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title: "10 Thing Prayer Quotes by 10 authors"
description: "Browse 10 Thing Prayer quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Thing Prayer sayings and thoughts."
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> [Prayer is not ever thing, but everything is by prayer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-a-hartley-jr/prayer-is-not-ever-thing-but-everything-is-by-prayer/)

[Fred A. Hartley, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-a-hartley-jr/)

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> [We get nearer to the Lord through music than perhaps through any other thing except prayer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-reuben-clark/we-get-nearer-to-the-lord-through-music-than-perhaps-through-any/)

[J. Reuben Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-reuben-clark/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c6/j-reuben-clark-15679_importance-of-music_we-get-nearer-to-the-lord-through-music_2613102.png)

> [“Attention, taken to its highest degree, is the same thing as prayer. It presupposes faith and love. Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simone-weil/attention-taken-to-its-highest-degree-is-the-same-thing-as-prayer-it/)

[Simone Weil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simone-weil/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9c/simone-weil-544_faith-and-love_attention-taken-to-its-highest-degree-is_1994363.jpg)

> [What a marvelous and wonderful thing is # prayer . Think of it. We can actually speak with our Father in # Heaven .](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-b-hinckley/what-a-marvelous-and-wonderful-thing-is-prayer-think-of-it-we-can/)

[Gordon B. Hinckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-b-hinckley/)

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> [I think one thing is that prayer has become more useful, interesting, fruitful, and... almost involuntary in my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-oliver/i-think-one-thing-is-that-prayer-has-become-more-useful-interesting/)

[Mary Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-oliver/)

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> [Be careful for nothing, but in every thing, by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bible/be-careful-for-nothing-but-in-every-thing-by-prayer-and-supplication/)

[Bible](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bible/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce0/bible-141_god_be-careful-for-nothing-but-in-every-thin_2168879.jpg)

> [The great thing in prayer is to feel that we are putting our supplications into the bosom of omnipotent love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-murray/the-great-thing-in-prayer-is-to-feel-that-we-are-putting-our/)

[Andrew Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-murray/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/298/andrew-murray-1530_feels_the-great-thing-in-prayer-is-to-feel-tha_258134.png)

> [Often when you ask for one thing you receive another, this is the mysterious thing about prayer, we address them to heaven…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/often-when-you-ask-for-one-thing-you-receive-another-this-is-the/)

[Jose Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa9/jos-saramago-208_addresses_often-when-you-ask-for-one-thing-you-rec_1827976.jpg)

> [“Teresa of Avila says that the important thing in prayer is not to think much but to love much. The head is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-g-benner/teresa-of-avila-says-that-the-important-thing-in-prayer-is-not-to/)

[David G. Benner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-g-benner/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/940/david-g-benner-26996_prayer_teresa-of-avila-says-that-the-important_1670288.jpg)

> [It's a risky thing to pray and the danger is that our very prayers get between God and us. The great thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/it-s-a-risky-thing-to-pray-and-the-danger-is-that-our-very-prayers/)

[Thomas Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-merton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/872/thomas-merton-231_constant_it-s-a-risky-thing-to-pray-and-the-dange_2120244.jpg)

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