Clearing Quote by John Greenleaf Whittier

“therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it…

— James Green

“Lord look upon Thy people. We might pray about our troubles. We will not; we will only pray against our sins. We might come…

— B Aguilera

And hasten to forgiveness from your Lord; and a Garden, the extensiveness of which is (as) the heavens and the earth, it is prepared…

— Quran

To say prayers in a decent, delicate way is not heavy work. But to pray really, to pray till hell feels the ponderous stroke,…

— Edward McKendree Bounds

Battering the gates of heaven with the storms of prayer.

— Alfred Lord Tennyson

Know'st thou yesterday, its aim and reason? Work'st thou will today for worthier things? Then calmly wait the morrow's hidden season, And fear thou…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Prayer is the surest remedy against the devil and besetting sins.

— J. C. Ryle

“We are apt to overshoot, in the days that are calm, and to think ourselves far higher, and more strong than we find we…

— John Bunyan

We poor sinners need to come back from our wanderings to seek pardon through the all-sufficient merits of our Redeemer. And we need to…

— Robert E. Lee

You can hide beneath the covers and study your pain, make crosses from your lovers, throw roses in the rain. Waste your summer praying…

— Bruce Springsteen

Shorten my days thou canst with sullen sorrow, And pluck nights from me, but not lend a morrow; Thou canst help time to furrow…

— William Shakespeare

Of all things, guard against neglecting God in the secret place of prayer.

— William Wilberforce