The Serenity Prayer

The Serenity Prayer
	God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time; Enjoying one moment at a time; Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace; Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it; Trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His Will; That I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with Him Forever in the next. Amen. --Reinhold Niebuhr In loving memory of Fr Bertram Griffin -- 1932-2000 Requiescat in Pace
Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will direct your paths. Proverbs 3, 5-6 Special Prayers Index | Index of "Lord, Teach Us How to Pray" included in the collection of prayers Following Jesus Christ FAQs about permissions • FAQs about copyright Email questions or comments about this page

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Peace Prayer of St. Francis

by St. Francis of Assisi (1182-1226)

Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
Where there is sadness, joy.

O divine Master,
grant that I may not so much seek
To be consoled as to console,
To be understood as to understand,
To be loved, as to love;
For it is in giving that we receive;
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
It is in dying to self that we are born to
eternal life.

Quotes, Quotations - Inspirational, Motivational, Spiritual, Religious, Philosophical

Listed alphabetically by author last name.

A-G

• The 14th Dalai Lama
  If you want others to be happy ...
• Bartholomew
  The teacher is within, so you have to ...
• Raymond Burr
  Try and live your life ...
• William Faulkner
  Always dream and shoot higher than you know how to ...
• Mohandas Gandhi
  It is easy enough to ...

H-M

• Hermann Hesse
  I can give you nothing that has not already ...
• Gerald Jampolsky
  Nothing is impossible when ...
• Lau Tzu
  Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day...
• Nelson Mandela

R-S

• Christopher Reeve
  ... you'll always be on an adventure of meaning if ...
• Sophocles
  One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life ...
• Jonathan Swift
  May you live ...
• Mother Teresa
  The success of love is in the loving ...
• Mark Twain
  Always do right. This will ...

W-Z

• Edith Wharton
  There are two ways of spreading light ...
• Marianne Williamson
  Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure ...
  (sometimes mistakenly attributed to Nelson Mandela.)
• Paramahansa Yogananda
  Giving love to all, ...