Quotes about Prayer
We do our work for Jesus and with Jesus. It's not a matter of praying some times and working others. We pray the work.
— Mother Teresa
Now I see that God prefers to work through intermediaries - Mary and the saints. . . He wants us to pray through Mary and not only directly.
— Peter Kreeft
Too often we treat prayer as the preparation for the work of the church. Do you not see? Prayer IS the work of the church.
— Oswald Chambers
Pray for and work for fullness of life above every thing; full red blood in the body; full honesty and truth in the mind; and the fullness of a grateful love for the Saviour in your heart.
— Phillips Brooks
Prayer does not demand that we interrupt our work, but that we continue working as if it were a prayer.
— Mother Teresa
Prayer will never do our work for us; what it will do is to strengthen us for work which must be done.
— William Barclay
Prayer is hard work. We may neglect it because we're too tired, too busy, or too distracted to put into prayer the effort required.
— Anne Graham Lotz
Sincere prayer implies that when we ask for any virtue or blessing, we should work for the blessing and cultivate the virtue.
— David O. McKay
I don't know how to get anything done except getting on my knees and pleading for help and then getting on my feet and going to work.
— Gordon Hinckley
The real 'work' of prayer is to become silent and listen to the voice that says good things about me.
— Henri Nouwen
Our family has always drawn on the power from above to comfort us in times of despair and stress.
— Martin Luther King III
Our prayers can and should be focused on the practical, everyday struggles of life.
— Joseph Wirthlin