"The first purpose of prayer is to know God."

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Source : Charles L. Allen (2003). “All Things Are Possible Through Prayer: The Faith-Filled Guidebook That Can Change Your Life”, p.16, Revell

Charles L. Allen

#Prayer Quotes #Purpose Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“I think the federal government really should be supporting Louisiana and ensuring that every person from that area has an opportunity to vote on what will occur in the area.”
“He who is silent and bows his head dies every time he does so. He who speaks aloud and walks with his head held high dies only once.”
“Our Children no longer learn how to read the great book of Nature from their own direct experience, or how to interact creatively with the seasonal transformations of the planet. They seldom learn where their water come from or where it goes. We no longer coordinate our human celebration with the great liturgy of the heavens.”
“On Startups: "I hate it when people call themselves "entrepreneurs" when what they're really trying to do is launch a startup and then sell or go public, so they can cash in and move on.”
“These small things - nutrition, place, climate, recreation, the whole casuistry of selfishness - are inconceivably more important than everything one has taken to be important so far.”
“Ned was clad in a white linen doublet with the direwolf of Stark on the breast; his black wool cloak was fastened at the collar by his silver hand of office. Black and white and grey, all the shades of truth.”
“There are two times in a man's life when he should not speculate: when he can't afford it, and when he can.”
“No power or virtue of man could ever have deserved that what has been fated should not have taken place.”

Source : "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 261-65, Historia, XXIII. 5, 1922.

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