation and prayer. Most importantly, I reconnect with my family and friends. If all else fails, a few deep breaths.

Prayer is a concentration of positive thoughts.

It is good to have a prayer on your lips wherever you go. There are so many moments in life when you are free to pray. When you are waiting for the cashier in the supermarket, getting mad because he or she doesn't hurry, say a little prayer: 'Lord, Jesus Christ, have mercy on me.' Take that prayer with you wherever you go.

Every single morning since I've been 27 years old, I've got up and someone's handed me a card like the one I have in my pocket with the schedule on it, of all the things I'm gonna do. I don't know what to do if I didn't have that card.