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Prayer Quotes by Charles Brent
- A low standard of prayer means a low standard of character and a low standard of service. Those alone labor effectively among men who impetuously…
- Pray with your intelligence. Bring things to God that you have thought out and think them out again with Him. That is the secret of…
- Repeatedly place your pet opinions and prejudices before God. He will surprise you by showing you that the best of them need refining and some…
- Just as in prayer it is not we who momentarily catch His attention, but He ours, so when we fail to hear His voice, it…
- A man must not stop listening any more than praying when he rises from his knees. No one questions the need of times of formal…
- God has special confidences for each soul. Indeed, it would seem as though the deepest truths came only in moments of profound devotional silence and…
- It makes a great difference in our feeling towards others if their needs and their joys are on our lips in prayer; as also it…
- There is no chasm in society that cannot be firmly and permanently bridged by intercession; there is no feud or dislike that cannot be healed…
- Pray hardest when it is hardest to pray.
- The unity of Christendom is not a luxury, but a necessity. The world will go limping until Christ's prayer that all may be one is…
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