Casting Quote by Fulton J. Sheen

Prayer is not so much an act as it is an attitude of dependency, dependency upon God. Prayer is a confession of creature weakness,…

— Arthur W. Pink

Helplessness united with faith produces prayer, for without faith there can be no prayer.

— Ole Hallesby

Prayer is not eloquence, but earnestness; not the definition of helplessness, but the feeling of it; not figures of speech, but earnestness of soul.

— Hannah More

“Prayer is helplessness plus faith.”

— Bill Thrasher

Helplessness is the real secret and the impelling power of prayer.

— Ole Hallesby

“Prayer is our yearning for God, the cry of our poverty and misery, stretching out toward the throne of His divine mercy.”

— Emmanuel D'Alzon

The very thing that most qualifies us to pray is our helplessness.

— David Jeremiah

Helplessness is your best prayer. It calls from your heart to the heart of God with greater effect than all your uttered pleas.

— Ole Hallesby

Prayer is a confession of one's own unworthiness and weakness.

— Mahatma Gandhi

“Prayer is in essence rebellion—rebellion against the world in its fallenness. Prayer is the undying refusal to accept as normal what is pervasively abnormal.…

— David Wells

“Prayer:  The act of falling to your knees in pleading fashion, seeking help from a greater power than all else to have failed you…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

My helpless friend, your helplessness is the most powerful plea which rises up to the tender father-heart of God. You think that everything is…

— Ole Hallesby