Quote by Robert D. Foster

Most men pray for power, the strength to do things. Few people pray for love, the quality to be someone.

Most men pray for power, the strength to do things. Few peop

Summary

This quote highlights a common human inclination towards seeking power and the ability to accomplish things. It suggests that many individuals prioritize gaining influence and control over their surroundings. However, it also emphasizes the importance of love, which is often undervalued or overlooked in prayers and aspirations. The quote suggests that few individuals prioritize the quality of being a loving person, which is arguably a more meaningful and transformative aspect of one's character. It prompts reflection on the importance of cultivating love and compassion in oneself, rather than solely focusing on achieving power.

Topics

Prayer

By Robert D. Foster

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

I don't have too much faith in destiny, or an afterlife. Thi

I don't have too much faith in destiny, or an afterlife. This is it.

Faith

I'm not one of those writers I learned about who get up in t

I'm not one of those writers I learned about who get up in the morning, put a piece of paper in their typewriter machine and start writing. That I've never understood.

Morning

Life is only precious because it ends, kid. Take it from a g

Life is only precious because it ends, kid. Take it from a god. You mortals don't know how lucky you are

Life Inspirational Mortal Mars

I have always noticed that a man who gives the most for the

I have always noticed that a man who gives the most for the money, gets the most business.

Charity

To act and act wisely when the time for action comes, to wai

To act and act wisely when the time for action comes, to wait and wait patiently when it is time for repose, put man in accord with the rising and falling tides (of affairs), so that with nature and law at his back, and truth and beneficence as his beacon light, he may accomplish wonders. Ignorance of this law results in periods of unreasoning enthusiasm on the one hand, and depression on the other. Man thus becomes the victim of the tides when he should be their Master.

Helen P. Blavatsky

Change

Life is not a matter of place, things or comfort; rather, it

Life is not a matter of place, things or comfort; rather, it concerns the basic human rights of family, country, justice and human dignity.

Life

Yes - it's the same in any other work - the more you massage

Yes - it's the same in any other work - the more you massage your thinking the more capable I believe you are of expanding how you go about things and learning.

Learning

The biggest problem with politics or running for the governo

The biggest problem with politics or running for the governor

Lance Armstrong, interview with

Politics

There are 2 things that will bring you success in life: 1) D

There are 2 things that will bring you success in life: 1) Don't tell everyone everything you know.

Funny

Kinkade's paintings are worthless schmaltz, and the lamestre

Kinkade's paintings are worthless schmaltz, and the lamestream media that love him are wrong. However, I'd love to see a museum mount a small show of Kinkade's work. I would like the art world and the wider world to argue about him in public, out in the open.

Art

I can support going in after Saddam Hussein, but I want to m

I can support going in after Saddam Hussein, but I want to make sure I don't go alone.

Alone

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.NOTE: this is a pr

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.NOTE: this is a proverb that is traced back to Proverbs in Scot by J. Carmichael (1628)

James Halliwell, Nursery Rhymes

Desires