“If dreams of flying are the last hope of freedom, I will pray for wings with my last breath.”
The Crippled God (2011)
“I prayed for freedom for twenty years, but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.”
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“When I don't have an answer, I pray. God is the only alternative source of help.”
Ben Carson
(1951) 17th and current United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; American neurosurgeon
Source: Think Big (1996), p. 147
“Rosabelle — answer — tell — pray, answer — look — tell — answer, answer — tell.”
Harry Houdini
(1874–1926) Austro-Hungarian born American magician, escapologist, and stunt performer
The secret message http://www.magictricks.com/houdini/seancehistory.htm devised with his wife to test spiritualist séances should he or she die. In their secret stage-code it spells out the word: "BELIEVE". Quoted in Death and the Magician : The Mystery of Houdini (1981) by Raymund Fitzsimons, p. 166
“I shall pray for your soul,' promised Nessarose.
I shall wait for your shoes,' Elphie answered.”
Source: Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
“I pray to all accomplished beings;
I pray you to extinguish the Five Poisonous Klesas.”
Milarepa
(1052–1135) Tibetan yogi
Song to the Hunter
George Müller
(1805–1898) German-English clergyman
A Narrative of Some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller Written by Himself, Fourth Part.
Fourth Part of Narrative
Source: Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood