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Prayer Quotes by Anne Lamott
- 'Help' is a prayer that is always answered.
- I've seen prayers answered. But often, in my experiences, if you get what you pray for, you've really shortchanged yourself.
- Quiet, deep breath after any prayer is another form of Amen.
- I do not know much about God and prayer, but I have come to believe over the last twenty-five years, that there's something to be…
- Prayer means that, in some unique way, we believe we're invited into a relationship with someone who hears us when we speak in silence.
- It's funny: I always imagined when I was a kid that adults had some kind of inner toolbox full of shiny tools: the saw of…
- The difference between you and God is that God doesn't think He's you.
- Help" is a prayer that is always answered. It doesn't matter how you pray--with your head bowed in silence, or crying out in grief, or…
- Here are the two best prayers I know: 'Help me, help me, help me' and 'Thank you, thank you, thank you.
- A nun I know once told me she kept begging God to take her character defects away from her. After years of this prayer, God…
- Or you might shout at the top of your lungs or whisper into your sleeve, "I hate you, God." That is a prayer too, because…
More Prayer Quotes
- 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… — 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… — 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… — 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… — 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… — 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… — Teresa of Avila