"When the devil sees a man or woman who really believes in prayer, who knows how to pray, and who really does pray, and, above all, when he sees a whole church on its face before God in prayer, he trembles as much as he ever did, for he knows that his day in that church or community is at an end."

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Source : R.A. Torrey (2015). “The Power of Prayer”, p.3, Ravenio Books

R. A. Torrey

#Prayer Quotes #Believe Quotes #Men Quotes

“At the base of it was the urge, if you wanted to play football, to knock someone down, that was what the sport was all about, the will to win closely linked with contact.”

Source : George Plimpton (2016). “Paper Lion: Confessions of a last-string quarterback”, p.235, Random House
“In order to win everything, a woman must know to lose.”
“The accursed one does not allow the eye of the heart to see the Lord or His saints. He darkens our heart in every way. He scatters faith, oppressing, burning and darkening us inwardly. We must look upon all such actions as illusions and falsehood, and break through this imaginary wall to the Lord, or to His Holy Mother, or His saints. As soon as you break through this wall you will be immediately saved. 'Your faith has made you whole' (Mt. 9:22).”
“When I was 12, I forgot the keys to my parent's apartment. So I simply climbed up seven floors to get in.”
“It really helps if you've got something like cycling, walking, running or swimming that can let your body release all that tension and keep your muscles fit.”
“The liberal arts are the arts of communication and thinking. â€˜They are the arts indispensable to further learning, for they are the arts of reading, writing, speaking, listening, figuring,”
“The actors I was most impressed with and who were influencing my taste were all movie actors, so I always wanted to do movies but I didnt want to go to Hollywood and become a waiter in the meantime. The chances are really slim that an actor will be discovered in Hollywood. ... Ive never had to compromise myself for a job, ever.”
“Intelligent men do not decide any subject until they have carefully examined both or all sides of it. Fools, cowards, and those too lazy to think, accept blindly, without examination, dogmas and doctrines imposed upon them in childhood by their parents, priests, and teachers, when their minds were immature and they could not reason.”

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