True Prayer Quotes

24 quotes by 20 authors

...True prayer is measured by weight, not by length. A single groan before God may have more fullness of prayer in it than a fine… — Charles Spurgeon
Love is kindled in a flame, and ardency is its life. Flame is the air which true Christian experience breathes. It feeds on fire; it… — Edward McKendree Bounds
True prayer is a lonely business. — Samuel Chadwick
We need to learn to know Him so well that we feel safe when we have left our difficulties with Him. To know in that… — Ole Hallesby
True prayer is an awareness of our helpless need and an acknowledgment of divine adequacy. — Ray Stedman
Prayer worth calling prayer, prayer that God will call true prayer and will treat as true prayer, takes for more time by the clock than… — Alexander Whyte
A true prayer is an inventory of needs, a catalog of necessities, an exposure of secret wounds, a revelation of hidden poverty. — Charles Spurgeon
God answers all true prayer, either in kind or in kindness. — Adoniram Judson
The Divine rejoices in your being happy. God, or the Creation, is so happy when you are happy. When you dance, sing, and jump up… — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Remember from this very moment: always choose that which is good for you and good for others. Choose creativity. Become a blessing to existence, because… — Rajneesh
It was no true prayer to beg forgiveness while choosing to sin. — Brent Weeks
True prayer is not asking God for love; it is learning to love, and to include all mankind in one affection. — Mary Baker Eddy
True prayer is measured by weight, not by length — Charles Spurgeon
True prayer is a way of life, not just for use in cases of emergency. — Billy Graham
If we really want to achieve true prayer, we must turn our backs upon everything temporal, everything external, everything that is not divine. — Johannes Tauler
Never believe that true prayer consists in mere babbling, reciting so many psalms and vigils, saying your beads while you allow your thoughts to roam. — Johannes Tauler
Every true prayer is a prayer of the Church; by means of that prayer the Church prays, since it is the Holy Spirit living in… — Edith Stein
Thanksgiving is inseparable from true prayer; it is almost essentially connected with it. One who always prays is ever giving praise, whether in ease or… — John Wesley
True prayer is done in secret, but this does not rule out the fellowship of prayer altogether, however clearly we may be aware of its… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
True prayer is only another name for the love of God. Its excellence does not consist in the multitude of our words; for our Father… — Francois Fenelon

Who Wrote These True Prayer Quotes

20 authors contributed a total of 24 True Prayer Quotes as follows: