God Provides What You Need, Not What You Ask For

Who rises from prayer a better man, his prayer is answered.
- George Meredith

Our prayers should be for blessings in general,
for God knows best what is good for us.
- Socrates

Never pray for justice, because you might get some.
- Margaret Atwood
[Consider how often the word "justice" really means "revenge."]

I have lived to thank God that all my prayers have not been answered.
- Jean Ingelow

If God listened to the prayers of men,
all men would quickly have perished:
for they are forever praying for evil against one another.
- Epicurus

God Provides What You Need, Not What You Ask For.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Thank You Prayer

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