Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Phillips Brooks Quotes: Pray the largest prayers.pray not for crutches but for wings.
         

Pray the largest prayers.pray not for crutches but for wings.


Phillips Brooks
Check all other quotes by Phillips Brooks

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Phillips Brooks Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Sun. 22 Dec. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/Pray-the-largest-prayers-pray-not-for-957932>.





Check out


Other quotes of Phillips Brooks


Be patient and understanding. Life is too short to be vengeful or malicious.

Be patient and understanding. Life is too short to be vengeful or malicious.



Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.

Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.



Pray the largest prayers. You cannot think a prayer so large that God, in answering it, will not wish you had made it larger. Pray not for crutches but for wings.

Pray the largest prayers. You cannot think a prayer so large that God, in answering it, will not wish you had made it larger. Pray not for crutches but for wings.



O little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie! Above thy deep and dreamless sleep the silent stars go by.

O little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie! Above thy deep and dreamless sleep the silent stars go by.



I do not pray for a lighter load, but for a stronger back.

I do not pray for a lighter load, but for a stronger back.



Jesus Christ, the condescension of divinity, and the exaltation of humanity.

Jesus Christ, the condescension of divinity, and the exaltation of humanity.



Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks.

Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks.



Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there.

Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there.



The ideal life is in our blood and never will be still.

The ideal life is in our blood and never will be still.






Other quotes you may like


Creativity is making regret free mistakes, Wisdom is knowing which ones have value

Creativity is making regret free mistakes, Wisdom is knowing which ones have value



I grew up watching and learning from the ultimate partnership, and that is of my father and late uncle.

I grew up watching and learning from the ultimate partnership, and that is of my father and late uncle.



A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.

A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.



Further, the next generation of terrorists will grow up in a digital world, with ever more powerful and easy-to-use hacking tools at their disposal.

Further, the next generation of terrorists will grow up in a digital world, with ever more powerful and easy-to-use hacking tools at their disposal.



My favorite author is Anton Chekhov, not so much for the plays but for his short stories, and I think he was really my tutor.

My favorite author is Anton Chekhov, not so much for the plays but for his short stories, and I think he was really my tutor.



I guess I need a hobby. Currently my primary hobby is complaining.

I guess I need a hobby. Currently my primary hobby is complaining.



I enjoy horse riding, spending time with my dog 'Smurf,' and basically having a really good laugh partying and having fun!

I enjoy horse riding, spending time with my dog 'Smurf,' and basically having a really good laugh partying and having fun!



The worker is far more important to our Lord than the work.

The worker is far more important to our Lord than the work.



Our eyes are holden that we cannot see things that stare us in the face, until the hour arrives when the mind is ripened; then we behold them, and the time when we saw them not is like a dream.

Our eyes are holden that we cannot see things that stare us in the face, until the hour arrives when the mind is ripened; then we behold them, and the time when we saw them not is like a dream.



Prayer is an august avowal of ignorance.

Prayer is an august avowal of ignorance.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "Pray the largest prayers.pray not for crutches but for wings.". Author of this quote is Phillips Brooks. This quote is about crutches, praying, prayer, wings,.