"The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays."
― Soren Kierkegaard
Topic(s):
Change
More From Soren Kierkegaard
- "It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is most significant and important."
- "Far from idleness being the root of all evil, it is rather the only true good."
- "What is a poet? An unhappy person who conceals profound anguish in his heart but whose lips are so formed that as sighs and cries pass over them they sound like beautiful music."
More In Change
- "The Howard Hughes I knew began to change after his plane crash in 1941."― Gene Tierney
- "I never blame myself when I’m not hitting. I just blame the bat and if it keeps up, I change bats. After all, if I know it isn’t my fault that I’m not hitting, how can I get mad at myself?"― Yogi Berra
- "If we don’t like what the Republicans do, we need to get in there and change it."― Medgar Evers