“Pray for rain all you like, but dig a well as you do it.”
“Well, pray if you like, only you'd do better to use your judgment.”
“Pray when you feel like praying," somebody has said. "Pray when you don't feel like praying. Pray until you do feel like praying.”
“Don’t pray when it rains if you don’t pray when the sun shines.”
“If you don't feel like praying, pray until you do!”
“There’s no value in digging shallow wells in a hundred places. Decide on one place and dig deep. Even if you encounter a rock, use dynamite and keep going down. If you leave that to dig another well, all the first effort is wasted and there is no proof you won’t hit rock again. (52)”