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Prayer Quotes by William Barclay
- We are trying not so much to make God listen to us as to make ourselves listen to him; we are trying not to persuade…
- Prayer will never do our work for us; what it will do is to strengthen us for work which must be done.
- Prayer is not a way of making use of God; prayer is a way of offering ourselves to God in order that He should be…
- It may be that one of our great faults in prayer is that we talk too much and listen too little. When prayer is at…
- Prayer is not flight, prayer is power. Prayer does not deliver a man from some terrible situation; prayer enables a man to face and to…
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- 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