Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself.

Quote by W R Inge

Topics: Opportunity Quotes, Prayer Quotes

Nobody is bored when he is trying to make something that is beautiful or to...

Nobody is bored when he is trying to make something that is beautiful or to...

Experience proves that none is so cruel as the disillusioned sentimentalist

Experience proves that none is so cruel as the disillusioned sentimentalist

Worry is interest paid on trouble before it falls due

Worry is interest paid on trouble before it falls due

The church is only a secular institution in which the half-educated speak to the half-converted

The church is only a secular institution in which the half-educated speak to the half-converted

Patriotism varies, from a noble devotion to a moral lunacy

Patriotism varies, from a noble devotion to a moral lunacy

No Christian can be a pessimist, for Christianity is a system of radical optimism.

No Christian can be a pessimist, for Christianity is a system of radical optimism.

No Christian can be a pessimist, for Christianity is a system of radical optimism.

No Christian can be a pessimist, for Christianity is a system of radical optimism.

A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common...

A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common...

The nations which have put mankind and posterity most in their debt have been small...

The nations which have put mankind and posterity most in their debt have been small...

The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel; its poverty...

The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel; its poverty...

Worry is interest paid on trouble before it comes due.

Worry is interest paid on trouble before it comes due.

Originality is undetected plagiarism.

Originality is undetected plagiarism.

The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy...

The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy...

Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever...

Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever...

Theater is, of course, a reflection of life. Maybe we have to improve life before...

Theater is, of course, a reflection of life. Maybe we have to improve life before...

Public opinion, a vulgar, impertinent, anonymous tyrant who deliberately makes life unpleasant for anyone who...

Public opinion, a vulgar, impertinent, anonymous tyrant who deliberately makes life unpleasant for anyone who...

The peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is that it is robbing...

The peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is that it is robbing...

Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth.

Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth.

I've said many a time that I think the Un-American Activities Committee in the House...

I've said many a time that I think the Un-American Activities Committee in the House...

Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the...

Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the...