Alveda King Quotes

America's a faith-based experiment as a country. We should celebrate and invite faith. And our motto is, 'In God We Trust.' This isn't something that divides; this is something that pulls together and lifts us up.

I turn, then, and look to the American people and to that God who has never forsaken them.

It always helps to have a bit of prayer in your back pocket. At the end of the day, you have to have something, and for me, that is God, Jesus, my Catholic upbringing, my faith.

I like to believe that we all pray to the same god.

Prayer begins where human capacity ends.

I spend a lot of time in prayer. God doesn't always show up on my time, but he always shows up!

Since many of you do not belong to the Catholic Church and others are non-believers, from the bottom of my heart I give this silent blessing to each and every one of you, respecting the conscience of each one of you but knowing that each one of you is a child of God.

Our prayer and God's mercy are like two buckets in a well; while the one ascends the other descends.

God is on my side, and that's all I need. I get up in the morning, I pray to God. I don't pray to the president, the governor, the mayor, no black caucus, no this and that. I pray to God, and that's the end of it.

I just thank God for all of the blessings.

There is hope for the future because God has a sense of humor and we are funny to God.

For hundreds of millions of Americans who believe in God, prayer is our bridge between Earth and Heaven, our way of opening our hearts to the Lord. Through this intimate relationship we find peace and guidance.

I really prayed and asked God for my first film.

Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me.

Although there is no solution that is easy, and there is no one formula that will work for everyone with a heartache or a concern, there is One who cares very much about your situation, and He knows what you should do. That is our Father in Heaven.

I'm trying to throw a big broad net to try to get people interested in God and believe that He's for them and has a purpose.

Put your mind on the gospel. And remember - there's one God for all.

By turning your eyes on God in meditation, your whole soul will be filled with God. Begin all your prayers in the presence of God.

One of the values of centering prayer is that you are not thinking about God during the time of centering prayer so you are giving God a chance to manifest. In centering prayer there are moments of peace that give the psyche a chance to realize that God may not be so bad after all. God has a chance to be himself for a change.

Dear God, please take care of your servant John Fitzgerald Kennedy.

Catholicism played such a huge part in my life, I would not have survived without my faith.

Now, whether my not asking for good things to happen to me is subconsciously intended to win me brownie points with God is something I can't answer. But I do feel the need to give thanks and also not to feel hypocritical by asking for things when I have doubts that God would answer me.

I've been very ill. You just have to trust the Lord.

Whenever I'm confused about something, I ask God to reveal the answers to my questions, and he does.