--- title: "9 Given Prayer Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Given Prayer quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Given Prayer sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/762/william-shakespeare-4_atheism_his-worst-fault-is-he-s-given-to-prayer_3188061.jpg" --- > [His worst fault is, he's given to prayer; he is something peevish that way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/his-worst-fault-is-he-s-given-to-prayer-he-is-something-peevish-that/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/762/william-shakespeare-4_atheism_his-worst-fault-is-he-s-given-to-prayer_3188061.jpg) > [“The freshness of my eyes is given to me in prayer.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-freshness-of-my-eyes-is-given-to-me-in-prayer/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e27/anonymous-1_freshness_the-freshness-of-my-eyes-is-given-to-me_2317180.jpg) > [“No one ought to expect to see much good resulting from his labors in word, and doctrine, if he is not much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mueller/no-one-ought-to-expect-to-see-much-good-resulting-from-his-labors-in/) [George Mueller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mueller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e28/george-mueller-40639_prayer_no-one-ought-to-expect-to-see-much-good_2885857.jpg) > [The mundane use of the Gayatri, its repetition for healing the sick, illustrates the meaning we have given to prayer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/the-mundane-use-of-the-gayatri-its-repetition-for-healing-the-sick/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/daf/mahatma-gandhi-23_given_the-mundane-use-of-the-gayatri-its-repet_1019609.jpg) > [“God-given prayer and praise have as their essence a waiting on God, a willingness to be wrought upon by the hammer and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-john-miller/god-given-prayer-and-praise-have-as-their-essence-a-waiting-on-god-a/) [C. John Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-john-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4f/c-john-miller-70004_inner-life_god-given-prayer-and-praise-have-as-thei_1818700.jpg) > [Prayer is a salve for every sore, a remedy for every malady; and when we are afflicted with thorns in the flesh,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-henry/prayer-is-a-salve-for-every-sore-a-remedy-for-every-malady-and-when/) [Matthew Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-henry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c46/matthew-henry-903_answers_prayer-is-a-salve-for-every-sore-a-remed_649173.jpg) > [“Now the next I will is in John, seventeenth chapter, twenty-fourth verse: “Father, I will that they also, whom Thou hast given…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-l-moody/now-the-next-i-will-is-in-john-seventeenth-chapter-twenty-fourth/) [D.L. Moody](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-l-moody/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5df/d-l-moody-4112_last-night_now-the-next-i-will-is-in-john-seventeen_2921412.jpg) > [God has given us prayer as a wartime walkie-talkie so that we can call headquarters for everything we need as the kingdom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-piper/god-has-given-us-prayer-as-a-wartime-walkie-talkie-so-that-we-can/) [John Piper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-piper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c8/john-piper-255_christ_god-has-given-us-prayer-as-a-wartime-wal_54328.png) > [The Divine wisdom has given us prayer, not as a means whereby to obtain the good things of earth, but as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-william-robertson/the-divine-wisdom-has-given-us-prayer-not-as-a-means-whereby-to/) [Frederick William Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-william-robertson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/072/frederick-william-robertson-39_divine_the-divine-wisdom-has-given-us-prayer-no_3075937.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/given-prayer/#itemlist", "name": "Given Prayer Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "His worst fault is, he's given to prayer; 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