Though smooth be the heartless prayer no ear in heaven will mind it And the finest phrase falls dead if there is no feeling behind it.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Some Similar Quotes
  1. If I am right, Thy grace impart Still in the right to stay; If I am wrong, O, teach my heart To find that better way! - Alexander Pope

  2. Writing is prayer. - Franz Kafka

  3. I have so much to do that I shall spend the first three hours in prayer. - Martin Luther

  4. I don't pray because it doesn't work. Prayer doesn't fix anything. Bad things happen anyway. - Nicholas Sparks

  5. Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perseverance in waiting for you, and a hope of finally embracing you. Amen. - Thomas Aquinas

More Quotes By Ella Wheeler Wilcox
  1. A weed is but an unloved flower.

  2. Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone; For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth, But has trouble enough of its own.

  3. We flatter those we scarcely know, We please the fleeting guest; And deal full many a thoughtless blow, To those who love us best.

  4. We two make banquets of the plainest fare In every cup we find the thrill of pleasure... For us life always moves with lilting measure We two, we two, we make our world, our pleasure

  5. A poor original is better than a good imitation.

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