Prayer Quotes

4623 quotes by 1907 authors

Never pray for justice, because you might get some. — Margaret Atwood
In a world of prayer, we are all equal in the sense that each of us is a unique person, with a unique perspective on… — Wystan Hugh Auden
Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you. — Saint Augustine
The desire is thy prayers; and if thy desire is without ceasing, thy prayer will also be without ceasing. The continuance of your longing is… — Saint Augustine
There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers. — Teresa of Avila
For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God. — Teresa of Avila
A soul which gives itself to prayer, either much or little, should on no account be kept within narrow bounds. — Teresa of Avila
I don't know what heavy penance I would not have gladly undertaken rather than practice prayer. — Teresa of Avila
Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the will to love. — Teresa of Avila
Those who give themselves to prayer should in a special manner have always a devotion to St. Joseph; for I know not how any man… — Teresa of Avila
A beginner must look on himself as one setting out to make a garden for his Lord's pleasure, on most unfruitful soil which abounds in… — Teresa of Avila
Mental prayer in my opinion is nothing else than an intimate sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to be alone with Him who… — Teresa of Avila
The custom of speaking to God Almighty as freely as with a slave - caring nothing whether the words are suitable or not, but simply… — Teresa of Avila
Whoever has not begun the practice of prayer, I beg for the love of the Lord not to go without so great a good. There… — Teresa of Avila
The Holy Spirit is our comforter, our teacher. That's why, in prayer, we can ask the Lord to open up Scripture and make it come… — Michele Bachmann
Not a lot of individuals get to refer to the Lord in their prayers as 'Dude', but he's doing a new thing with me. — Stephen Baldwin
I preached as never sure to preach again, And as a dying man to dying men. — Richard Baxter
The man who says his evening prayer is a captain posting his sentinels. He can sleep. — Charles Baudelaire
I pray on the principle that wine knocks the cork out of a bottle. There is an inward fermentation, and there must be a vent. — Henry Ward Beecher
It is not well for a man to pray cream and live skim milk. — Henry Ward Beecher

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