Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotations on Prayer

Prayer is a serious thing. We may be taken at our words.
Dwight L. Moody (1837–99) Christian Religious Leader, Publisher

Seven days without prayer makes one weak.
Unknown

We can do nothing without prayer. All things can be done by importunate prayer. It surmounts or removes all obstacles, overcomes every resisting force and gains its ends in the face of invincible hindrances.
Edward McKendree Bounds (1835–1913) American Methodist Clergyman, Author, Lawyer

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

They tell me, Lord, that when I seem
To be in speech with you.
Since but one voice is heard, it
C. S. Lewis (1898-1963) Irish-born British Academic, Author, Literary Scholar

O Lord, attend unto my cry.
The Holy Bible Scripture in the Christian Faith

I have been benefited by praying for others; for by making an errand to God for them I have gotten something for myself.
Samuel Rutherford (1600–61) Scottish Presbyterian Theologian, Author

The best prayers have often more groans than words.
John Bunyan (1628–88) English Puritan Writer, Preacher

He who labors as he prays lifts his heart to God with his hands.
Bernard of Clairvaux (1090–1153) French Catholic Religious Leader

Cause me to hear thy loving kindness in the morning.
The Holy Bible Scripture in the Christian Faith

Prayer may not change things for you, but it for sure changes you for things.
Sam Shoemaker (1893–1963) American Episcopal Priest

I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.
Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) American Head of State, Lawyer

Answered prayers cover the field of providential history as flowers cover western prairies.
Theodore L. Cuyler (1822–1909) American Presbyterian Clergyman, Writer

Audible prayer can never do the works of spiritual understanding, which regenerates; but silent prayer, watchfulness, and devout obedience enable us to follow Jesus example. Long prayers, superstition, and creeds clip the strong pinions of love, and clothe religion in human forms. Whatever materializes worship hinders man’s spiritual growth and keeps him from demonstrating his power over error.
Mary Baker Eddy (1821–1910) American Christian Science Religious Leader, Humanitarian, Writer

The exercise of prayer, in those who habitually exert it, must be regarded by us doctors as the most adequate and normal of all the pacifiers of the mind and calmers of the nerves.
William James (1842–1910) American Philosopher, Psychologist, Physician

Pray that you will never have to bear all that you are able to endure.
Hebrew Proverb

O God, if in the day of battle I forget Thee, do not Thou forget me.
Unknown

Sometimes we think we are too busy to pray. That is a great mistake, for praying is a saving of time.
Charles Spurgeon (1834–92) English Baptist Preacher

Private place and plenty of time are the life of prayer.
Edward McKendree Bounds (1835–1913) American Methodist Clergyman, Author, Lawyer

We cannot all argue, but we can all pray; we cannot all be leaders, but we can all be pleaders we cannot all be mighty in rhetoric, but we can all be prevalent in prayer.
Charles Spurgeon (1834–92) English Baptist Preacher

God deserves far more praise than any of us could ever give Him.
Unknown

All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother. I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.
Abraham Lincoln (1809–65) American Head of State

To pray is to pay attention to something or someone other than oneself. Whenever a man so concentrates his attention—on a landscape, a poem, a geometrical problem, an idol, or the True God—that he completely forgets his own ego and desires, he is praying. The primary task of the schoolteacher is to teach children, in a secular context, the technique of prayer.
W. H. Auden (1907–73) British-born American Poet, Dramatist

There are many things that are essential to arriving at true peace of mind, and one of the most important is faith, which cannot be acquired without prayer.
John Wooden (1910–2010) American Sportsperson

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

Who prays for Satan? Who, in 1,800 years, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American Humorist

We ought not to tolerate for a minute the ghastly and grievous thought that God will not answer prayer.
Charles Spurgeon (1834–92) English Baptist Preacher

Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths, or the turning inwards in prayer for five short minutes.
Etty Hillesum (1914–43) Jewish Diarist

Pray to God, at the beginning of all thy works, that so thou mayest bring them all to a good ending.
Xenophon (c.430–c.354 BCE) Ancient Greek Philosopher

To pray together, in whatever tongue or ritual, is the most tender brotherhood of hope and sympathy that man can contract in this life.
Anne Louise Germaine de Stael (1766–1817) French Woman of Letters

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