Ben Carson

You have the ability to choose which way you want to go. You have to believe great things are going to happen in your life. Do everything you can - prepare, pray and achieve - to make it happen.

American Scientist

Dolly Parton

I always ask God to work through me and let me be a light of some kind and help in this world, so I always pray for that, and I always want to do good.

American Singer

Douglas MacArthur

The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.

American General

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

We often want one thing and pray for another, not telling the truth even to the gods.

Roman Statesman

Vincent Bugliosi

For the life of me, I still don't understand why humans pray.

American Author

Queen Latifah

I remember praying for peace all the time as a kid.

American Musician

Monica Johnson

We need to pray for our brethren around the world.

American Writer

Heart Evangelista

Filipino Actress

Nik Wallenda

American Entertainer

Phan Thi Kim Phuc

Canadian Activist

Used in spiritual or religious settings to ask for divine intervention or express gratitude.

Religious Context

Common phrases include 'pray for us', often used in church or personal prayers asking for blessings.

Prayer Phrases

Expresses a strong wish or hope for something, usually concerning personal or worldly matters.

Hopeful Desire

Conveys a deep emotional desire, showing that what's wished for is very important to the speaker.

Emotional Weight

Used in old-fashioned or literary language to politely ask for something or to urge action.

Archaic Politeness

Adds a historical or formal tone when creating stories set in the past or in a fantasy world.

Storytelling Flair

Formal request in a legal setting, often asking for a specific outcome or decision.

Legal Language

Can be used to formally request something from any authority, not just a court.

Official Petition

 stages in an animal's life so we wanted to capture the moment an animal was actually born praying mantises are predatory insects they're very engaging because the way they turn their heads there's something about their eyes it makes you feel like they're following you but of all the mantas i think the orchid mountains are

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 lightning and dying because all his life he has been told that he must earn a place in heaven when he dies and he doesn't think he has done that quite yet so he falls to his knees to pray not to god but to saint anna so that she might ask god to look after him and luther promised that if god would

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 prayed for waves with the help of a kahuna, or an expert priest, and gave thanks after surviving a perilous wipeout. Certain surf breaks were strickly reserved for the elite. But it wasn't just a solemn affair. Surfers competed and wagered on who could ride the farthest, the fastest,

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 yelling and screaming telling everyone to get out he grabbed me by the scruff of my neck he says what have you done you've shamed the family you have dishonored and defiled the home people pray here he said you're bringing these people here to do these things he called

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 while at the same time praying for God to destroy them? The truth is that the care shown to me by these strangers on the internet was itself a contradiction. It was growing evidence that people on the other side were not the demons I'd been led to believe.

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 and it's very rare, fortunately. But actually, aren't most of us not really so very good at empathy? Oh sure, we're very good at empathy when it's a question of dealing with people who kind of look like us and kind of walk and talk and eat and pray

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 Until recently, scientists thought cannibalism was a rare response to starvation or other extreme stress. Well-known cannibals, like the praying mantis and black widow spider, were considered bizarre exceptions.

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 Sure, please. I haven't spent much time with you, but I know that you still love me, and you probably still pray for me and think about me. I just wanted to say thank you for letting me be in this world.

The family I lost in...

 But growing up, I saw my parents, both religiously devout and spiritual people, pray and praise God for their blessings, namely me of course, but among others. They were kind and funny and patient,

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 every knowing that well there's something I didn't expect and so I thought about it prayed about it this is the right thing to do so someone else can have maybe a better life yeah that's