“Pray, pray be composed, and do not betray what you feel to every body present”
Jane Austen book Sense and Sensibility
Source: Sense and Sensibility
“Goodness is about what you do. Not who you pray to.”
— Terry Pratchett, book Snuff
Source: Snuff
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“Be good, love the Lord, pray for those who do not know Him. What a great grace it is to know God!”
Josephine Bakhita (1868–1947) Italian saint and former slave
Quoted in "Josephine Bakhita (1869-1947)", The Holy See https://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/saints/ns_lit_doc_20001001_giuseppina-bakhita_en.html.
“I looked into her eyes. "Mom, who do you pray to?"
I just pray, Daniel. That's all.”
James Patterson book The Dangerous Days of Daniel X
Source: The Dangerous Days of Daniel X
“When I told you that I’d pray for you, what did you think I was talking about?”
Nicholas Sparks book A Walk to Remember
Source: A Walk to Remember
“You will not be good teachers if you focus only on what you do and not upon who you are.”
Rudolf Steiner (1861–1925) Austrian esotericist
“If you do not pray to God, what is that to Him? It is only your misfortune.”
Sarada Devi (1853–1920) Hindu religious figure, spiritual consort of Ramakrishna
Women Saints of East and West
“Perl itself is usually pretty good about telling you what you shouldn't do.”
Larry Wall (1954) American computer programmer and author, creator of Perl
[11091@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV, 1991]
Usenet postings, 1991
Jim Butcher book Changes
Source: The Dresden Files, Changes (2010), Chapter 26
Context: Harry Dresden: But there were some things I believed in. Some things I had faith in. And faith isn’t about perfect attendance to services, or how much money you put on the little plate. It isn’t about going skyclad to the Holy Rites, or meditating each day upon the divine. Faith is about what you do. It’s about aspiring to be better and nobler and kinder than you are. It’s about making sacrifices for the good of others—even when there’s not going to be anyone telling you what a hero you are.
Dale Carnegie How to Win Friends and Influence People
Variant: It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.
Source: How to Win Friends and Influence People
Guy Finley (1949) American self-help writer, philosopher, and spiritual teacher, and former professional songwriter and musician
Secrets of Being Unstoppable