Born Quote by William Mackergo Taylor

Many prayers are declined because of the rank odor of a corrupt heart, rising through the beautiful words. Let the words be wrong but…

— Rumi

If we don't pray according to the needs of the heart, we repress our deepest longings. Our prayers may not be rational, and we…

— Madeleine L'Engle

“…Prayer to God is not only the place for divulging our heart, but also developing our desires.”

— David Mathis

“Do not turn to prayer only in times of grief, suffering and rage. Make prayer a habit whether you are blissful or sorrowful, serene…

— Pooja Ruprell

Prayer is talking to something or anything with which we seek union, even if we are bitter or insane or broken. (In fact, these…

— Anne Lamott

Prayer is the very way God Himself has chosen for us to express our conscious need of Him and our humble dependence on Him.

— John Stott

“there is no prayer half as genuine as that which comes up from the depths of the soul as the result of deep trials…

— Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Some of us pray demands. Some of us pray complaints. Some of us pray knowing, and some of us pray not knowing. But prayer…

— Iyanla Vanzant

Everybody prays whether [you think] of it as praying or not. The odd silence you fall into when something very beautiful is happening or…

— Frederick Buechner

“Prayer is a great heart-easer; it breathes out those distempered passions which, being bound up in others, break out when God at any time…

— William Gurnall

Our prayers may be weak, stammering, and poor in our eyes. But if they come from a right heart, God understands them. Such prayers…

— J. C. Ryle

“My most dangerous prayers have come in moments of deep frustration and seasons of brokenness.”

— Gary Rohrmayer