Heart Quotes

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Prayer does not mean simply to pour out one's heart. It means rather to find the way to God and to speak with him, whether… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Prayer is of transcendent importance. Prayer is the mightiest agent to advance God's work. Praying hearts and hands only can do God's work. Prayer succeeds… — Edward McKendree Bounds
The goal of prayer is the ear of God, a goal that can only be reached by patient and continued and continuous waiting upon Him,… — Edward McKendree Bounds
It is only when the whole heart is gripped with the passion of prayer that the life-giving fire descends, for none but the earnest man… — Edward McKendree Bounds
Importunity is a condition of prayer. We are to press the matter, not with vain repetitions, but with urgent repetitions. We repeat, not to count… — Edward McKendree Bounds
No prayers can be heard which do not come from a forgiving heart. — J C Ryle
Sincerity is the same in a corner alone, as it is before the face of the world. It knows not how to wear two vizards,… — John Bunyan
It is not the mouth that is the main thing to be looked at in prayer, but whether the heart is so full of affection… — John Bunyan
The truths that I know best I have learned on my knees. I never know a thing well, till it is burned into my heart… — John Bunyan
When an answer I did not expect comes to a prayer which I believed I truly meant, I shrink back from it; if the burden… — Amy Carmichael
intensity is a law of prayer. God is found by those who seek Him with all their heart. Wrestling prayer prevails. The fervent effectual prayer… — Samuel Chadwick
The prayer that prevails is not the work of lips and fingertips. It is the cry of a broken heart and the travail of a… — Samuel Chadwick
If we do not abide in prayer, we will abide in temptation. Let this be one aspect of our daily intercession: "God, preserve my soul,… — John Owen
Any man who is under 30, and is not a liberal, has no heart; and any man who is over 30, and is not a… — Winston Churchill
O, once in each man's life, at least, Good luck knocks at his door; And wit to seize the flitting guest Need never hunger more.… — John L. Bates
In the secret of my heart I am in perpetual quarrel with God that He should allow such things [as the war] to go on.… — Mahatma Gandhi
Without comprehension, the immigrant would forever remain shut-a stranger in America. Until America can release the heart as well as train the hand of the… — Anzia Yezierska
Violence ever defeats its own ends. Where you cannot drive you can always persuade. A gentle word, a kind look, a god-natured smile can work… — William Hazlitt
No man dies for what he knows to be true. Men die for what they want to be true, for what some terror in their… — Oscar Wilde
The right way to pray is to stretch out our hands and ask of One who we know has the heart of a Father. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Prayer is no fitful, short-lived thing. It is no voice crying unheard and unheeded in the silence. It is a voice which goes into God's… — Edward McKendree Bounds
God shapes the world by prayer. Prayers are deathless. The lips that uttered them may be closed to death, the heart that felt them may… — Edward McKendree Bounds
The soul which has come into intimate contact with God in the silence of the prayer chamber is never out of conscious touch with the… — Edward McKendree Bounds
The Bible tells us that whenever we come before God, whatever our purpose or prayer request, we are always to come with a thankful heart. — David Jeremiah
A marble cutter, with chisel and hammer, was changing a stone into a statue. A preacher looking on said: "I wish I could deal such… — Arthur Tappan Pierson

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