None of our prayers should ever be petitions for our own needs: for this is only another subtle way of trying to… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Meanwhile, little people like you and me, if our prayers are sometimes granted, beyond all hope and probability, had better not draw… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Excess of trouble may, for a time, distract and overwhelm the soul. Our Lord himself seems to have experienced somewhat of this.… — Charles Simeon Copy Share Image
Tonight, I ask for your prayers for all those who grieve, for the children whose worlds have been shattered, for all whose… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
If you seek His help, be sure your life is clean, your motives are worthy, and you're willing to do what He… — Richard G. Scott Copy Share Image
But, more than anything, in the more than three years of this Government's existence, the Israeli people has proven that it is… — Yitzhak Rabin Copy Share Image
All your experiences, all your meditations, all your prayer, all that you do, is self-centred. It is strengthening the self, adding momentum,… — U.G. Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
I don't like when people say, 'I'll pray for you. I'm going to pray for you. Praying for you.' You're going to… — Hannibal Buress Copy Share Image
Our prayer life will become restful when it really dawns upon us that we have done all we are supposed to do… — Ole Hallesby Copy Share Image
Our prayer must not be self-centered. It must arise not only because we feel our own need as a burden we must… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Prayers are prophecies. They are the best predictors of your spiritual future. Who you become is determined by how you pray. Ultimately,… — Mark Batterson Copy Share Image
There is no danger if our prayer is without words or reflection because the good success of prayer depends neither on words… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Yet, when we must put aside our wrath, quench our envy, soften our anger, offer our prayers, and show a disposition which… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
If we don't pray according to the needs of the heart, we repress our deepest longings. Our prayers may not be rational,… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
As Kierkegaard was the first to suggest, we can never know where our prayers are likely to go nor from whom the… — Norman Mailer Copy Share Image
We have not been men of prayer. The spirit of prayer has slumbered among us. The closet has been too little frequented… — Bonar Law Copy Share Image
Sometimes you may feel very sad, because sadness also belongs to God. Sadness is also divine. There is no necessity to always… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Jesus taught that perseverance is the essential element of prayer. Men must be in earnest when they kneel at God's footstool. Too… — Edward McKendree Bounds Copy Share Image
Know also that you will probably gain more by praying fifteen minutes before the Blessed Sacrament than by all the other spiritual… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
Prayer assumes the sovereignty of God. If God is not sovereign, we have no assurance that He is able to answer our… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
Arise, O Lord, and judge your own cause. Remember your reproaches to those who are filled with foolishness all through the day.… — Pope Leo X Copy Share Image
Shall I give you yet another reason why you should pray? I have preached my very heart out. I could not say… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
If you make your prayers an expression of gratitude and thanksgiving for the blessings you have already received, instead of requests for… — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
Even if one is familiar with the precise meaning of everything one recites, the act of worship can hardly have any significance… — Immanuel Jakobovits, Baron Jakobovits Copy Share Image
Your prayers are your light; Your devotion is your strength; Sleep is the enemy of both. Your life is the only opportunity… — Rabia Basri Copy Share Image
Trusting God's grace means trusting God's love for us rather than our love for God. [...] Therefore our prayers should consist mainly… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
You must pray with all your might. That does not mean saying your prayers, or sitting gazing about in church or chapel… — William Booth Copy Share Image
I am as certain as I am standing here, that the secret of much mischief to our own souls, and to the… — Alexander Whyte Copy Share Image
Pray for our military men and women who are, striving to do what is right also for this country, that our leaders,… — Sarah Palin Copy Share Image
Our tears are not enough. Our words and our prayers are not enough. If we really want to honor these twelve men… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Joys and sorrows are time-born and cannot last. Therefore, do not be perturbed by these. The greater the difficulties and obstructions, the… — Anandamayi Ma Copy Share Image
You should always say your prayers with tireless diligence, as the Apostle directs, saying: 'Continue in prayer and watch in the same'… — Lorenzo Scupoli Copy Share Image
Oh brother, pray; in spite of Satan, pray; spend hours in prayer; rather neglect friends than not pray; rather fast, and lose… — Andrew Bonar Copy Share Image
One of the most effective ways to pray is to ask God to give you a promise from his Word concerning whatever… — Anne Graham Lotz Copy Share Image
Trusting in Him, who can go with me, and remain with you and be every where for good, let us confidently hope… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
If you find yourself loving any pleasure more than your prayers, any book better than the Bible, any house better than the… — Thomas Guthrie Copy Share Image
Biodiesel seems to be the answer to a lot of our prayers. Not only can it help the U.S. economy, our unwanted… — Willie Nelson Copy Share Image
God does not give heed to the ambitiousness of our prayers, because he is always ready to give to us his light,… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
We cannot escape from our daily routine, because it will go with us wherever we go… God must be sought and found… — Karl Edward Wagner Copy Share Image
![“Trusting God's grace means trusting God's love for us rather than our love for God. [...] Therefore our prayers should consist mainly of rousing our awareness of God's love for us rather than trying to rouse God's awareness of our love for him, like the priests of Baal on Mount Carmel (1 Kings…” quote by Peter Kreeft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c97/peter-kreeft-820_awareness_trusting-god-s-grace-means-trusting-god_1573419.jpg)
