Prayer Quotes

4623 Prayer quotes by 1779 unique authors

Remember us in your prayers that we grow not weary in well doing. It is hard to work for years with pure motives, and all… — David Livingstone
Every step in the progress of missions is directly traceable to prayer. — Arthur Tappan Pierson
I am very defective in all duties... In prayer I wander and am formal... I soon tire; devotion languishes; and I do not walk with… — William Carey
We cannot attain to the understanding of Scripture either by study or by the intellect. Your first duty is to begin by prayer. Entreat the… — Martin Luther
Man offers himself to God. He stands before Him like the canvas before the painter or the marble before the sculptor. At the same time… — Alexis Carrel
When the Holy Rosary is said well, it gives Jesus and Mary more glory and is more meritorious than any other prayer. — Louis de Montfort
The Rosary is the most beautiful and the most rich in graces of all prayers; it is the prayer that touches most the Heart of… — Pope Pius X
Mental prayer is nothing else but being on terms of friendship with God, frequently conversing in secret with Him. — Teresa of Avila
Until we have acquired genuine prayer, we are like people teaching children to begin to walk. — Margaret Mary Alacoque
Before prayer, endeavor to realize whose Presence you are approaching, and to whom you are about to speak. We can never fully understand how we… — Teresa of Avila
You don't love in your enemies what they are, but what you would have them become by your prayers. — Saint Augustine
There is no danger if our prayer is without words or reflection because the good success of prayer depends neither on words nor on study.… — Jane Frances de Chantal
It is possible to offer fervent prayer even while walking in public or strolling alone or seated in your shop ... while buying or selling… — Saint John Chrysostom
Spiritual joy arises from purity of the heart and perseverance in prayer. — Francis of Assisi
Only the incompetent wait until the last extremity to use force, and by then, it is usually too late to use anything, even prayer. — H. Beam Piper
You cannot pray at home, like you can at church, where there is a great multitude; where exclamations are cried out to God as from… — Saint John Chrysostom
[God desires] not that He may say to them, "Look how mighty I am, and go down upon your knees and worship," for power alone… — George MacDonald
I'm for prayer in schools. — Charles Evers
Once upon hearing a friend's bashing comment I said, "Did you reach that conclusion on your own, or did it come through prayer?" — Marvin J. Ashton
In a world torn by every kind of fundamentalism - religious, ethnic, nationalist and tribal - we must grant first place to economic fundamentalism, with… — Carlos Fuentes
You can tell how popular a church is by who comes on Sunday morning. You can tell how popular the pastor or evangelist is by who… — Jim Cymbala
Does the Bible ever say anywhere from Genesis to Revelation, 'My house shall be called a house of preaching'? Does it ever say, 'My house… — Jim Cymbala
The birth of the church was during a prayer meeting, not preaching, not singing, but prayer. — Jim Cymbala
Prayer and helplessness are inseparable. Only he who is helpless can truly pray. Your helplessness is your best. prayer. — Ole Hallesby
Prayer will never do our work for us; what it will do is to strengthen us for work which must be done. — William Barclay

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