一个常见的中文译本为:“我的上帝,请赐我宁静,去接受我不能改变的一切;赐我勇气,去改变我所能改变的一切;并赐我智慧,去分辨两者的不同。”
《宁静祷文》的完整文本包含对宁静、勇气和智慧的祈求。最广为人知的完整英文版本为:“God, give me grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, Courage to change the things which should be changed, and the Wisdom to distinguish the one from the other. Living one day at a time, Enjoying one moment at a time, Accepting hardship as a pathway to peace, Taking, as Jesus did, This sinful world as it is, Not as I would have it, Trusting that You will make all things right, If I surrender to Your will, So that I may be reasonably happy in this life, And supremely happy with You forever in the next. Amen.”
《宁静祷文》的完整文本包含对宁静、勇气和智慧的祈求。最广为人知的完整英文版本为:“上帝,赐予我恩典,让我以平静接受无法改变的事物;赐予我勇气,去改变应该改变的事物;并赐予我智慧,以区分两者。活在当下的每一天,享受当下的每一刻,将苦难视为通往和平的道路,像耶稣一样,接受这个有罪的世界本来的样子,而不是我希望的样子;相信你会使一切变得正确,如果我顺从你的旨意,那么我今生可能会相对快乐,而在来世与你永远在一起时,我将无比幸福。阿门。”