Prayer Quotes

Aeneas' mother is a star?""No; a goddess."I said cautiously, "Venus is the power that we invoke in s...

To give thanks in solitude is enough. Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must go. Your prayer ...

From Les Miserables:All at once, in the midst of this profound calm, a fresh sound arose; a sound as...

Those who always pray are necessary to those who never pray.

They pray.To whom?To God.To pray to God, - what is the meaning of these words?Is there an infinite b...

What was more needed by this old man who divided the leisure hours of his life, where he had so litt...

All over India, all over the world, as the sun or the shadow of darkness moves from east to west, th...

All over India, all over the world, as the sun or the shadow of darkness moves from east to west, th...

Dear Jesus, do something.

God prefers bad verses recited with a pure heart to the finest verses chanted by the wicked.

We offer up prayers to God only because we have made Him after our own image. We treat Him like a Pa...

I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord make my enemies ridiculous.' And ...

He wanted to know how they prayed to God in El Dorado. "We do not pray to him at all," said the reve...

Prayer is man's greatest power!

In a world of prayer, we are all equal in the sense that each of us is a unique person, with a uniqu...

He heard her low accord,Half prayer and half ditty,And He felt a subtle quiver,That was not heavenly...

I’ve come down from the skylike some damned ghost, delayedtoo long…To the abandoned fieldsthe trees ...

Those thoughts come to me in the night, those thought and thoughts of becoming sick or helpless, of ...

Perhaps all the good that ever has come here has come because people prayed it into the world.

Prayer is like lying awake at night, afraid, with your head under the cover, hearing only the beatin...

By then I wasn't just asking questions; I was being changed by them. I was being changed by my praye...

Oh Lord, make us ableTo eat all that's on this table,And if there's some we haven't gotBring it to u...

The two ideas, justice and vocation, are inseparable.... It is by way of the principle and practice ...

It is impossible to see how good work might be accomplished by people who think that our life in thi...

As I continued to pray raggedly, prayer ceased to be an awkward and self-conscious act. It became a ...

Not only do I not know what I believe, but also I cannot know for sure that I believe. How can I def...

Even if there were no ear for them but the void, our prayers would still be the only things that san...

To Mercy Pity Peace and Love All pray in their distress.

Work as if everything depended upon work and pray as if everything depended upon prayer.

Restraining prayer we cease to fight Prayer keeps the Christian's armor bright And Satan trembles...

The exercise of prayer in those who habitually exert it must be regarded by us doctors as the most...

Through prayer, religion insists, things which cannot be realized in any other manner come about: en...

HARRINGTON: And God hears your prayer, doesn't he? We hear Joy's getting better....LEWIS: That's not...

O Lord help me not to despise or oppose what I do not understand.

If your prayer is selfish the answer will be something that will rebuke your selfishness. You may n...

When I pray coincidences happen and when I don't they don't.

If your prayer is selfish the answer will be something that will rebuke your selfishness. You may n...

When I pray coincidences happen and when I don't they don't.

This perpetual hurry of business and company ruins me in soul if not in body. More solitude and earl...

Of all things guard against neglecting God in the secret place of prayer.

God help those who do not help themselves.

In the Lord's Prayer, the first petition is for daily bread. No one can worship God or love his neig...

Please God, please suh, don't let him love nobody else but me. Maybe Ah'm is uh fool, Lawd, lak dey ...

For a few moments, raising his arms desperately, the Reverend Mouret implored Heaven. His shoulder-b...

VespersLittle Boy kneels at the foot of the bed,Droops on the little hands little gold head.Hush! Hu...

It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard.

On faith’s battered back calm eyes etch prayers that cool a nation’s hot rage.

Upon the lips of babes asleep I saw light embracing light and so allowed my syllables to rest there ...

The primary purpose of prayer is not to make requests. The primary purpose is to praise, to sing, to...

I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had no where else ...

I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to ...

What is to be, will be, and no prayers of ours can arrest the decree.[Lincoln's maxim and philosophy...

