Prayer Quotes

I never force myself to be devout except when I feel so inspired, and never compose hymns of prayers unless I feel within me real and true devotion.

The times when we need prayers or counsel, we are little like to be in a mood to learn, nor yet to understand.

We may expect answers to prayer, and should not be easy without them any more than we should be if we had written a letter to a friend upon important business, and had received no reply.

Pray because you have a Father, not because it quietens you, and give Him time to answer.

Complaint is the largest tribute heaven receives and the sincerest part of our devotion.

Living your life constructs your soul, not a few seconds of daily prayer.

Prayer is futility when compared to belief.

Remember, Christ's scholars must study upon their knees.

Longing desire prayeth always, though the tongue be silent. If thou art ever longing, thou art ever praying.

I can say the Lord's prayer in 10 seconds.

Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!

It is necessary to help others, not only in our prayers, but in our daily lives. If we find we cannot help others, the least we can do is to desist from harming them.

Pray, for all men need the aid of the gods.

Old men's prayers for death are lying prayers, in which they abuse old age and long extent of life. But when death draws near, not one is willing to die, and age no longer is a burden to them.

Prayer is repeating the victor's name (Jesus) into the ears of Satan and insisting on his retreat.

God never answers prayers. It is people who answer their own prayers by knowing how to connect and utilize the divine energy of the Creator and the God-like force in their own souls.

Next to prayer, Fishing is the most personal relationship of man.

My prayer is that God give me no longer life than I shall be glad to use mine office in edification, and not in destruction.

Jesus did not have a value for prayer for prayer's sake. He had a value for the intimate communion between God and man.

I pray on the principle that wine knocks the cork out of a bottle. There is an inward fermentation, and there must be a vent.

The prayer of the agnostic: "O God, if there is a God, save my soul if I have a soul."

Even a man who's pure in heart And says his prayers by night, May become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms And the autumn moon is bright.

Rapt into still communion that transcends The imperfect offices of prayer and praise, His mind was a thanksgiving to the power That made him; it was blessedness and love!

I am in the House of Mercy, and my heart is a place of prayer.

A school prayer amendment would confer upon public school boards a power the First Amendment now denies to Congress and the states, that is, the power to establish religion.

Look to your heart that flutters in and out like a moth. God is not indifferent to your need. You have a thousand prayers but God has one.

If God wished to punish us, all he would need to do would be to answer our prayers.

To attempt to pay for salvation with church membership, prayers, or good deeds is an insult to Christ, who paid the full price-and is a rejection of the gift of God's grace.

You can serve or you can sing, and wreck your heart in prayer, working the world's hard work.

Don't quit. For if you do, you may miss the answer to your prayers.

The door is closed to prayer unless it is opened with the key of trust.

Prayer is to religion what thinking is to philosophy. To pray is to make religion.

Prayer is the hard-work business of Christianity, and it nets amazing results.

Prayer is the key discipline whereby all spiritual work is done.

I pray everyday, all the time. Prayer is when you are actually experiencing a conversation with divine intelligence.

Prayer is when you talk to God. Meditation is when you're listening. Playing the piano allows you to do both at the same time.

It's not going to happen through technology or our intellectual abilities but only through prayer. When we pray, God works. We believe God blesses churches that bless missions.

The picture is like a prayer, an offering, and hopefully an opening through which to seek what we don't know, or already know and should take seriously.

Those prayers God likes best which come seething hot from the heart.

Fundamentally, [prayer] is a position, a placement of oneself.

However we are, however we think we ought to be in prayer, the fact is we just need to show up and do the best we can do. It’s like being in a family.

intensity is a law of prayer. God is found by those who seek Him with all their heart. Wrestling prayer prevails. The fervent effectual prayer of the righteous is of great force.

I pray every night before I go to sleep and every morning when I wake up.

Every prayer - every thought, every statement, every feeling - is creative.

Prayers and sacrifices are of no avail.

I know of no more beautiful prayer than that which the Hindus of old used in closing: May all that have life be delivered from suffering.

Prayer keeps me centered.

Helplessness is the real secret and the impelling power of prayer.

Prayer is like a great love. When you start dating the silence can be awkward, but as you grow to know each other you can sit in silence for hours and just being with each other is a great comfort.

Do you wish to grow in grace and be a holy Christian? Then never forget the value of prayer.