The conditions of praying are the conditions of righteousness, holiness, and salvation.

Four things let us ever keep in mind: God hears prayer, God heeds prayer, God answers prayer, and God delivers by prayer.

All God's plans have the mark of the cross on them, and all His plans have death to self in them.

He who is too busy to pray will be too busy to live a holy life. Satan had rather we let the grass grow on the path to our prayer chamber than anything else.

It is necessary to iterate and reiterate that prayer, as a mere habit, as a performance gone through by routine or in a professional way, is a dead and rotten thing.

Prayer honors God, acknowledges His being, exalts His power, adores His providence, secures His aid.

Prayer succeeds when all else fails

If God is not first in our thoughts and efforts in the morning, He will be in the last place the remainder of the day.

God shapes the world by prayer. The more prayer there is in the world the better the world will be, the mightier the forces of against evil

Prayer is not learned in a classroom but in the closet.

We regard prayer no longer as a duty which must be performed, but rather as a privilege which is to be enjoyed, a rare delight that is always revealing some new beauty.

What are you - Secret Service?''If I were, I wouldn't admit it.''And you're not admitting it, I notice.

I'm reading a book, because I'm brainy. No, it is a book - if you don't know, it is like a blog except bigger.

Humility is not disgraceful, and carries no loss of true pride.

One of the things about leadership is that you cannot be a moderate, balanced, thoughtful, careful articulator of policy. You've got to be on the lunatic fringe.

I have a dog. I'm a dog lover.

Put one foot in front of the other. Keep marching forward, even when doubt, fear, and failure all come knocking at your door.

Zen provides a structure that supports our exploring the practice and the teachings for ourselves.

I love The Purple Book. It continually helps reinforce the only foundation worth building upon— a biblical one.

Hoping gets you nothing in life. If you want more in life it’s your job to earn it.

The sense of loss is such a tricky one, because we always feel like our worth is tied up into stuff that we have, not that our worth can grow with things we are willing to lose.