Compulsion Quote by Anonymous

Prayer is request. The essence of request, as distinct from compulsion, is that it may or may not be granted. And if an infinitely…

— C. S. Lewis

Prayer is the soul's sincere desire. Your desire is your prayer. It comes out of your deepest needs and it reveals the things you…

— Joseph Murphy

Prayer does not mean asking God for all kinds of things we want, it is rather the desire for God Himself, the only Giver…

— Sadhu Sundar Singh

To pray is to desire; but it is to desire what God would have us desire.

— Francois Fenelon

The purpose of prayer is not to receive what you asked for, but to strengthen your relationship with God.

— Anonymous

The prevailing idea seems to be, that I come to God and ask Him for something that I want, and that I expect Him…

— Arthur W. Pink

For the most part, we should pray rather in aspiration than petition, rather by hoping than requesting; in which spirit also we may breathe…

— Leigh Hunt

Prayer in the sense of petition, asking for things, is a small part of it; confession and penitence are its threshold, adoration its sanctuary,…

— C. S. Lewis

In souls filled with love, the desire to please God is continual prayer.

— John Wesley

As a non believer I don't get the idea of asking god for things via prayer.

— Uday Chopra

It is a kind of pride to insist that none of our prayers should ever be petitions for our own needs: for this is…

— Thomas Merton

Our prayers are granted as soon as we have prayed, even though the process of fulfilling our requests has not yet begun.

— Thomas Goodwin