Prayer does not cause faith to work, faith causes prayer to work. Prayer is the key to Heaven, but faith unlocks the door. Presence is more than just being there. If your absence doesn't make any difference, your presence won't either. Pride is something we have.
Vanity is something others have.
Problems are only opportunities in work clothes. Professionals built the Titanic, amateurs built the ark. Promises are meant to be kept, for they are like precious pearls in an ocean, their value is high and quality genuine and true, and once they are made they can never be broken. Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience. Proverbs contain within one or two lines the lessons of lifetime.