Motivational Quotes

Prayer

Indeed many things which we shall not be able to discover either by the experiment of works or by the investigations of reason we shall deserve to be taught by importunate prayer, by the revelation of divine inspiration.

- Richard of Saint Victor

Best Quotes about Prayer

That prayer has great power which a person makes with all his might. It makes a sour heart sweet, a sad heart merry, a poor heart rich, a foolish heart wise, a timid heart brave, a sick heart well, a blind heart full of sight, a cold heart ardent. It draws down the great God into the little heart; it drives the hungry soul up into the fullness of God; it brings together two lovers, God and the soul, in a wondrous place where they speak much of love.

Magheburg, Mechthild of

If I told you what it takes to reach the highest high you'd laugh and say nothing that simple, but you've been told many times before messiah's point you to the door though no one's got the guts to leave the temple.

Townsend, Peter

No one can pray well, but those who live well.

Proverb

You must pray that the way be long, full of adventures and experiences.

Constantine Peter Cavafy

Pray without ceasing. In everything give thanks. [I Thessalonians]

Bible

Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths, or the turning inwards in prayer for five short minutes.

Hillesum, Etty

Most men pray for power, the strength to do things. Few people pray for love, the quality to be someone.

Foster, Robert D.

When a man has done all he can do, still there is a mighty, mysterious agency over which he needs influence to secure success. The one way he can reach it is by prayer.

Conwell, Russel H.

Why is it when we talk to God, we're praying, but when God talks to us, we're schizophrenic?

Tomlin, Lily

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A simple grateful thought turned heavenwards is the most perfect prayer.

Lessing, Doris

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You can pray for someone even if you don't think God exists.

Real Live Preacher

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One hour in the execution of justice is worth seventy years of prayer.

Proverb

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The object of most prayers is to wangle an advance on good intentions.

Brault, Robert

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The time to pray is not when we are in a tight spot but just as soon as we get out of it.

Josh Billings

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The influence of prayer on the human mind and body is as demonstrable as that of secreting glands. Its results can be measured in terms of increased physical buoyancy, greater intellectual vigor, moral stamina, and a deeper understanding of the realities underlying human relationships.

Carrel, Dr. Alex

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Prayer is less about changing the world than it is about changing ourselves.

Wolpe, David J.

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Ask God for what man can give, and you may get it.

Proverb, English

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Answered prayers cause more tears than those that remain unanswered.

Teresa of Avila, St.

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When you lie down with a short prayer, commit yourself into the hands of your Creator; and when you have done so, trust Him with yourself, as you must do when you are dying.

Taylor, Jeremy

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Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.

Gandhi, Mahatma

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Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.

Augustine, St.

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Whatsoever we beg of God, let us also work for it.

Taylor, Jeremy

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Let everyone try and find that as a result of daily prayer he adds something new to his life, something with which nothing can be compared.

Gandhi, Mahatma

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You should pray for a sound mind in a sound body.

Juvenal

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

Temple, Sir William

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When we take one step toward to God, he takes seven steps toward us.

Proverb, Indian

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If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.

Eckhart, Meister

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Prayer and practice is good rhyme.

Proverb, Scottish

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Prayer should be short, without giving God Almighty reasons why he should grant this, or that; he knows best what is good for us.

Selden, John

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Prayer is talking with God and telling Him you love Him, conversing with God about all the things that are important in life, both large and small, and being assured that He is listening.

Strait, C. Neil

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Practice in life whatever you pray for and God will give it to you more abundantly.

Pusey, Edward Bouverie

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Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.

Milton, John

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Prayer is not a substitute for work, thinking, watching, suffering, or giving; prayer is a support for all other efforts.

Buttrick, George

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Practical prayer is harder on the soles of your shoes than on the knees of your trousers.

O'Malley, Austin

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Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening.

Gandhi, Mahatma

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So I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

Bible

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Work as if you were to live a hundred years. Pray as if you were to die tomorrow.

Franklin, Benjamin

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My prayer to God is a very short one: O Lord, make my enemies look ridiculous! God has granted it.

Voltaire

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Prayer is translation. A man translates himself into a child asking for all there is in a language he has barely mastered.

Cohen, Leonard

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It is good to pray for the repair of mistakes, but praying earlier would keep us from making so many. When puzzled, go to prayer and listen.

Macaulay, J. C.

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Common people do not pray; they only beg.

Shaw, George Bernard

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Religion is in the heart, not in the knees.

Jerrold, Douglas William

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Spiritual favors are not always to be looked for, and not always to be relied on.

Barr, Amelia E.

44.

Just pray for a tough hide and a tender heart.

Graham, Ruth

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Short prayers reach heaven.

Proverb

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Do not ask for what you will wish you had not got.

Seneca

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Battering the gates of heaven with the storms of prayer.

Tennyson, Lord Alfred

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Father in Heaven! When the thought of thee wakes in our hearts let it not awaken like a frightened bird that flies about in dismay, but like a child waking from its sleep with a heavenly smile.

Kierkegaard, S°ren

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Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night.

Herbert, George

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If you can't pray a door open, don't pry it open.

Rader, Lyell