Muhammad Ali Quotes

Pray till prayer makes you forget your own wish, and leave it or merge it in God's will.

I am the vessel. The draft is God's. And God is the thirsty one.

I know that for me I have to get out of the way and let God take control.

You pray for things, and you know, we all have our wishlists, but I've learned to pray for whatever's in your will.

I have learned in my life that my plans don't matter. It's God's plan.

I find that doing of the will of God leaves me no time for disputing about His plans.

Hearing the word is the devout receiving of the will of God.

I try to act out of faith.

I talk to God every single day. And I say, 'God, my life is in your hands, and I trust you with me.'

There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, 'All right, then, have it your way.'

Religion is the possibility of the removal of every ground of confidence except confidence in God alone.

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

Obedience is the fruit of faith.

I trust in God, and His ways are not our ways. So we have to go with that, and there's nothing I can do about that.

You have to have courage to be obedient to God.

To do my duty, I must obey God.

Religion converts despair, which destroys, into resignation, which submits.

God may not be there when you want him but he is always on time.

This, I thought, is what is meant by 'thy will be done' in the Lord's Prayer, which I had prayed time and again without thinking about it. It means that your will and God's will may not be the same. It means there's a good possibility that you won't get what you pray for. It means that in spite of your prayers you are going to suffer.

I think I just learned that God has a plan for all of us, and I work hard and do all the things I can, but at the same time, His will is perfect; and me trying to control it, it's not going to work.

We are to yield to the authority God has in place, and look to Him to find out what He would have us to do about those things that are concerning to us.

What shall befall me in the pursuance of this work, I refer to the disposal of Almighty God, whose glory is dearer to me, not only than my liberty, but than my life.

I know that I've been guided by God. I am obedient.

We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can - namely, surrender our will and fulfill God's will in us.

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