Nothing costs so much as what is bought by prayers. Seneca
A generous prayer is never presented in vain; the petition may be refused, but the petitioner is always, I believe, rewarded by some gracious visitation. Robert Louis Stevenson
My debts are large, my failures great, my shame secret and heavy; yet when I come to ask for my good, I quake in fear lest my prayer be granted. Rabindranath Tagore
When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers. Oscar Wilde