Aspiration Quote by Leigh Hunt

... so our customary practice of prayer was brought to mind: how through our ignorance and inexperience in the ways of love we spend…

— Julian of Norwich

If we would pray aright, the first thing we should do is to see to it that we really get an audience with God,…

— R. A. Torrey

“One way not to receive an answer to a petition is to go on praying for it. Some people pray themselves into faith and…

— Derek Prince

The Lord's Prayer is short and mysterious, and, like the treasures of the Spirit, full of wisdom and latent senses: it is not improper…

— Jeremy Taylor

A generous prayer is never presented in vain; the petition may be refused, but the petitioner is always, I believe, rewarded by some gracious…

— Robert Louis Stevenson

“God can delight in our courage to pray big prayers without necessarily giving us what we ask. Said another way, God can say yes…

— Beth Moore

For prayer is request. The essence of request, as distinct from compulsion, is that it may or may not be granted.

— Anonymous

We pray to you, O God ... for strength, determination, and willpower, to do instead of just to pray, to become instead of merely…

— Harold S. Kushner

“To pray is to make petition.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

The wish to pray is a prayer in itself. God can ask no more than that of us.

— Georges Bernanos

All is not done when we have spoken to God by prayer; our petitions are to be pursued with real endeavours.

— Benjamin Whichcote

None of our prayers should ever be petitions for our own needs: for this is only another subtle way of trying to put ourselves…

— Thomas Merton