Asking Quotes

We immediately become more effective when we decide to change ourselves rather than asking things to change for us.

Prayer, in it's simplest form, is finding out what God wants to do and then asking Him to do it.

I've given up asking questions. l merely float on a tsunami of acceptance of anything life throws at me ... and marvel stupidly.

I can imagine myself on my death-bed, spent utterly with lust to touch the next world, like a boy asking for his first kiss from a woman.

A writer who says that there are no truths, or that all truth is ‘merely relative,’ is asking you not to believe him. So don’t.

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

Few things accelerate the peace process as much as humbly admitting our own wrongdoing and asking forgiveness.

Are you asking me to undress, Tris?' A nervous laugh gurgles from my throat. 'Only ... partially

Prayer is not asking for what you think you want, but asking to be changed in ways you can't imagine.

How do you say no when a little kid is asking you for ice cream? I know I can't say no to it myself.

A saint is a person who gives of themself without asking for anything in return. That's how simple it is to be a saint. Try it! Try being a saint

I never expected this to happen in my lifetime and shall be asking my family to put some champagne in the fridge.

The links between the American government and the Iraqi government are so close that you cannot judge one without asking at least the other what he has done by this time.

I did write a letter to the archdiocese who'd banned the song, Only the Good Die Young, asking them to ban my next record.

What the Lord wants is that you shall go about the business to which He sets you, not asking for an easy post, nor grumbling at a hard one.

Asking is the beginning of receiving. Make sure you don't go to the ocean with a teaspoon. At least take a bucket so the kids won't laugh at you.

Never before has the world been so desperately asking for answers to crucial questions, and never before has the world been so frantically committed to the idea that no answers are possible.

Prayer is not asking God to do something, it's asking God to help YOU do something

Prayer is asking for rain and faith is carrying the umbrella.

All that's different about me is that I still ask the questions most people stopped asking at age five.

Atheists who keep asking for evidence of God's existence are like a fish in the ocean wanting evidence of water.

Just keep asking questions. Does this job allow me to be myself? Does it make me smarter? Does it open doors? Does it represent a compromise I accept? Does it touch my inner being?

The questions worth asking, in other words, come not from other people but from nature, and are for the most part delicate things easily drowned out by the noise of everyday life.

Understand the power of asking.

More and more Americans are asking about the price that we have to pay when Wal-Mart comes into a community, treats workers poorly, violates immigration laws and squashes small businesses.

Stop asking if the glass is half full or half empty. Instead ask "What's in it? How did it get there? What can I do with it?"

That's when you know for sure somebody loves you. They figure out what you need and they give it to you - without you asking.

We're asking schools to look at kids as partners in education.

Time isn't a commodity, something you pass around like cake. Time is the substance of life. When anyone asks you to give your time, they're really asking for a chunk of your life.

When we ask for heaven, we are asking for stasis. A form of comfort that will last for eternity. Yes, that is what we all want, the way we understand happiness.

It is not only by the questions we have answered that progress may be measured, but also by those we are still asking.

Instead of asking, “what do I want from life?,” a more powerful question is, “what does life want from me?

Asking "Why?" can lead to understanding. Asking "Why not?" can lead to breakthroughs.

Karma means that all actions have consequences. Grace means that in a moment of atonement -taking responsibility, making amends, asking for forgiveness - all karma is burned.

How many caskets can we witness before we see it's hard to live this life without God, so we must ask forgiveness.

Survival is a privilege which entails obligations. I am forever asking myself what I can do for those who have not survived.

People keep asking me if I am having more fun, being blonde, but I always have fun! Whether I'm blonde, redhead, or brunette! I always have fun.

God is not bothered by your persistence. Keep asking.

Anyone know if the shuttles to Hell will have Wifi? Asking for a friend.

When you love something, you'll always come back to it. You'll always keep asking questions, and finding answers.

Do things that will get people asking questions, the answer to which is the Gospel.

To go into acting is like asking for admission to an insane asylum. Anyone may apply, but only the certifiably insane are admitted.

X & O's aren't worth a damn without a team. If your team isn't with you it doesn't matter what you draw up. The team must respect what the coach is asking them to do

Asking a question is the simplest way of focusing thinking...asking the right question may be the most important part of thinking.

If there is something to gain and nothing to lose by asking, by all means ask!

Only those who ask for more can get more and only those who know there is more, ask.

Above all, I will keep an open heart. As I move on the right path I will recieve great happiness as a reward without asking for anything in return.

That's precisely the question everyone should be asking-why the hell not? - Why not you, why not now.

For me, books have been a life-long resource-to learning, laughter, solace, excitement, inspiration. At your library, the world awaits you, free for the asking.

Have you ever met a war you didn't love? I’m asking, is there any place you don’t want to intervene in?