Joseph B. Wirthlin Quotes

I say a prayer several times a day about what I can control and what I can't control.

In my deepest, darkest moments, what really got me through was a prayer. Sometimes my prayer was 'Help me.' Sometimes a prayer was 'Thank you.' What I've discovered is that intimate connection and communication with my creator will always get me through because I know my support, my help, is just a prayer away.

First and foremost, praying about things and having the good Lord as a part of my life is a huge grounding thing for me.

A lot of praying helped me a lot.

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 don't go to church regular. But I pray for answers to my problems.

Um, I have an enormous faith in God. I have an enormous support system that also has that same belief.

I pray before virtually every speech and virtually every major decision.

Religion was very influential because when it got really bad, and you don't know who to turn to, but I turned to God and was praying and meditating, that really helped.

Never be too proud to get down on your knees and pray.

I turn to someone, I'm not sure, to God I think, but I never ask for anything. I would never pray to win a title; it makes no sense. I've never understood those who pray before a match. I simply give thanks for what I have received.

'You better do a lot of praying' is good counsel for all of the Lord's servants, new or seasoned. It is what His wise servants do. They pray. The disciples of Jesus Christ when He lived on the earth noticed that about Him.

The serenity prayer, 'God grant me the strength to accept...' That's a prayer that's actually in my car. I say it every day.

Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.

There may be some so very Ignorant, that they know not how to Pray.

Pray in faith.

'Pears like I prayed all the time, 'bout my work, everywhere, I prayed an' groaned to the Lord.

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.

One thing I do believe is I'm a believer in the presence of God. I believe that God is close. Whether it's in joy, pain or personal failure, I believe that God is close. That much I feel in my life.

In my own personal life, God plays a great role in the risk, because I pray before I go into the operating room for every case, and I ask him to give me wisdom, to help me to know what to do - and not only for operating, but for everything.

God is always in my life, and that's the most important thing to me.

Your heart has to be prepared ahead of time through faith and prayer and grace and mercy and love and forgiveness so you can keep your heart open in hell, when hell happens.

I have a really close relationship with God. I have more conversations with God, and it's very therapeutic to me. It helps me through a lot of trials and tribulations.

Experience teaches us that we do not always receive the blessings we ask for in prayer.

The most important thing as a leader is your relationship with God.