Motivational Quotes

Prayer

The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.

- Kierkegaard, S°ren

Best Quotes about Prayer

If this obstacle is from Thee, Lord, I accept it; but if it is from Satan, I refuse him and all his works in the name of Calvary.

Kuhn, Isobel

Ask God for what man can give, and you may get it.

Proverb, English

We often want one thing and pray for another, not telling the truth even to the gods.

Seneca

There are thoughts which are prayers. There are moments when, whatever the posture of the body, the soul is on its knees.

Hugo, Victor

That prayer has great power which a person makes with all his might. It makes a sour heart sweet, a sad heart merry, a poor heart rich, a foolish heart wise, a timid heart brave, a sick heart well, a blind heart full of sight, a cold heart ardent. It draws down the great God into the little heart; it drives the hungry soul up into the fullness of God; it brings together two lovers, God and the soul, in a wondrous place where they speak much of love.

Magheburg, Mechthild of

There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.

Saint Theresa of Jesus

Battering the gates of heaven with the storms of prayer.

Tennyson, Lord Alfred

Prayer and practice is good rhyme.

Proverb, Scottish

Prayer indeed is good, but while calling on the gods a man should himself lend a hand.

Hippocrates

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Pray without ceasing. In everything give thanks. [I Thessalonians]

Bible

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Whatsoever we beg of God, let us also work for it.

Taylor, Jeremy

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

Buttrick, George

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If I told you what it takes to reach the highest high you'd laugh and say nothing that simple, but you've been told many times before messiah's point you to the door though no one's got the guts to leave the temple.

Townsend, Peter

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Prayer should be short, without giving God Almighty reasons why he should grant this, or that; he knows best what is good for us.

Selden, John

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One single grateful thought raised to heaven is the most perfect prayer.

G. E. Lessing

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Pray. To ask the laws of the universe to be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.

Bierce, Ambrose

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When a man has done all he can do, still there is a mighty, mysterious agency over which he needs influence to secure success. The one way he can reach it is by prayer.

Conwell, Russel H.

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Spiritual favors are not always to be looked for, and not always to be relied on.

Barr, Amelia E.

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It is good to pray for the repair of mistakes, but praying earlier would keep us from making so many. When puzzled, go to prayer and listen.

Macaulay, J. C.

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Don't put people down, unless it's on your prayer list.

Michalski, Stan

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Answered prayers cause more tears than those that remain unanswered.

Teresa of Avila, St.

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Prayer is talking with God and telling Him you love Him, conversing with God about all the things that are important in life, both large and small, and being assured that He is listening.

Strait, C. Neil

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We are all weak, finite, simple human beings, standing in the need of prayer. None need it so much as those who think they are strong, those who know it not, but are deluded by self-sufficiency.

Phillips, Harold C.

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Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks.

Brooks, Phillips

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Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you, but I will instruct you in the good and right way. [I Samuel 12:23]

Bible

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It is from prayer that the spirit's victory springs.

Schillerbuch

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A childish soul not inoculated with compulsory prayer is a soul open to any religious infection.

Cockburn, Alexander

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Prayer is a passport to heaven. Your communication with God.

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Take God for your spouse and friend and walk with him continually, and you will not sin and will learn to love, and the things you must do will work out prosperously for you.

John of the Cross, St.

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The time to pray is not when we are in a tight spot but just as soon as we get out of it.

Josh Billings

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Do not make prayer a monologue -- make it a conversation.

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Our thanks to God should always precede our requests.

33.

When you pray for anyone you tend to modify your personal attitude toward him.

Peale, Norman Vincent

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Just pray for a tough hide and a tender heart.

Graham, Ruth

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Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.

Socrates

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The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.

Kierkegaard, S°ren

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When we take one step toward to God, he takes seven steps toward us.

Proverb, Indian

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Indeed many things which we shall not be able to discover either by the experiment of works or by the investigations of reason we shall deserve to be taught by importunate prayer, by the revelation of divine inspiration.

Richard of Saint Victor

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Prayer is the slender nerve that moves the muscle of omnipotence.

Tupper, Martin

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My prayer to God is a very short one: O Lord, make my enemies look ridiculous! God has granted it.

Voltaire

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But if it were I, I would appeal to God; I would lay my cause before Him. He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted. [Job 5:8-9]

Bible

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Seven days without prayer makes one weak.

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You can pray for someone even if you don't think God exists.

Real Live Preacher

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Common people do not pray; they only beg.

Shaw, George Bernard

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

Bernanos, Georges

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To be sure, this requires effort and love, a careful cultivation of the spiritual life, and a watchful, honest, active oversight of all one's mental attitudes towards things and people. It is not to be learned by world-flight, running away from things, turning solitary and going apart from the world. Rather, one must learn an inner solitude, where or with whomsoever he may be. He must learn to penetrate things and find God there, to get a strong impression of God firmly fixed on his mind.

Eckhart, Meister

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Prayer is translation. A man translates himself into a child asking for all there is in a language he has barely mastered.

Cohen, Leonard

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No one can pray well, but those who live well.

Proverb

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Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.

Gandhi, Mahatma

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Most men pray for power, the strength to do things. Few people pray for love, the quality to be someone.