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“If a man were poor or hungry, [some] would say, let us pray for him. I would suggest a little different regimen for a person in this condition: rather take him a bag of flour and a little beef or pork, and a little sugar and butter. A few such comforts will do him more good than your prayers. And I would be ashamed to ask the Lord to do something that I would not do myself. Then go to work and help the poor yourselves first, and do all you can for them, and then call upon God to do the balance.”

“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”

“Teach us, O Lord, the disciplines of patience, for to wait is often harder than to work.”

Religion Waiting Work Lord Teach Discipline Harder Patience Christian Inspirational Be Patient

Book:Mr. Jones, Meet the Master: Sermons And Prayers Of Peter Marshall

Source: Mr. Jones, Meet the Master: Sermons And Prayers Of Peter Marshall

“From scenes like these old Scotia's grandeur springs, That makes her loved at home, revered abroad: Princes and lords are but the breath of kings, "An honest man 's the noblest work of God."”

Men Home Work Lord Honest Honesty Kings Scene Spring Breaths Grandeur Honest Man

Author:Robert Burns

“I shall be an autocrat: that's my trade. And the good Lord will forgive me: that's his.”

Work Lord Teaching Forgiveness Trade Forgiving Forgive Me

Author:Catherine the Great

“We think of prayer as a preparation for work, or a calm after having done work, whereas prayer is the essential work.”

Thinking Done God Christian Faith Religious Work Prayer Lord Essentials Calm Christian Inspirational Preparation Spiritual Wisdom

Book:The Quotable Oswald Chambers

Source: The Quotable Oswald Chambers

“The Lord gave us farmers two strong hands so we could grab as much as we could with both of them.”

Two Hands Strong Work Lord Humorous Farmers Recreation Strong Hands

Author:Joseph Heller

“We have become so engrossed in the work of the Lord that we have forgotten the Lord of the work.”

God Christian Faith Jesus Belief Religious Work Lord Becoming Forgotten Editors Trust In God Preacher Mentor Pastor Commitment To God Servant Of God Greatness Of God Following Jesus

Author:Aiden Wilson Tozer

“Meanwhile, spiritual submissiveness brings about the wiser use of our time, talents, and gifts as compared with our laboring diligently but conditionally to establish our own righteousness instead of the Lord's (D&C 1:16). After all, Lucifer was willing to work very hard, but conditionally in his own way and for his own purposes.”

Way Hard Use Spiritual Purpose Time Spirituality Work Lord Talent Willing Our Time Righteousness Wiser Lucifer

Author:Neal A. Maxwell

“I promise you that all who faithfully attend to temple work will be blessed beyond measure. Your families will draw closer to the Lord, unseen angels will watch over your loved ones when satanic forces tempt them, the veil will be thin, and great spiritual experiences will distill upon this people.”

“If you believe in the Lord, He will do half the work - but the last half. He helps those who help themselves.”

Ifs Believe God Helping Lasts Belief Work Half Lord If You Believe Belief In Self

Author:Cyrus Hermann Kotzschmar Curtis

“Faith, sympathy - fiery faith and fiery sympathy! Life is nothing, death is nothing, hunger nothing, cold nothing. Glory unto the Lord - march on, the Lord is our General. Do not look back to see who falls - forward - onward! Thus and thus we shall go on, brethren. One falls, and another takes up the work”

Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda