Allies Quote by George Arthur Buttrick

Prayer is not a substitute for work; it is an effort to work further and be efficient beyond the range of one's powers.

— George Santayana

Prayer is a conversation with God, but prayer is no substitute for work.

— Henry D. Moyle

Prayer is no substitute for work; equally true is it that work is no substitute for prayer.

— Leonard Ravenhill

Prayer is not a substitute for work. First we have to do all we can ourselves to understand a situation. Then when we ask…

— George W. Romney

Prayer is not a substitute for work, thinking, watching, suffering, or giving; prayer is a support for all other efforts.

— George Arthur Buttrick

Prayer does not enable us to do a greater work for God. Prayer is a greater work for God.

— Thomas Chalmers

Prayer is fundamentally a transformation of will, a lifting of the heart and will to God.

— Peter Kreeft

Prayer is designed to adjust you to God's will, not to adjust God to your will.

— Henry Blackaby

Prayer that works is prayer that makes a difference, contemplation that turns into action, on behalf of peace and justice in a troubled and…

— Margaret Silf

Prayer is an effort of will.

— Oswald Chambers

Prayer may seem at first like disengagement, a reflective time to consider God's point of view. But that vantage presses us back to accomplish…

— Philip Yancey

We think of prayer as a preparation for work, or a calm after having done work, whereas prayer is the essential work.

— Oswald Chambers