Peter stands by the gate, And Michael by the throne. 'Peter, I would pass the gate And come before t...

To the man who himself strives earnestly God also lends a helping hand.

It is vain to expect our prayers to be heard if we do not strive as well as pray.

O heavenly Father,protect and bless all thingsthat have breath: guard themfrom all evil and let them...

He who makes his needs known to God gains for immediate answer "the peace of God which passeth under...

If I am right Thy grace impart Still in the right to stay If I am wrong O teach my heart To find...

If I am right, Thy grace impartStill in the right to stay;If I am wrong, O, teach my heartTo find th...

For the happy man prayer is only a jumble of words, until the day when sorrow comes to explain to hi...

Prayer is the force as real as terrestrial gravity. As a physician, I have seen men, after all other...

Prayer is the sign of your weakness. Rely on your inner strength. You will be the winner.

When you touch the celestial in your heart, you will realize that the beauty of your soul is so pure...

Perfect prayer does not consist in many words, silent remembering and pure intention raises the hear...

The easiest way to get touch with this universal power is through silent Prayer. Shut your eyes, shu...

Oh, will you pray? Stop now and pray, lest desire turn to feeling and feeling evaporate.

Give me the Love that leads the wayThe Faith that nothing can dismayThe Hope no disappointments tire...

We have one crystal clear reason apart from the blessed happiness of this way of life. It is this: p...

We knew our Father. There was no need for persuasion. Would not His Fatherliness be longing to give ...

And shall I pray Thee change Thy will, my Father,Until it be according unto mine?But, no, Lord, no, ...

There is no hope but in prayer.

Let us thank God heartily as often as we pray that we have His Spirit in us to teach us to pray. Tha...

Abiding fully means praying much.

While others still slept He went away to pray and to renew His strength in communion with His Fathe...

The sooner I learn to forget myself in the desire that He may be glorified, the richer will be the b...

Do not strive in your own strength cast yourself at the feet of the Lord Jesus and wait upon Him i...

The great thing in prayer is to feel that we are putting our supplications into the bosom of omnipot...

Answered prayer is the interchange of love between the Father and His child.

Each time, before you intercede, be quiet first, and worship God in His glory. Think of what He can ...

When we pray for the Spirit's help ... we will simply fall down at the Lord's feet in our weakness. ...

Nowhere can we get to know the holiness of God and come under His influence and power except in th...

What is the reason that many thousands of Christian workers in the world have not a greater influenc...

Let it be your business every day in the secrecy of the inner chamber to meet the holy God. You wi...

Humility is perfect quietness of heart. It is to expect nothing, to wonder at nothing that is done t...

If there is one thought with regard to the Church of Christ, which at times comes to me with overwhe...

Prayer [is] the quiet, persistent living of our life of desire and faith in the presence of our God.

Prayer not only teaches and strengthens one for work, work teaches and strengthens one for prayer.

Our forgiving love toward men is the evidence of God's forgiving love in us. It is a necessary condi...

The Lord gave the wonderful promise of the free use of His Name with the Father in conjunction with ...

Old hands soil, it seems, whatever they caress, but they too have their beauty when they are joined ...

What I dislike least in my former self are the moments of prayer.

My prayers, my tears, my wishes, fears, and lamentations, were witnessed by myself and heaven alone....

That wish - that prayer - both men and women would have scorned me for - "But, Father, Thou wilt not...

Here are the two best prayers I know: 'Help me, help me, help me' and 'Thank you, thank you, thank y...

My belief is that when you're telling the truth, you're close to God. If you say to God, "I am exhau...

If we stay where we are, where we're stuck, where we're comfortable and safe, we die there... When n...

Or you might shout at the top of your lungs or whisper into your sleeve, "I hate you, God." That is ...

These two things are almost all I want, but unfortunately, neither one is my strong suit. I am very ...

A nun I know once told me she kept begging God to take her character defects away from her. After ye...

The Amen is only as good as the attitude. If you are trying to finish up quickly so you can check yo...