“Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.”
— John F. Kennedy 35th president of the United States of America 1917–1963
“O, do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men! Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks! Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle. But you shall be a miracle.”
The quote "O, do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men! Do not pray for tasks equal to yo…" is famous quote attributed to Phillips Brooks (1835–1893), American clergyman and author.
"Going up to Jerusalem", Twenty Sermons (1886), p. 330.
Context: O, do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men! Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks! Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle. But you shall be a miracle. Every day you shall wonder at yourself, at the richness of life which has come to you by the grace of God.
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