Motivational Quotes

Prayer

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

- Saint Theresa of Jesus

Best Quotes about Prayer

You must pray that the way be long, full of adventures and experiences.

Constantine Peter Cavafy

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

Seneca

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

Michalski, Stan

Father in Heaven! When the thought of thee wakes in our hearts let it not awaken like a frightened bird that flies about in dismay, but like a child waking from its sleep with a heavenly smile.

Kierkegaard, S°ren

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

Kierkegaard, S°ren

Pray to God but continue to row to the shore.

Proverb, Russian

Our thanks to God should always precede our requests.

Seven days without prayer makes one weak.

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

Socrates

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The men who have guided the destiny of the United States have found the strength for their tasks by going to their knees. This private unity of public men and their God is an enduring source of reassurance for the people of America.

Johnson, Lyndon B.

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We turn to God for help when our foundations are shaking, only to learn that it is God who is shaking them.

West, Charles C.

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The man who says his evening prayer is a captain posting his sentinels. He can sleep.

Baudelaire, Charles

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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

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

Foster, Robert D.

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So I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

Bible

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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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Praying without ceasing is not ritualized, nor are there even words. It is a constant state of awareness of oneness with God.

Pilgrim, Peace

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

Hugo, Victor

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Prayer is less about changing the world than it is about changing ourselves.

Wolpe, David J.

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If the only prayer you ever say in your whole life is "thank you," that would suffice.

Meister Eckhart

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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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One hour in the execution of justice is worth seventy years of prayer.

Proverb

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Just pray for a tough hide and a tender heart.

Graham, Ruth

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Common people do not pray; they only beg.

Shaw, George Bernard

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There is no greater distance than that between a man in prayer and God.

Illich, Ivan

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Practice in life whatever you pray for and God will give it to you more abundantly.

Pusey, Edward Bouverie

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The influence of prayer on the human mind and body is as demonstrable as that of secreting glands. Its results can be measured in terms of increased physical buoyancy, greater intellectual vigor, moral stamina, and a deeper understanding of the realities underlying human relationships.

Carrel, Dr. Alex

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Ask God's blessing on your work, but don't ask him to do it for you.

Robson, Dame Flora

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

Real Live Preacher

32.

When I pray, coincidences happen, and when I don't, they don't.

Temple, Sir William

33.

If I regard wickedness in my heart the Lord will not hear. [Psalms 66:18]

Bible

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Prayer is a confession of one's own unworthiness and weakness.

Gandhi, Mahatma

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

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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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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

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More than once I had seen a noble who had gotten his enemy at a disadvantage stop to pray before cutting his throat.

Twain, Mark

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We know little of the things for which we pray.

Chaucer, Geoffrey

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

Tupper, Martin

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Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

Gandhi, Mahatma

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Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening.

Gandhi, Mahatma

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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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Your cravings as a human animal do not become a prayer just because it is God whom you ask to attend to them.

Hammarskjold, Dag

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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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A simple grateful thought turned heavenwards is the most perfect prayer.

Lessing, Doris

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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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Short prayers reach heaven.

Proverb

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Pray for what you want, but work for what you need.