Prayer Quotes

"Cover this confirmation process with prayer. When they make it harder for us to pray, we just pray harder."

"A single grateful thought toward heaven is the most perfect prayer."

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

"Thou that hast given so much to me, give one thing more: a grateful heart."

George Herbert

"Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers, but to be fearless in facing them."

"Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness."

"Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays."

Søren Kierkegaard

"Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?"

Corrie ten Boom

"Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living."

Abraham Joshua Heschel

"If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough."

Meister Eckhart

"The fruit of silence is prayer. The fruit of prayer is faith. The fruit of faith is love. The fruit of love is service. The fruit of service is peace."

Mother Teresa

"Prayer is not a pious decoration of life but the breath of human existence."

Henri Nouwen

"Half an hour's meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy. Then a full hour is needed."

Francis de Sales

"Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees."

Victor Hugo

"Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you."

Saint Augustine

"Thou that hast given so much to me, Give one thing more, – a grateful heart."

George Herbert

“Oh dear Pan and all the other gods of this place, grant that I may be beautiful inside. Let all my external possessions be in friendly harmony with what is within. May I consider the wise man rich.”

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

“Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.”

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

“Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.”

“Be not forgetful of prayer. Every time you pray, if your prayer is sincere, there will be new feeling and new meaning in it.”

“True prayer is neither a mere mental exercise nor a vocal performance. It is far deeper than that: it is spiritual transaction with the Creator of Heaven and Earth.”

“If you believe in prayer at all, expect God to hear you. If you do not expect, you will not have.”

“May we have communion with God in the secret of our hearts, and find Him to be to us as a little sanctuary.”

"I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life."